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.

The 2020/21 Annual Report summarises the Ministry’s major work programmes and achievements, and demonstrates our progress towards our Strategic Intentions 2017/21, and the strategic objectives set out in Ta Tatou Rautaki | Our Strategy and Pae Ora | Healthy Futures.

During the year, the Ministry led New Zealand’s health response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, stewarded the health and disability system through other emergencies, and responded to issues of importance that have arisen in the health system. The Ministry also continued to deliver on an ambitious work programme whilst balancing an enabling approach to support the health sector's response and recovery from the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic while at the same time adequately managing risk.

The Annual Report summarises our financial performance for the year, presents the results of our non-financial performance measures, and meets our reporting requirements under the Public Finance Act 1989.

The Annual Report is complemented by the Vote Health: Report in relation to selected non-departmental appropriations for the year ended 30 June 2021, which is the Minister’s report on the financial and non-financial performance of the non-departmental appropriations that the Ministry administers on behalf of the Crown.

Publishing information

Publication date
Citation

Ministry of Health. 2021. Annual Report for the Year Ended 30 June 2021. Wellington: Ministry of Health

ISBN
978-1-99-100752-0 (print); 978-1-99-100753-7 (online)
HP number
7835
Copyright status

Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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