Publications Ngā whakaputanga kōrero

Community-led research about the health and wellbeing impact of adverse weather events in Te Tairāwhiti and Hawkes Bay following Cyclone Gabrielle. 

This publication showcases the findings from quantitative research conducted to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.

This publication showcases the findings from quantitative research done to better understand the drivers of public health behaviours and attitudes during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they have changed over time.

This publication updates the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan: A framework for action 2017 to reflect the health system reforms of 2022. It also incorporates some of the lessons identified during the COVID-19 pandemic response.

This report summarises the themes from feedback received during the public consultation that took place between 17 January and 18 February 2024 on the amendments to the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR).

The National Poliomyelitis Response Framework provides a toolkit for how Aotearoa would respond to various scenarios in which there was detection of polio, including a polio outbreak, in New Zealand.

This plan provides an updated framework that is informed by Te Tiriti o Waitangi to protect whānau, hapū, iwi and hapori Māori from the impacts of COVID-19. It will help guide health and disability system actions for Māori through the next 3 to 12 months of the COVID-19 response.

The New Zealand Aotearoa Pandemic Response Policy for Aged Residential Care provides nationally consistent guidance for aged residential care (ARC) stakeholders to prepare for, prevent and respond to an epidemic or pandemic.

The Updated COVID-19 Māori Health Response Plan builds on the progress made by the Initial COVID-19 Māori Response Action Plan and provides an updated framework to protect, prevent, and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 within whānau, hapū, iwi and Māori communities.

Exercise POMARE was a national level pandemic readiness exercise conducted as part of the National Exercise Programme. The exercise was delivered as four workshops based on the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan during the period 27 October 2017 – 07 May 2018.

This document is designed to help those involved in planning, coordinating and delivering psychosocial interventions and mental health treatments in an emergency. It is for all agencies, service providers and community groups involved in planning, coordinating and delivering psychosocial support.

Advice for emergency management staff on planning for and responding to infant feeding needs in an emergency. This includes the Guide for DHB Emergency Management Staff and the Roles and Responsibilities document.

The National Health Emergency Plan provides the health and disability sector’s strategic framework for emergency management and describes roles and responsibilities across the ‘4R’s of risk reduction, readiness, response and recovery.

This document describes policy for the management and use of national reserve supplies, and details the principal responsibilities of the Ministry and district health boards in managing and using these significant national resources.

This document provides some details about New Zealand’s H5N1 pre-pandemic vaccine supplies, and outlines policies for the use of the vaccine.