For reliable online information about the New Zealand health and disability system, health services available for your family/whānau, information on a range of health topics, medicines and self-care resources, try these websites.
General health information websites
- Healthinfo Canterbury
- Kidshealth
- Health Navigator
- Community and Public Health – Your Health
- Ministry of Health – Your Health
- Commonground – a website hub providing parents, family, whānau and friends with access to information, tools and support to help a young person who is struggling.
- Canterbury District Health Board
How the New Zealand health and disability system works
Videos
- NZ health and disability system (Waitemata DHB) – available in English, Chinese and Hindi
- Navigating the disability system in NZ (Disability Connect) – recorded in English and available with English subtitles, Chinese subtitles and Korean subtitles.
Booklets
New Zealand health system booklets – translated into multiple languages. To view/download, select from the list of translated booklets below:
- New Zealand health system – English (PDF, 307KB)
- New Zealand health system – Amharic (PDF, 999KB)
- New Zealand health system – Arabic (PDF, 377KB)
- New Zealand health system – Chinese (PDF, 564KB)
- New Zealand health system – Dari (PDF, 423KB)
- New Zealand health system – Farsi (PDF, 329KB)
- New Zealand health system – Hindi (PDF, 414KB)
- New Zealand health system – Japanese (PDF, 583KB)
- New Zealand health system – Korean (PDF, 856KB)
- New Zealand health system – Nepali (PDF, 388KB)
- New Zealand health system – Samoan (PDF, 346KB)
- New Zealand health system – Somali (PDF, 370KB)
- New Zealand health system – Spanish (PDF, 341KB)
- New Zealand health system – Tagalog (PDF, 445KB)
- New Zealand health system – Tongan (PDF, 389KB)