New data published today provides insights into the health challenges faced by Māori and highlights opportunities to improve ...

The Director-General of Health has authorised additional medicines that registered nurse prescribers and pharmacist prescribers will be able to prescribe.

The Minister for Mental Health has extended the timeframes for developing the Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy to align with changes to the law.

Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Health are joining communities across New Zealand today, to commemorate World AIDS Day.

This report presents findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, focusing on the years of life lost for Māori in Aotearoa New Zealand. It highlights the leading causes of premature death ...

This publication provides the Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand for the Alcohol Levy funded alcohol harm reduction work programme. It outlines funding ...

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

The Ministry of Health leads work to reduce alcohol-related harm in New Zealand. This programme brings together initiatives, research, and partnerships to support healthier communities and improve ...

The Alcohol Harm Reduction Steering Group provides strategic leadership and coordination to reduce alcohol-related harm in New Zealand.

FASD is a diagnostic term for a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by exposure to alcohol before birth. The main effects from this exposure are to the brain but alcohol can also affect other parts of ...