133 Molesworth Street
PO Box 5013
Wellington 6140
New Zealand
T+64 4 496 2000
26 September 2023
Mark Shelly
By email: [FYI request #24087 email]
Ref: H2023031570
Tēnā koe Mark
Response to your request for official information
Thank you for your request under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) to Manatū Hauora
(the Ministry of Health) on 10 September 2023 for information regarding the New Zealand
Health Surveys. Each part of your request is responded to below:
Please provide all questions asked in the New Zealand Health Surveys for each of the last
10 years.
All survey questions asked in the New Zealand Health Survey from 2012/13 to 2021/22 can be
found online as publicly available information at:
https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-
statistics/surveys/new-zealand-health-survey. Therefore, this part of your request is refused
under section 18(d) of the Act.
Please include the 2023 survey questions.
Four documents were identified relating to the 2022/23 and 2023/24 New Zealand Health
Survey questionnaires. All documents are itemised in Appendix 1 and have been released to
you in full.
The 2022/23 and 2023/24 New Zealand Health Survey questionnaires will become publicly
available in November 2023 and November 2024 respectively, as the questionnaires are
published online when the Annual Results are published each November. These will be found
online at:
https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-statistics/surveys/new-zealand-health-survey.
Please provide participant numbers and demographics (age, race, gender, locality) for
each survey year.
Each survey year, information about sample size numbers for each age group, ethnic group,
gender, neighbourhood deprivation (NZDep) and disability status are found in the Methodology
Report. This information requested is refused under section 18(d) of the Act as this is publicly
available information, which is found online at:
https://www.health.govt.nz/nz-health-
statistics/surveys/new-zealand-health-survey.
Information about locality or race is not collected as part of the New Zealand Health Survey,
therefore details for locality and race are refused under section 18(g)(i) of the Act as this
information is not held.
I trust this information fulfils your request. If you wish to discuss any aspect of your request with
us, including this decision, please feel free to contact the OIA Services Team on:
[email address].
Under section 28(3) of the Act, you have the right to ask the Ombudsman to review any
decisions made under this request. The Ombudsman may be contacted by email at:
[email address] or by calling 0800 802 602.
Please note that this response, with your personal details removed, may be published on the
Manatū Hauora website at:
www.health.govt.nz/about-ministry/information-releases/responses-
official-information-act-requests. Nāku noa, nā
Dean Rutherford
Deputy Director-General
Evidence Research and Innovation | Te Pou Whakamārama
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Appendix 1: List of documents for release
#
Date
Document details
Decision on release
1
2022
Questionnaire: New Zealand Health
Released in full.
Survey Adult Questionnaire (Year 12) 1
July 2022 – 30 June 2023
2
2022
Questionnaire: New Zealand Health
Survey Child Questionnaire (Year 12) 1
July 2022 – 30 June 2023
3
2023
Questionnaire: New Zealand Health
Survey Adult Questionnaire (Year 13) 1
July 2023 – 30 June 2024
4
2023
Questionnaire: New Zealand Health
Survey Child Questionnaire (Year 13) 1
July 2023 – 30 June 2024
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