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Number of active health practitioners, 2015

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In 2015, there were over 95,000 heath practitioners (excluding unregistered alternative practitioners) active in New Zealand. More than half of them were nurses.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: Health Workforce New Zealand, Health of the health workforce 2015. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2016

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Allison Kirkman, Health practitioners – Health-care practice, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/graph/28313/number-of-active-health-practitioners-2015 (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Allison Kirkman, published 29 March 2011, updated 28 April 2026.