Publications Ngā whakaputanga kōrero

The Tupu Ola Moui series provides a snapshot on the state of Pacific health in Aotearoa New Zealand.

In 2025 the Ministry of Health completed a review of certain matters under the Contraception, Sterilisation and Abortion Act 1977 as required by law. The review focused on timely and equitable access to services under the Act and was supported by data, feedback, research, and clinical guidance.

The research report focuses on the experiences of Māori and Pacific people and provides insights into how abortion health care services are perceived and accessed by this group since changes to the law in 2020.

The research report focuses on the experiences of rainbow people and provides insights into how abortion health care services are perceived and accessed by this group since changes to the law in 2020.

The research report focuses on the experiences of disabled people and provides insights into how abortion health care services are perceived and accessed by this group since changes to the law in 2020.

This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.

This briefing provided the incoming Minister of Health, Hon Simeon Brown, with an overview of the context of recent Government reforms and priorities, and identified key issues and upcoming milestones and decisions for the Health Minister.

This publication set the overarching vision for the immunisation system focusing on collective action and partnerships. It helps establish a shared understanding our immunisation objectives, align work across the system, and drive collective action towards a common goal.

Like a river, the flow of a career is influenced by the streams that feed it and the obstacles it meets. Te Awa Tārai - The River That Shapes was developed to support career development for allied health professionals in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is designed to acknowledge the varied and unconventional paths along which one’s career may flow.
 

This publication responds to and notes progress made against recommendations in the report from the Office of the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor Kotahitanga: Uniting Aotearoa against infectious disease and antimicrobial resistance published in March 2022.

This paper reviews the current literature on the risk of adverse events associated with the use of mesh in groin hernia repair.

The Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services Regulatory Report 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 provides information and statistics relating to the use of compulsory mental health assessment and treatment legislation in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The Public Health Surveillance Strategy sets the direction for strengthening the public health surveillance system over the next five years.

This evidence brief synthesizes the international literature on prolonged symptoms that can be attributed to infection with COVID-19 (long COVID).

Tatau Kahukura 2024 provides a snapshot of the health of Māori compared with non-Māori. It presents key indicators relating to the socioeconomic determinants of health, risk and protective factors for health, health status, health service use and the health system. Tatau Kahukura shows that Māori have higher rates than non-Māori for many health conditions and chronic diseases, including cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and asthma.