The Health New Zealand Board will take over from the current Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners, who were appointed last ...

New Zealand already has one of the worst occupational health and safety records, per head of population, among OECD nations.

The New Zealand government has announced a series of reforms aimed at ensuring the country's work health and safety legislation is fit-for-purpose for businesses. Workplace Relations and Safety ...

New Zealand’s health system has been plagued by short-term thinking for decades. The latest reforms need to address key issues if the government wants to future proof our key health services.

The reforms will mean that for the first time, New Zealand will have a truly national health system, and the kind of treatment people get will no longer be determined by where they live, he said.

A major overhaul of New Zealand's health system begins today and will affect how decisions are made and services delivered. A national body called Health NZ replaces the 20 district health boards.

If New Zealand can radically reform its health system, why not do the same for welfare? Published: May 4, 2021 3:11pm EDT. Louise Humpage, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Author ...

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says the latest report into New Zealand’s health reforms shows a few benefits, but overall once again demonstrates a lack of leadership by the previous Labour ...

Although the new system - Health New Zealand - will mean Chandler's role will end, The health reforms mean district health board members' roles will also be disestablished.

Public health modelling conducted in 2022 had shown the Smokefree policy would have saved New Zealand's health system about US$1.3bn (£630m) over the next 20 years.

New Zealand is a Pacific nation of just over 5 million people. Indigenous Maori make up about 20% of the population, but suffer high rates of imprisonment and ill-health. Related ...