Health workforce development

Learn about health workforce initiatives

The Centre is dedicated to attracting and retaining internationally trained migrants and New Zealand trained ex-pats.

Learn more about how the Health Workforce Directorate funds postgraduate training to develop the workforce.

Information on the Maternity Clinical Guidelines, the Primary Maternity Services Notice and other maternity-related publications.

Midwifery in New Zealand works in partnership with the woman and her whānau throughout pregnancy, childbirth and the first six weeks post-birth.

Nurses are vital to our health system. Find out how to become a nurse, and what we’re doing to strengthen and support the nurse workforce.

Three new initiatives are targeted at qualified overseas doctors, making it easy for them to apply for roles, get registered and relocate to NZ.

Information for Pacific Health Providers, including funds and scholarships you can apply for.

Public health is about protecting against community health risks and threats, preventing illness, and promoting health and wellbeing across NZ.

Learning is a lifelong journey. Find out about the grants an training available to health professionals working in the sector.

Find out about Statements of Need (SON), that allow NZ medical practitioners to obtain a J-1 visa to train in the United States.

We've appointed taskforces to make rapid progress on three urgent health system pressures while leadership functions are being set up.