Public health services in Greater Wellington
The ear van based in Porirua provides free checks for tamariki from 0 to when they turn 19. This service is provided by a registered nurse who has special training in ear health.
Porirua children's ear van (internal link)
We want water to be the first drink of choice at all activities and events around Greater Wellington.
Our hydration stations and dispensers are free to hire for schools and community organisations.
Hydration stations (external link)
For guidance on early childhood centre health assessments visit the Health New Zealand website.
Early childhood centre health assessments (external link)
Keeping your centre healthy (external link)
He Whare Taonga offers a free housing assessment so that kaumātua (elderly), individuals and whānau can live in warm, dry and safe homes.
Housing — He Whare Taonga (internal 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 schools (external link)
Public health nurses provide free health services to tamariki in primary and intermediate schools.
School public health nursing (external link)
Health resources for schools and kura (external link)
Find out the training and authorisation requirements to become an authorised vaccinator.
Authorised vaccinator (external link)
The role of public health
The National Public Health Service is responsible for:
- monitoring environmental health and notifiable diseases
- preventing the spread of disease, including at our international borders
- promoting healthy eating and physical activity
- promoting safe environments and good health practices in early childhood centres and kōhanga reo
- some health services for tamariki, such as screening, B4 School Checks, and tuberculosis (BCG) immunisation for at risk tamariki aged under 5 years old
- reviewing public health regulations and inquiring into applications for alcohol licences and the development of Local Alcohol Plans
- enforcing elements of the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990
- guiding and enforcing public health plans, strategies and legislation.
Contact information
To contact the National Public Health Service in Greater Wellington:
- call 04 570 9002
- email HealthProtection@huttvalleydhb.org.nz
Office and postal addresses
Lower Hutt
Street address:
- Level 1, Community Health Buidling
- Hutt Hospital
- High Street
- Lower Hutt
Postal address:
- Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
- Private Bag 31907
- Lower Hutt 5040
Porirua
Street address:
- Level 3, Cityfitness Building
- Walton Leigh Avenue
- Porirua
Masterton
Street address:
- Level 2, 51 Lincoln Road
- Masterton
Postal address:
- Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
- PO Box 96
- Masterton 5840
How we manage and use your health information
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 Commissioner (external 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.