Health Impact Assessment in New Zealand

About the HIA Unit

Who are we?

The New Zealand Health Impact Assessment Support Unit is a New Zealand wide service responsible to the Office of the Director of Public Health, part of the Ministry of Health, based in Wellington. It has been established as part of a wider strategy to improve health and reduce inequalities in New Zealand.

Overall Aims

To contribute to improving health and reduce health inequalities in New Zealand
To embed health impact assessment into public policy and establish it as good practice to support better and more informed decision making.

What we do

Raise awareness about health impact assessment and the tools available to undertake health impact assessment, and promote HIA good practice
Support the development and effective use of the health impact assessment approach in New Zealand through building partnerships with key statutory, voluntary, community and private organisations in.
Provide technical advice, guidance and support to those who are in the process of starting or undertaking an health impact assessment
Build up an evidence base of information, tips, case studies, and good in New Zealand and overseas and contribute to the provision of new research that will inform and improve judgements about the potential impacts of policies, programmes and projects on health
Create, and maintain capacity through the provision of awareness raising presentations, training sessions in the use of HIA, its value and benefits within and across organisations and the facilitation of rapid appraisals.

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Page last updated: 7 August 2009