Community & Public Health

The Community and Public Health division of the Canterbury District Health Board is a public health service for the Canterbury and West Coast regions.

Hāpai Te Hauora

An Auckland Māori public health provider which also holds national service contracts for gambling harm minimisation, tobacco control advocacy, and the prevention of sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI).

Health Coalition Aotearoa

Coalition of organisations advocating for effective policies and actions to reduce health inequalites, and harm from tobacco, alcohol and unhealthy food.

Health Promotion Agency

A Crown agency dedicated to promoting health and well-being in New Zealand.

Ministry of Health

The Ministry of Health website provides information on the ministry’s public health work, including details of the 12 Public Health Units.

New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine

The College represents this medical specialty in New Zealand. The website hosts policy statements and submissions on key public health issues.

Public Health Association of New Zealand

A voluntary organisation which promotes public health.

100 objects that shaped public health

Resource developed by John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health that demonstrates the range of public health practice and influences on population health.

Bryder, Linda. ‘A new world? Two hundred years of public health in Australia and New Zealand.’ In The history of public health and the modern state, edited by Dorothy Porter, 313–334. Amsterdam, Atlanta: Editions Rodopi, 1994.

Davis, Peter, and Vivian Lin. ‘Public health in Australia and New Zealand.’ In Global public health: a new era, edited by Robert Beaglehole, 191–208. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Dew, Kevin, and Anna Matheson. Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

Dow, Derek A. Safeguarding the public health: a history of the New Zealand Department of Health. Wellington: Victoria University Press in association with the Ministry of Health and with the assistance of the Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1995.

Emerging issues for public health in New Zealand: a discussion paper. Wellington: Public Health Advisory Committee, 2004.

Hill, Sarah. ‘Socioeconomic inequalities in health.’ In Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand, edited by Kevin Dew and Anna Matheson: 33–54. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2008.

Howden-Chapman, Philippa. Home truths: confronting New Zealand's housing crisis. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2015.

Signal, Louise, and Mihi Ratima, eds. Promoting health in Aotearoa New Zealand. Dunedin: Otago University Press, 2015

Skegg, David. The health of the people. Wellington: Bridget Williams Books, 2019.

Woodward, Alastair, and Tony Blakely. The healthy country? A history of life & death in New Zealand. Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2014.