Health Impact Assessment in New Zealand

HIA Evaluation Reports

Impact Evaluation of the Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment
Nelson Marlborough DHB 'Social Impact Assessment of the Draft Nelson City Council Gambling Policy' Case Study Report'
Health Impact Assessment Case Study: Waihi Beach Age-Friendly HIA

Impact Evaluation of the Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment

In 2005 the Canterbury District Health Board’s ‘Community and Public Health’ (C&PH) division worked with the partners of the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy to pilot the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) process on the Greater Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Options paper (UDS)(Urban Forum 2005). It looked at the impact of the two options of concentration versus ‘business as usual’ on health – focussing on water, air, housing, transport, social connectedness and Māori.

A report of this HIA was made to the Urban Forum in December 2005. The HIA was the most ambitious HIA to have been performed in New Zealand at that time. It has been published in two peer-reviewed journals and been presented widely in New Zealand and Australia.

Download the Impact Evaluation of the Christchurch Urban Development Strategy Health Impact Assessment - 2008 report (PDF, 346 KB)

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Nelson Marlborough DHB 'Social Impact Assessment of the Draft Nelson City Council Gambling Policy' Case Study Report

In November 2006, Nelson City Council (NCC) commissioned Nelson Marlborough DHB Public Health Service to undertake a Social Impact Assessment (SIA) of their Draft Gambling Policy. The main objective of the SIA was to assess the positive and negative social and wellbeing impacts of the draft gambling policy to inform the development of the final policy.

As this was the first Impact Assessment of this kind in the region, Quigley and Watts was contracted to guide the process, funded through a partnership between NCC and the Public Health Service.

Download the Social Impact Assessment of Draft Nelson City Council Gambling Policy: A Case Study Report (PDF, 495 KB)

Health Impact Assessment Case Study: Waihi Beach Age-Friendly HIA

An Age-friendly Health Impact Assessment (AFHIA) was used to examine the extent to which, within a context of policies for urban intensification, provision for the ‘ageing-in place’ health and wellbeing of ageing populations at Waihi Beach could be improved. The case study of the HIA summarises the immediate outcomes and the key recommendations of the HIA, and discusses the key learnings for HIA practitioners. A key learning during this AFHIA process was that local governments are in a continuum of adjusting priorities for policy implementation due to funding availability, and it is critical that HIA processes fit in with their planning priorities and cycles.

Download the Health Impact Assessment Case Study: Waihi Beach Age-Friendly HIA (PDF, 76 KB)

Related information:

An Age-Friendly Community: Shaping the future for Waihi Beach HIA (2009)

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