This document outlines the all-of-government measures to be taken to prepare for and respond to a pandemic in New Zealand. The interim update was completed at pace, is limited in scope, and reflects changes to how the health system is run since the 2022 reforms and some of the early lessons from the COVID-19 response.

This publication summarises the most up-to-date and relevant local and international literature on suicide prevention and postvention. It highlights what the most impactful interventions are for the New Zealand context, and where the gaps in the research are.

A comprehensive evaluation of the costs (both personal and to the broader community) of illicit drug use in New Zealand, including legal drugs diverted to the illicit market and excluding alcohol and tobacco.

The Government Policy Statement (GPS) on health 2024-27 is the public statement of what the New Zealand Government expects the health system to deliver and achieve, and how success will be measured, monitored and reported. The GPS sets the direction for the health system as a whole, and incorporates the government’s priorities.

The report estimates the gross costs of harms attributable to the consumption of alcohol, including harms to the drinker and others, to the extent that recent local evidence supports confidence in causal attribution and takes a conservative approach. Evidence used in calculations of cost estimates is restricted to the last ten years and the New...