Our mahi
As well as publishing the Healthify website, the Health Navigator Charitable Trust (HNCT) provides a range of other products for New Zealanders and the health professionals who care for them.
Read more about our mahi and how you can partner with us.
Working together to build a healthier, more equitable Aotearoa New Zealand.
Healthify He Puna Waiora
Healthify is the jewel in our crown. It is Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest consumer-focused health website and has over 1.1 million page views per month.
It has over 1,500 health topics, 500+ medicine pages, numerous translated medicine factsheets and easy-to-understand videos made for New Zealanders.
WOVEN – Whānau Ora Voices of Experience Network
WOVEN was established in 2015 by the Ministry of Health and is run by HNCT to increase inclusion of tangata whaiora in the design, planning and development of health services in Aotearoa New Zealand.
CAG – Cultural Advisory Group
Our Cultural Advisory Group is a collaborative of Māori and Pacific Peoples representatives dedicated to enhancing the cultural relevance, appropriateness and integrity of Health Navigator Charitable Trust (HNCT) initiatives.
Whakaora Matihiko
Whakaora Matihiko is an exciting community-led project aimed at strengthening mental health and preventing suicide among Māori communities in Aotearoa New Zealand. This initiative, supported by the 2024 Māori Community Suicide Prevention Fund, uses digital tools and storytelling to promote wellbeing and resilience.
Journey to Wellbeing | Huarahi Ora
Journey to Wellbeing | Huarahi Ora's guiding principles have been developed by reviewing international and national literature about self-management support for long-term conditions, interviews with community and providers across Aotearoa New Zealand, and a series of focus groups and feedback from people with lived experience of long-term conditions and disabilities.
NZ Health App Library
The NZ Health App Library, funded by Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora, offers a trusted collection of expert-reviewed health apps. With most people having a computer in their pocket, our library opens up new possibilities for increasing access, timely care, support, and even treatment for a wide range of health conditions. Discover reliable, up-to-date digital solutions tailored to you and your whānau's needs. The NZ Health App Library is on the Healthify website.
Auckland region Psychological Response Project (APR project)
The APR project (2022-2023) involved the creation of webpages, fact sheets and videos providing emotional and practical support for people during and after the COVID-19 epidemic. Topics included looking after your wairua, working from home and keeping kai on the table.
DHAP – Digital Health Accreditation Pathway
The Digital Health Accreditation Pathway (DHAP) is an assessment framework for Aotearoa, New Zealand, designed to help guide whānau and clinicians in identifying the best digital solutions, ensuring they are clinically sound, culturally relevant, user-friendly, technically safe, and meet security and privacy standards.