NZNO nurses, healthcare assistants and some midwives plan to strike from 9am on Wednesday 30 July to 9am on Thursday 31 July. Patient safety is our priority and our hospitals will remain open. Continue to attend all appointments unless we have contacted you directly to reschedule.
The service works with your health providers to make sure your tamaiti receives all health checks and immunisations.
Your tamaiti receives health checks and immunisations from when they are born up to the age of 6. These are provided by your doctor, midwife, Well Child Tamariki Ora, vision, hearing, and oral health providers.
The service will record:
He aha ngā kōrero e kore e puritia?
We respect your privacy and will not record any additional clinical information about you or your tamaiti/child. We will only record whether or not your tamaiti/child has received their health checks and immunisations.
The service will:
*If health providers cannot get in touch with a family, we may connect with services such as the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Education for up-to-date contact details
Pēpi and tamaiti up to the age of 6 will be automatically registered.
You do have an option to opt-out if you do not wish for this information to be monitored.
Your tamaiti NHI number, date of birth, contact details and health check details up to the opt-out date will remain on the system, along with your opt-out decision. This will mean health providers cannot access the information about you or your tamaiti/child's after you opt-out of Te Māhuri - Child Health Connection Service.
To opt-out of Te Māhuri - Child Health Connection Service, please contact us on:
Freephone 0800 242 737
If you move, you can phone us on 0800 242 737 to update your contact details.
If child health providers cannot get in touch with you, we may contact the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) or the Ministry of Education (MOE) for your contact details and most recent addresses. We may ask MOE for your tamaiti/ child’s last school or ECE so that we can contact you. We may share your name and date of birth as well as your tamaiti/ child’s name, date of birth and gender with MSD and MOE to enable us to find your contact details.
No other information will be shared between us and MSD or MOE.”
He pēhea te roa e puritia ai ngā korero e Te Māhuri
Information will be held in the system for 10 years following your tamaiti/child’s last health check. This is a legal requirement [Privacy Act 2020, the Public Records Act 2005, the Health Information Privacy Code 2020 and the Health (Retention of Health Information) Regulations 1996].
Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
Free
If you and your whānau live in Auckland, we are happy to connect you with Uri Ririki - Child Health Connection Centre.
If you would like to contact them directly, please phone 0800 242 737.
