About Us

Te Whatu Ora is a Crown entity established under the New Zealand Public Health and Disability Amendment Act 2000.

We have a Board that is appointed by the Minister of Health.

Te Whatu Ora has an overall statutory function to lead and support activities for the following purposes:

• Promoting health and wellbeing and encouraging healthy lifestyles.
• Preventing disease, illness and injury
• Enabling environments that support health and wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.
• Reducing personal, social and economic harm.

It also has specific statutory functions to provide advice and research on alcohol-related issues.

For more information about us, please visit our website.