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.

General enquiries

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 0800 400 569

Other contact details

Phone: (04) 496 2000

Postal address:

Ministry of Health
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140

Physical address:

133 Molesworth Street
Thorndon
Wellington 6011
 

If you know who you want to contact, you can email a Ministry of Health staff member using: [email protected]

Email: [email protected] 

Phone: (04) 496 2000

Journalists and media are best to email us first.

More media resources are available from our media centre.

Contact the Web Team at the Ministry of Health to:

  • report a problem or broken link
  • give feedback about our use of plain language under the Plain Language Act 2022 
  • give other website feedback.

Email: [email protected]

You can also complete our online feedback form.   

Please include a URL (web page address) if your feedback is about a specific page.

In this section Kei tēnei wāhanga

  • Official Information Act requests

    About the Official Information Act (OIA) and how to make an OIA request to the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora.

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  • Complaints about a health and disability service

    How to make a complaint about a health or disability service, or report fraud or dishonesty within the health system.

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  • Privacy complaints and information requests

    Find out how to make a complaint about a privacy breach or request personal information.

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  • Media centre

    This page provides links to useful online resources and other organisations that play an important role in the health system.

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  • Newsletters

    Subscribe to newsletters and updates from the Ministry of Health.

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  • Historic abuse claims

    Our Historic Abuse Resolution Service administers claims relating to allegations of abuse in state-run psychiatric facilities and psychopaedic hospitals before 1993.

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