Tupu Ola Moui: Pacific Health Chart Book 2025 series
Publication date:The Tupu Ola Moui series provides a snapshot on the state of Pacific health in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Review of Certain Matters under the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977
Publication date: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.
Abortion Services in Aotearoa New Zealand: The voices of wāhine on improving access
Publication date: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.
‘It Just Adds Another Layer of Stress’: Rainbow people’s experiences of abortion services in Aotearoa New Zealand
Publication date: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.
Abortion Is a Human Right and Health Issue: Disabled people’s experiences of abortion services in Aotearoa New Zealand
Publication date: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.
Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation
Publication date:This discussion document considers options for modernising New Zealand’s regulation of the health workforce. It supports public consultation on this topic.
Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Health January 2025
Publication date: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.
Strategic Approach to Immunisation in New Zealand 2025–2030
Publication date: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.
Te Awa Tārai – A career development guide for Allied Health - Hauora Haumi
Publication date: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.
Government Response to the Report from the Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor
Publication date: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.
The Risk of Adverse Events Associated with Mesh and Non-Mesh Repair of Groin Hernias: A literature review
Publication date:This paper reviews the current literature on the risk of adverse events associated with the use of mesh in groin hernia repair.
Office of the Director of Mental Health and Addiction Services: Regulatory Report 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023
Publication date: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.
Public Health Surveillance Strategy 2025–2030
Publication date:The Public Health Surveillance Strategy sets the direction for strengthening the public health surveillance system over the next five years.
Prolonged Symptoms Attributable to Infection with COVID-19
Publication date:This evidence brief synthesizes the international literature on prolonged symptoms that can be attributed to infection with COVID-19 (long COVID).
Tatau Kahukura: Māori Health Chart Book 2024
Publication date: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.