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NZGO is the Official Gateway to New Zealand Government. This website provides an overview of New Zealand and its government, access to government services information, as well as government agency contact details.
Medsafe - the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority - is a business unit of the Ministry of Health. Medsafe is the authority responsible for the regulation of therapeutic products in New Zealand. Medsafe regulates by applying a framework that weighs up risks and benefits of medicines and medical devices, ensures there are therapeutic benefits and manages the potential risks associated with use of these products.
The Commission was established in response to the recommendations of the 1996 Inquiry into Mental Health Services and is expected to lead the development of mental health services in New Zealand.
This is the website for the Ministry of Health the organisation in New Zealand responsible for policy and overall management of governmental health agencies.
District Health Boards (DHBs) are responsible for providing, or funding the provision of, health and disability services in their district. There are 21 DHBs in New Zealand and they have existed since 1 January 2001 when the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000 came into force.
Information and policy regarding alcohol, drugs and tobacco in New Zealand.
The New Zealand Health Information Service (NZHIS) is a group within the Ministry of Health responsible for the collection and dissemination of health-related information. The NZHIS has as its foundation the goal of making accurate information readily available and accessible in a timely manner throughout the health sector.
The Service Planning and New Health Intervention Assessment (SPNIA) framework helps District Health Boards (DHBs) and the Ministry of Health with health service changes that require a collective decision.
The National Screening Unit (NSU) provides health screening programmes in New Zealand. A separate unit of the Ministry of Health, the Unit is responsible for the safety, effectiveness and quality of health and disability screening programmes.
The National Health Committee (NHC) provides the New Zealand Minister of Health with independent advice on a broad spectrum of health and disability issues. The NHC incorporates the Public Health Advisory Committee, which provides the Minister with public health advice.
Catch up on the implementation and progress of the New Zealand Disability Strategy and the latest departmental work plans.
PHARMAC's aim is to ensure that there is fair and equitable patient access to medicines which contribute to New Zealander's health, through vigorous assessment of medicines and the effective management of public subsidies for them.
Strengthening Families provides coordinated support for families who are working with more than two agencies. The agencies and the family work together to develop joint solutions, rather than each agency dealing with one part of the problem and never seeing the bigger picture.
The Confidential Listening and Assistance Service provides a forum for people who have concerns about their time in State care in the health, child welfare or special education sector, before 1992.
You can talk to us if you have concerns about abuse, neglect or the way you were treated in State care before 1992. Our job is to listen, and where appropriate, to assist you to get further help.People who might want to talk with us include those who lived in
- Psychiatric Hospitals and wards - Health Camps - Child Welfare - Special Education Homes
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