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Health

Fire Safety

• New Zealand Fire Service
  This extensive site provides information about our organisation, our people, our role, our equipment, latest news, recruitment, building requirements, latest fire safety campaigns and our publications.

Government Organisations

• District Health Boards
  These are links to a list of District Health Board websites.
• Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management (MCDEM)
  The new Civil Defence Emergency Management national education programme, Get Ready Get Thru aims to get New Zealanders better prepared for disasters. Find out more at the new website, www.getthru.govt.nz.
• Ministry of Health
  This site provides information on health topics from A to Z and links to other Ministry of Health websites.
• Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)
  This site provides information on best practice information and guidance to assist New Zealand businesses with health and safety in the workplace.To ask a question about a health and safety matter 24hrs/7 days ring 0800 20 90 20. To make a complaint about OSH, write to the Deputy Secretary - Workplace:
  Andrew Annakin
  Deputy Secretary - Workplace
  Department of Labour
  PO 3705
  Wellington
  

Health Services

• Carers.org.nz
  This site provides online resource for family carers.
• Canterbury Medical Research Foundation (CRMF)
  The CMRF believes in actively encouraging and supporting medical research and has grown from its humble beginnings in 1960 when it gave just two research grants to a multi-million dollar organization that today funds several major research projects annually.
• Ethnic medicine information
  This site provides information about cultural beliefs, medical and other related issues relating to health care of recent immigrants to the United States.
• Green Lane Clinic for Refugee Status Seekers
  This site provides information on public health screening clinic for refugees located in Auckland.
• The New Zealand Drug Foundation
  Te Tuapapa Tarukino o Aotearoa, established in 1990, is an independent trust with a national focus on minimising drug-related harm. This includes social and health harms caused by legal drugs, such as tobacco and alcohol, as well as illegal drugs, such as cannabis.
• Plunket
  This site provides information on a national organisation dedicated to well child health.
• Refugee Health Care
  A handbook for Health Professionals provide insights into the cultural and ethnic backgrounds of the main refugee groups in New Zealand and guidance to health professionals on conducting culturally sensitive consultations and effective use of interpreters.
• Services for Asylum Seekers
  This site provides information on health services available to asylum seekers located in Auckland.

Road Safety

• Road safety campaigns
  This site provide links to the Land Transport New Zealand's road safety campaigns.
• Cyclist and pedestrian safety
  This section contains resources and information for: pedestrians and cyclists, schools, regional councils and road controlling authorities.Pedestrians means walkers and any person who is allowed to use a mechanical device to travel on the footpath (eg, users of mobility scooters, skateboards, roller blades, scooters and power chairs).
• Motorist safety
• Motorcycle safety
• Vehicle safety

Water Safety

• Water Safety New Zealand
  This site provides information on water safety in New Zealand. For such a small country, New Zealand has some of the most extensive and beautiful coastline and waterways in the world. New Zealander's grow up with water, it's something we take for granted. It's fun, familiar....and a COLD KILLER! Around 130 New Zealander's die in the water every year

Mental Health

• MindNet New Zealand
  A new edition of MindNet, New Zealand's mental health promotion and prevention newsletter is now available from the mental health Foundation of New Zealand who is working to improve the mental health of all people and communities in New Zealand.

Move to Wellington website

This site is one of the services that Wellington City Council offers migrants, as well as people thinking about moving to the city and region through its settlement support activities. Please check out the site and pass the link on to others. The Move to Wellington website now has more than 100 pages of information and links, where recent migrants can learn about Wellington, including:

• Community services
• Employment, including looking for a job
• Healthcare, including finding a doctor
• Housing, including renting or buying a house
• Education and childcare
• Money and Tax
• Transport, including buying a car, getting your licence and public transport

The site also includes 12 profiles of recent migrants from countries as diverse as India, France, Iraq, Malaysia, England and Israel