Primary health care publications

The resources on this page were developed to support kaiako, early childhood educators, health practitioners, and others in their conversations with parents of under-fives on the importance of sitting less, regular active play and getting the right amount of good quality sleep. These tools can also be used by the parents of under-fives in discussions with their children. These resources support the Ministry’s Sit Less, Move More, Sleep Well: Active play guidelines for under-fives.

This strategy sets out a vision for New Zealand’s health research and identifies four strategic priorities for the health research and innovation system.

These guidelines provide simple, practical and evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis, assessment and management of asthma in adults. 

This report presents the findings from the 2016 Green Prescription (GRx) initiative patient survey, conducted for the Ministry of Health (the Ministry) in April and May 2016.