Corporate publications

Welcome to the corporate publications section. Here you will find the publications we produce to fulfil our statutory requirements.

Publications

  • Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2019.
    Published 01 November 2019
    The Ministry of Health is legislatively required to produce an annual report each year. The Director-General of Health’s Annual Report is presented to the House of Representatives under section 44 of the Public Finance Act 1989.
  • Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report 2017.
    Published 25 February 2019
    This is the thirteenth annual report of the Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services. It presents information and statistics that act as indicators of quality for our mental health services.
  • Ministry of Health Output Plan 2018/19.
    Published 30 October 2018
    The output plan is a performance agreement between the Minister of Health (the Minister) and the Director-General of Health. The plan is designed to show the Ministry of Health’s commitment to deliver a range of ‘outputs’ to the Minister and Associate Ministers of Health during the financial year ending 30 June 2019.
  • Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2018
    Published 23 October 2018
    Each year, the Director-General of Health publishes an Annual Report to Parliament that assesses the Ministry of Health's performance against objectives set at the beginning of the financial year. The Annual Report for the year ended 2018 contains the Ministry's achievements including the Ministry's financial and non-financial performance.
  • Health and Independence Report 2017
    Published 16 July 2018
    The Health and Independence Report is the Director-General of Health’s annual report on the state of public health in New Zealand. The 2017 report presents an overview of the health of New Zealanders drawing on a range of sources.
  • Office of the Director of Mental Health Annual Report 2016.
    Published 12 December 2017
    This annual report presents information and statistics that serve as indicators of quality for our mental health services.
  • Cover.
    Published 07 December 2017
    This briefing provides a high level and brief summary of our health and disability system, the role of the Ministry and the roles of others across the system.
  • Cover.
    Published 07 December 2017
    This publication outlines the challenges and opportunities that face our health and disability system by looking at where we are now, where we are going and how we will get there.
  • Published 20 October 2017
    The Director-General of Health’s Annual Report is presented to the House of Representatives under section 44 of the Public Finance Act 1989. The annual report highlights the Ministry’s goals set out in its strategic documents and reports back on the activities undertaken to show how the Ministry is progressing to deliver on its strategic priorities and shows progress made against targets and outcomes for the 2016/2017 financial year.
  • Published 20 October 2017
    The Statement of Strategic Intentions 2017-2021 outlines the Ministry’s strategic intentions over the next ten years and the actions that will be undertaken as the Ministry engages and works with public service agencies, the wider health and disability sector and communities to improve, promote and protect the health and wellbeing of all New Zealanders.
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