The minimum quality standard is used to verify medicinal cannabis products which have been derived from the Cannabis plant. Medicinal cannabis products that meet the minimum quality standard and can ...

Tobacco products and notifiable products (vaping products, smokeless tobacco products, and herbal smoking products) are not allowed to be sold to anyone under 18 years (minors). This means: An ...

Over 60 years of international and New Zealand research finds water fluoridation is both a safe and effective way to reduce tooth decay. The World Health Organization and other international and ...

Whaikaha – Ministry of Disabled People funds services to support the administration of the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003. The Ministry of Health has statutory ...

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the regulation of vaping products and smokeless tobacco products (notifiable products). The Ministry manages applications from retailers to become specialist ...

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

The Health Advisory and Regulatory Platform (HARP) is a web-based system the Ministry of Health uses to operate most of our regulatory services relating to smokefree ...

Amendments made to the Smokefree Environments and Regulated Products Act 1990 means that requirements come into effect at different times. The following document provides a timeline of when some ...

General retailers are stores that sell vaping products but only in a limited range of flavours which include tobacco, menthol, mint (including spearmint and peppermint). These products are not the ...

Increasing access to health services, achieving equity and improving outcomes for Māori.

How we’re working to improve health outcomes for all New Zealanders.