About the survey
Information collected through the New Zealand Health Survey supports the development of health services, policy and strategy. Survey data is collected continuously but findings are reported annually.
The results provide data for people selected for the survey period from July to June each year. Over 13,000 adults and the parents or primary caregivers of over 4,000 children take part in the survey each year.
COVID-19 has impacted the collection of survey data since 2020. The number of interviews for 2021/22 is about one-third the usual sample size.