Medsafe has given a New Zealand psychiatrist approval to prescribe medicinal psilocybin for treating treatment-resistant depression.

The Strategy to Prevent and Minimise Gambling Harm 2025/26 to 2027/28 sets out the Government’s approach to, and funding for, services to prevent and minimise gambling harm during the three-year ...

Long COVID presents a significant and ongoing health care challenge worldwide, with individuals experiencing prolonged symptoms often requiring comprehensive, multidisciplinary care. Aotearoa New ...

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

Warning messages on packages All vaping products containing nicotine must display a warning message relating to the harmful effects of using a vaping product. What the message must say Warning message ...

The plan sets out new key actions health entities and other government agencies will undertake from 2025 to 2029 to prevent suicide in New Zealand. The new actions are focused on addressing gaps and ...

The government’s 2024 Early Childhood Education (ECE) Regulatory Sector Review included a recommendation to repeal the Health (Immunisation) Regulations 1995.The Ministry of Health provided advice on ...

These reports are part of the Tupu Ola Moui Pacific Health Chart Book series, which provides comprehensive and up-to-date data on the health of Pacific peoples in Aotearoa New Zealand. This is the ...

The Ministry of Health in partnership with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples has published Volumes 1 and 2 of the Tupu Ola Moui: Pacific Health Chart Book series (2025), a comprehensive and data-driven ...

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

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

The Government is reviewing health workforce regulation to improve New Zealanders’ timely, quality access to healthcare. We have an opportunity to put patients at the centre, modernise and streamline ...