Health Minister Dr Shane Reti today officially opened Tōtara Haumaru, the country’s newest hospital facility, on Auckland’s North Shore Hospital campus. The first patients are set to be welcomed into the 150-bed facility tomorrow (Monday 1 July) which will serve the Auckland and Northland communities well into the future. In opening the new facility, Dr ...
From 1 July 2024, funding arrangements for COVID-19 related services are moving to a business-as-usual approach Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora (Health NZ) confirms today. “Health NZ continues to transition its health response to COVID-19 so it is managed in a similar way to other communicable diseases, but some funded COVID-19 services remain ...
Pacific healthcare provider the Rotorua Pacific Islands Development Charitable Trust is taking a family approach to healthcare and vaccinations, and seeing some great results. The Trust runs programmes including an early learning centre, social services, sessions for elderly people and a youth service, along with healthcare services. They also host the Rotorua Pasifika Festival, an ...
Fepulea’i Margie Apa – Chief Executive , Te Whatu Ora – Health New Zealand Tēnā koutou katoa. Today, 1 July is an historic day for our health system. Today is the beginning of a unified health service, bringing our 20 district health boards, our shared services and large parts of the Ministry of Health into ...
De La Salle College’s Health Science Academy—aimed at growing the Pacific health workforce by getting students interested in health careers—has seen some incredible results, with very high achievement in science subjects for participating students. Funded by Health New Zealand, the Health Science Academy programme provides Pacific school students in Years 11-13 who are studying two ...
Richard Sullivan is pleased to announce that Professor Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard DBE has been appointed to the position of Chief Medical Officer for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora. Dame Helen is a vastly experienced medical professional with decades of experience at all levels of the National Health Service (NHS) in the United Kingdom. ...
The culmination of months of planning was realised as wāhine of Ngā Maia Māori Midwives Aotearoa, and supporters, were welcomed onto Maungatapu Marae, Tauranga-Moana for their 2023 Hui-a Tau. Established in 1994 Ngā Maia Māori Midwives ō Aotearoa was formed by Māori midwives, midwifery tutors, and their students, to support each other and address the ...