As part of this review, the Ministry of Health has published a discussion document, Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation. The Ministry is now inviting New Zealanders to ...

Dr Corina Grey has been appointed as the new Director of Public Health from 5 May. Public Health Agency Deputy Director-General Dr Andrew Old says Dr Grey has an extensive career working in research, ...

The Public Service Act 2020 requires each department to have, as its administrative head, a chief executive. The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 states that the chief executive can be referred to ...

The minimum quality standard is used to verify medicinal cannabis products which have been derived from the Cannabis plant. Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard and can ...

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

As a department of the public service, the Ministry of Health – Manatū Hauora has a responsibility to contribute to the Crown meeting its obligations under Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This statement ...

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

To include a gambling component to the Pacific Islands Families longitudinal study to gather information about gambling behaviour and harm and co-existing health problems among Pacific youth (the ...

Tobacco products and notifiable products (vaping products, smokeless tobacco products, and herbal smoking products) cannot be sold to anyone under 18 years (minors). This means: An employer may also ...

Fergus is a chartered accountant with more than 35 years' public sector financial management experience. Before joining the Ministry in 2016, he held senior finance roles across several government ...

Amendments made to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 means that requirements come into effect at different times. The following document provides a timeline of when some ...