31 January 2024
Sam Knowles
[FYI request #25094 email]
Tēnā koe Sam,
Your request for Official information, reference: HNZ00034205
Thank you for your request which was transferred from the Ministry of Health on 12 December
2023 asking
for the following:
please would you let me have details of the National birth rates from 01.01.2017
- to the 31.05.2022 inclusive, broken down by month and year.
On 14 December 2023, we contacted you and advised the relevant business unit had offered to
respond to this directly. This would be treated as a data request rather than the standard approach
to requests under the Official Information Act 1982 so that the team could work with you on the data
you are seeking.
Unfortunately as we have not received a response, we are only able to provide the following
information.
Please see below Te Whatu Ora’s Report on Maternity web tool:
https:/ tewhatuora.shinyapps.io/report-on-maternity-web-tool/
The web tool provides annual health statistics about women giving birth, their pregnancy and
childbirth experience and the characteristics of live-born babies in NZ between 2012 to 2021 (2022
is not published yet).
If further information is required, please contact
[email address] and they can
provide a response as an ad hoc query rather than an Of icial Information Act request.
How to get in touch
If you have any questions, you can contact us at
[email address].
If you are not happy with this response, you have the right to make a complaint to the
Ombudsman. Information about how to do this is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
by phoning 0800 802 602.
Nāku iti noa, nā
Michael Cleary
Acting OIA Manager
Government Services
TeWhatuOra.govt.nz