About us Mō mātou

About the Ministry of Health and the New Zealand health system. 

Regulation & legislation Ngā here me ngā ture

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Strategies & initiatives He rautaki, he tūmahi hou

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

Māori health Hauora Māori

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

Statistics & research He tatauranga, he rangahau

Data and insights from our health surveys, research and monitoring.

Standard retention periods

While we actively review content and make archiving decisions based on based on age, use and relevance, we have standard retention periods for some key types of content, as follows.

Type of contentArchive after
News items and media releases3 years
Information releases 
(Responses to Official Information Act requests, Ministerial Decision-making documents)
5 years
Publications10 years
Consultations5 years
Regulatory impact statements10 years

How to find content that has been archived from this website

You can access older content from snapshots of this website taken at specific dates by the following services:

Publications and consultations

To find copies of our older publications and consultations, use the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora library catalogue

You can download publications directly from the catalogue.

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