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Reducing Health Inequalities for all New Zealanders

Links to other New Zealand Agencies


Reducing inequalities in health status is a priority for the whole of government as well as the whole of the health sector. A key government goal is to reduce inequalities in education, employment, housing and health for all disadvantaged groups.

The following are links to other New Zealand agencies working to reduce inequalities.

Te Puni Kokiri (www.tpk.govt.nz)
Te Puni Kōkiri’s work focuses on providing high quality policy advice to Government and other agencies.

Ministry of Education (www.minedu.govt.nz)
The ministry's influence on education outcomes is indirect. We are not a provider of education, but we are leading education to meet the needs of all students in New Zealand.

Ministry of Justice (www.justice.govt.nz)
The Ministry works closely with other agencies in the justice sector such as New Zealand Police, the Department of Corrections and the Ministry of Social Development, to advance the sector’s common goal of a safe and just society for New Zealand.
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Ministry of Social Development (www.msd.govt.nz)
The Ministry of Social Development, Te Manatu Whakahiato Ora, provides strategic social policy advice to the New Zealand Government and provides social services to more than one million New Zealanders.

Ministry of Women's Affairs (www.mwa.govt.nz )
The Ministry of Women’s Affairs is a government agency that provides policy advice on issues specific to New Zealand women.
New Zealand Treasury (www.treasury.govt.nz )
The Treasury is the Government’s lead advisor on economic and financial policy, and has the overall vision of helping governments achieve higher living standards for New Zealanders.

Wellington School of Medicine and Health Sciences (www.wnmeds.ac.nz)
Page last updated: 28 August 2007
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