Audrey Sonerson is the Director-General of Health and Chief Executive of the Ministry of Health, a role she was appointed to in April 2025. Audrey started her career at the Ministry of Health and has ...

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

This is the first periodic Review of Certain Matters under the Contraception, Sterilisation, and Abortion Act 1977. The review identifies that some good progress has occurred. There is increased ...

The Ministry of Health has opened consultation today on health workforce regulation. Minister of Health Hon Simeon Brown has announced the Government is reviewing New Zealand’s health workforce ...

The Minister for Mental Health has announced 5 mental health and addiction targets which provide clear expectations for health system performance. They are intended to improve outcomes for people with ...

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

Health providers and products we regulate, and laws we administer.

Growing, manufacture and sale of low-THC hemp seeds as food is now permitted. You need to meet the requirements of the Misuse of Drugs (Industrial Hemp) Regulations 2006 – for activities involving ...

The Public Service Act 2020 requires each department to have, as its administrative head, a chief executive. The Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act 2022 states that the chief executive can be referred to ...