Bowel cancer screening
Between 2017 and 2020, a national bowel screening programme will become available to everyone aged 60 to 74 who is eligible for publicly funded healthcare in New Zealand.
Tips for healthy living
Boost your health with these tips to help you make healthy choices for disease prevention and overall good health.
E-cigarettes
E-cigarettes are a tool some people use to help them quit smoking. They produce a heated vapour that you inhale instead of smoking a cigarette. To work out whether this might help you, it’s useful to know more about them.
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) mainly describes two long-term conditions that inflame your gut. These are Crohn’s disease and ulcerative disease. Although there are no cures for these conditions, there are treatments that can help relieve your symptoms and stop them coming back.
Polypharmacy
Polypharmacy is the term used to describe taking a large number of medicines (usually more than five).
Smoking and pregnancy
“When you smoke, so does your baby...” There is no safe level of smoking, either for you or your baby.
Newsletters
Health Navigator produces three regular newsletters that you can sign up for below.
App library
Mobile apps are made to support lifestyle, disease management, mental wellbeing and behaviour change, but how do you know if they work, or they are safe to use? Our library, currently funded by the Ministry of Health, comprises of apps that have been reviewed by a range of experts, so you can decide which ones are right for you.
Video library
Wide range of videos ranging from explanations about health conditions through to personal stories and tips for keeping well. Disclaimer: Some of our video links take you to other websites, we cannot control any advertising running on those sites.