Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora is responsible for delivering quality, compassionate, and affordable healthcare for everyone in New Zealand.

The organisation leads the day-to-day planning and delivery of publicly funded hospital, primary, and community health services. Its responsibilities include:

• Designing, arranging, and delivering health services to achieve pae ora (healthy futures) for all people in New Zealand.
• Encouraging, supporting, and maintaining community participation in health improvement initiatives and health service planning.
• Promoting health and preventing, reducing, and delaying ill-health, while collaborating with government agencies, organisations, communities, and individuals to address the factors that influence health outcomes.
• Working to achieve the best possible health outcomes for all New Zealanders.
• Ensuring that health service planning and delivery respond to the aspirations, needs, and priorities of the people they serve.

The services funded and delivered by Health New Zealand include:

• Public health services
• Primary and community care services
• Hospital and specialist services
• Mental health and addiction services
• Hauora Māori health services

Health New Zealand is one part of the wider New Zealand health system and works alongside other organisations to deliver healthcare and improve health outcomes across the country.