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The Ministry of Health (Māori: Manatū Hauora) is the public service department of New Zealand responsible for healthcare in New Zealand. It came into existence in its current form in 1993. The organisation was founded in 1901 as the Department of Public Health in 1901, and was renamed to Department of Health in 1922.
The Minister of Health, formerly styled Minister of Public Health, is a minister in the New Zealand Government with responsibility for the New Zealand Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora—Health New Zealand. The current Minister of Health is National Party MP Shane Reti. [2]
Health New Zealand - Te Whatu Ora is the primary publicly funded healthcare system of New Zealand.It was established by the New Zealand Government to replace the country's 20 district health boards (DHBs) on 1 July 2022.
The Public Health Agency (PHA) is a directorate within the New Zealand Ministry of Health responsible for managing population and public health. It was established on 1 July 2022 as part of a large scale reform of public health services in New Zealand.
New Zealand's Maori Health Authority will be shutdown by June 20, the health minister said on Tuesday, as the centre-right government winds back indigenous policies of previous governments. The ...
The Ministry of Health also created a Māori Health Authority with spending power, and a new Public Health Authority to centralise public health work. [ 22 ] [ 23 ] In October 2021, the Sixth Labour Government introduced the Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Bill to replace the country's district health boards with the new Health NZ.
She was medical superintendent of Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, until 1987, when she was appointed chief health officer at the Ministry of Health. [4]She has served as Director General of Health at the Ministry of Health (1995 to 2006), and as chief executive officer of the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (2006 to 2020).
Te Aka Whai Ora (the Māori Health Authority) is a statutory entity responsible for ensuring that the New Zealand health system meets the needs of Māori. It will work in partnership with the Ministry of Health and Health New Zealand to achieve the following stated goals: