About the NZHIS web site

NEW ZEALAND HEALTH INFORMATION SERVICE

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Copyright

The copyright owner of the NZHIS web site is the Ministry of Health, which is part of the New Zealand Crown.

Ministry of Health work on this web site may be reproduced in any number of copies and in any format or medium provided that:

the content is not changed
it is not sold
the material is not used to promote or endorse any product or service
it is not used in an inappropriate or misleading context having regard to the nature of the material
any disclaimers included on the published information are reproduced on the material
a copyright acknowledgment to the New Zealand Ministry of Health is included.

No photograph or graphic work in any Ministry of Health publication may be reproduced out of the document or resource from which it came without the expressed written permission of the Ministry of Health. To enquire about the process for obtaining permission for using a photograph, please consult the Information Publishing Services of NZHIS.

Any reproduction of the work must respect the moral rights of the author of the work as set out in Part IV of the Copyright Act 1994.

Permission to reproduce Ministry of Health work does not extend to include any work identified on this web site as the copyright material of a party other than the Ministry of Health. Authorisation to reproduce such material must be obtained from the copyright holders concerned.

If you are in doubt as to whether a proposed use is covered by this licence, please consult the Information Publishing Services of NZHIS.

Privacy

Information collected by NZHIS is subject to the Health Information Privacy Code 1994 and the Privacy Act 1993. No personally identifiable statistics are available through this web site; all statistics have been aggregated.

You may browse and access information contained in this site without providing personal information. Where you voluntarily provide personal information (eg, through e-mail requests), we are required as a minimum to hold your personal information as directed under the Privacy Act 1993. The Act regulates us through the Information Privacy Principles as to how we collect, use, hold, disclose, access, correct, manage and dispose of your personal information.

Some information, such as site browsing patterns, is automatically retrieved from your computer system while you are visiting our site. However, no individual visitors can be identified.

To view any personal information held by NZHIS, or if you have any concerns about personal information that we hold and wish to request its correction, please write to:

The Privacy Officer
New Zealand Health Information Service
PO Box 5013
Wellington

Use of macrons on this site

The Ministry of Health supports the correct use of the Māori language and in particular the Māori Language Commission’s guideline that macrons be used in Māori words where appropriate.

The ability to display macrons on our web site is limited by current technology and limited standardisation. It is therefore possible that the macrons which should appear in some Māori language words may either appear incorrectly, or not appear at all. NZHIS apologises for any offence this may cause.

Disclaimer

The information contained on this web site is derived from many different sources. While NZHIS has taken all reasonable steps to ensure that all the information is from a reliable and reputable source and is accurate, it accepts no liability or responsibility for any acts or omissions, done or omitted in reliance, in whole or in part, on the information. NZHIS takes no responsibility for the manner in which this information is subsequently used.

Any views or statements in relation to any person or product which are not specifically attributed to NZHIS, the Ministry of Health or the Crown do not necessarily reflect the views of NZHIS, the Ministry of Health or the Crown, and should not be taken as such.

Linking policy

Links to this website: NZHIS welcomes hypertext links to this web site where the purpose of the link is consistent with the web site’s objectives. If you do create a hypertext link to any of the pages on this web site, you acknowledge that you are responsible for all direct or indirect consequences of the hypertext link.

Links to other web sites: To support a collaborative approach to health information, this site provides links to limited number of other government and health and disability sector web sites.

If you follow a hypertext link to another web site, this is your own responsibility. When visiting other sites, you should refer to the conditions of use of each of those sites and not rely on these conditions.

NZHIS will consider links to relevant government web sites and to a very limited number of health and disability sector sites. To request a link on the NZHIS Health Links page, e-mail the webmaster at webmaster@nzhis.govt.nz.

Feedback

Please send your comments regarding technical aspects of the www.nzhis.govt.nz site, including any broken links, to the webmaster at webmaster@nzhis.govt.nz.

General enquiries regarding health statistics should be sent to inquiries@nzhis.govt.nz. For other health enquiries, contact EmailMOH@moh.govt.nz.

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