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

Over 60 years of international and New Zealand research finds water fluoridation is both a safe and effective way to reduce tooth decay. The World Health Organization and other international and ...

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 ...

Tobacco products and notifiable products (vaping products, smokeless tobacco products, and herbal smoking products) are not allowed to be sold to anyone under 18 years (minors). This means: An ...

General retailers are stores that sell vaping products but only in a limited range of flavours which include tobacco, menthol, mint (including spearmint and peppermint). These products are not the ...

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

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the regulation of vaping products and smokeless tobacco products (notifiable products). The Ministry manages applications from retailers to become specialist ...

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

Recruitment to the NZMAT includes a comprehensive application review and selection process. Not every person will be required for any given deployment. When NZMAT is activated, only a fraction of the ...

NZMAT is an official New Zealand Government-led, civilian-based deployable emergency medical team made up of clinical and non-clinical personnel from within the New Zealand health and disability ...

In July 2024, the Ministry of Health published an interim update to the New Zealand Pandemic Plan. This replaces the previous national pandemic plan, the New Zealand Influenza Pandemic Plan (2nd ...

Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People funds services to support the administration of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. The Ministry of Health has statutory ...