Te Ara Whakapiri: Principles and guidance for the last days of life

This guide outlines the requirements to ensure consistent and quality care for all New Zealand adults at the end of life.

Review of Adult Palliative Care Services in New Zealand

The review presents a refreshed strategic direction for adult palliative care and proposes a suite of initiatives to help manage future increases in demand for palliative care. It is accompanied by an action plan setting out short- to long-term priorities.

Palliative Care Action Plan

This action plan supports the findings, priorities and actions of the Review of Adult Palliative Care Services in New Zealand.

New Zealand Palliative Care Glossary

This glossary aims to initiate a common understanding of terms used in palliative care in New Zealand.

Referral Criteria for Adult Palliative Care Services in New Zealand

These referral criteria aim to create a more uniform understanding about palliative care provision across all settings, including both hospice and hospital palliative care services.

Palliative Care and Māori from a Health Literacy Perspective

This publication looks at health literacy barriers to palliative care for Māori patients and their whānau and explores ways to improve the quality of services.

The Palliative Care Council of New Zealand’s Position on Euthanasia

The Palliative Care Council of New Zealand’s position statement on euthanasia and related issues.

National Health Needs Assessment for Palliative Care Phase 2 Report: Palliative Care Capacity and Capability

Information on palliative care capacity and capability in New Zealand hospices and hospital palliative care services.

Resource and Capability Framework for Integrated Adult Palliative Care Services in New Zealand

The Framework describes the levels of palliative care required in New Zealand including the resources and capabilities needed to support service delivery.

Guidance for Integrated Paediatric Palliative Care Services in New Zealand

The Guidance for Integrated Paediatric Palliative Care Services in New Zealand is a guide to improve the integration of palliative care service delivery to children and young people in New Zealand.
A summary document has the key recommendations of the Guidance that DHB funders and planners can use as a quick reference guide.

Measuring What Matters: Palliative Care

This document establishes a framework for palliative care to inform strategic decision-making across all health settings in New Zealand.

Advance Care Planning: A guide for the New Zealand health care workforce

Advance Care Planning: A guide for the New Zealand health care workforce was prepared as a response to the increasing sector focus on the need for clear and accurate information and guidance regarding ACP in the New Zealand context.

National Health Needs Assessment for Palliative Care Phase 1 Report: Assessment of Palliative Care Need

This report provides an estimate of the number of people who might benefit from palliative care in New Zealand.

Gap Analysis of Specialist Palliative Care in New Zealand: Providing a national overview of hospice and hospital-based services

The purpose of the report is to determine how close hospice and hospital providers of specialist palliative care services were to meeting the new draft service specification for specialist palliative care.

A National Professional Development Framework for Palliative Care Nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand

A National Professional Development Framework for Palliative Care Nursing Practice in Aotearoa New Zealand describes the competencies required for all nurses to provide palliative care across a range of clinical settings.

The New Zealand Palliative Care Strategy

Published 02 February 2001

Palliative care is the care of people who are dying from active, progressive diseases or other conditions that are not responsive to curative treatment.
Palliative care embraces the physical, social, emotional and spiritual elements of wellbeing–tinana, whānau, hinengaro and wairua – and enhances a person’s quality of life while they are dying.
Palliative care also supports the bereaved family/whānau.