Nurses at Health NZ public hospitals and health services plan to strike from 7am to 11pm on both Tuesday 2 September and Thursday 4 September. Emergency departments will be open for emergencies only.
GPs, after-hours and urgent care clinics, and other community health providers are not affected by the strikes and will continue to operate as normal.
Industrial action — Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Oraexternal link
You can contact the Early childhood centre team by phone on:
For guidance on early childhood centre health assessments visit the Health New Zealand website.
Early childhood centre health assessmentsexternal link
Keeping your centre healthyexternal link
Early learning service and kōhanga reo resourcesexternal link
Our health protection officers work to protect and promote the health and wellbeing of people across the Wellington region from actual and potential environmental hazards and risks across the region.
Environmental health — Health NZexternal link
Notify NPHS in Otago and Southland of:
Notify National Public Health Service - South Island | Te Waipounamuexternal link
Public health nurses provide free health services to tamariki in primary and intermediate schools.
Public health nursing for schools and preschools
School public health nursing — Health NZexternal link
Health resources for schools and kura — Health NZexternal link
Find out the training and authorisation requirements to become an authorised vaccinator.
Authorised vaccinatorexternal link
Schools that have moved to being water only have seen that it benefits teaching and learning as well as student health and wellbeing.
Water-only schoolsexternal link
The Sleep space programme is a coordinated approach to delivering infant public health services, including safe sleep, smokefree, breastfeeding, immunisation and gentle handling, to those most at risk of experiencing Sudden Unexpected Death of an Infant (SUDI). There are 3 core elements to delivery.
The 3 programme components are essential. They facilitate engagement with priority families, offer a free sleep space and promote a partnership relationship and shared responsibility for protecting the region's more vulnerable infants.
Pēpi-pods and wahakura are the 2 types of sleep spaces offered.
Pēpi-pod sleep space programmeexternal link
Hāpai SUDI prevention coordination service Ngā Whenu O Te Wahakuraexternal link
Local agencies with contracts to support pregnancy and newborns distribute the sleep spaces and collect programme data. Their staff undergo programme-specific distributor training.
If your organisation would be interested in becoming a sleep space distributor, email us at so-nphs-safesleep@tewhatuora.govt.nzexternal link
Eligibility for the sleep space programme is based on evidence of increased risk of SUDI. Referrals are encouraged for whānau and pēpi who meet one or more of the following criteria.
Pēpi criteria:
Parent criteria:
Other criteria:
Exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis.
Where whānau do not meet programme criteria there is the option of buying a sleep space privately. Otherwise, bassinets are available at no cost to:
To make a referral, email us a completed Southern sleep space form.
Southern sleep space formPDF199 KB
The National Public Health Service is responsible for:
Full information about National Public Health Service and what they do is on the Health NZ website.
You can contact NPHS — Otago and Southland by:
National Public Health Services — Otago and Southland contact form
Phone 03 476 9800external link
Main Block, Level 2
Wakari Hospital
Taieri Road
Dunedin
National Public Health Service
Private Bag 1921
Dunedin 9054
Phone 03 211 8500external link
23 Forth Street
Invercargill
National Public Health Service
PO Box 1601
Invercargill 9840
Phone 03 450 9156external link
Suite 2, Level 3, Building 7
Hawthorne Drive
Remarkables Park
Queenstown
National Public Health Service
PO Box 2180
Frankton
Queenstown 9349
National Public Health Service is involved in preventing and minimising the spread of infectious diseases. This can involve carrying out interviews with people who have or may have an infectious disease (cases), people at risk of catching an infectious disease from a case (disease contacts), or receiving or storing personal health information from other sources.
Your information is protected under the Health Information Privacy Code and other law.
The information collected during interviews, or through other means, will only be used to help prevent the spread of infectious illnesses and keep others safe.
Information gathered will be held by National Public Health Service which is part of Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora.
National Public Health Service may need to share the information gathered with others involved in controlling infectious diseases, such as your doctor or other health services. We will only share this information for the purpose of controlling the disease.
Some information may be made public, like any places and events you have been to. This is to help find people who may have had contact with you. Your personal information will not be shared publicly.
You can access your health information if you wish, and you can ask for it to be corrected if you think it is wrong or misleading.
You can direct any concerns about the privacy of your health information to your relevant health District Privacy Officer or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner.
Office of the Privacy Commissionerexternal link
The information we ask you for is important to controlling the spread of infectious diseases. If you do not provide that information, controlling these diseases may be more difficult. Sometimes, we can require you to supply us with the information under the Health Act.
