New Zealand. Department of Health (Corporate Name)
- Earlier heading: New Zealand. Dept. of Health
- New Zealand. Health, Department of
- New Zealand. Tari Ora, Te
- New Zealand. Te Tari Ora
- Earlier heading: New Zealand. Department of Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid
- Later heading: Health Benefits Limited
- Later heading: New Zealand. Ministry of Health
- New Zealand. Department of Public Health
On 1 July 1993 New Zealand. Dept. of Health changed its name to New Zealand. Ministry of Health. Some of its functions were taken over by Health Benefits Limited
Medical Research Council (Gt. Brit.) The Prevention of "hospital ... 1942
Tobacco statistics, 1991: t.p. (Department of Health; te Tari Ora)
Journal of the ... July 1917: t.p. (Department of Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid, Wellington); NZ files, July 19, 2001 (hdgs.: New Zealand. Ministry of Health, Health Benefits Limited (N.Z.))
History: The New Zealand Dept. of Public Health was organized in 1900. In 1909, it absorbed the Hospitals and Charitable Aid Dept. and became the Dept. of Public Health, Hospitals, and Charitable Aid. Under the Health Act of 1920, the name was changed to Dept. of Health. This department comprised the divisions of public hygiene, hospitals, nursing, school hygiene, maternal welfare, and dental hygiene.