Health Navigator NZ website gets major make over

Health Navigator NZ website has had a major makeover and has now rebranded as Healthify He Puna Wairoa.

The new name, Healthify, underlines our commitment to simplifying and enhancing access to health information and self-care resources. Our tagline, He Puna Wairoa, embodies our vision of being a spring of knowledge, fostering life and wellness.

Our old website was well overdue for modernisation and we needed to respond better to people with the highest health needs.

For over 10 years our content has proven to be trustworthy, with over 1.65 million page views per month, and this move is intended to reach even more people living in more diverse places and circumstances.

Over the last six months we listened to priority communities about what would be of most value to individuals and whānau searching for health information online. Feedback and Māori-led agency guidance led to an enhanced user experience on our new website.

Healthify provides easy access to online, plain language health information and self-care resources. Topics have been reformatted to declutter pages and allow people better control over what they want to watch, read and listen to. A clear, consistent look for the entire site will enhance way finding and bold photographs bring the PC and laptop views to life.

The site meets up-to-date accessibility standards and is fully optimised for mobile. It’s also part of the Te Whatu Ora zero data initiative, which means people can access the site without data and, if needed, they can remove any trace of visiting us, as we have shielded site access, too.

Healthcare providers can continue to use Healthify with patients and customers to enhance shared decision making and find self-management tools. There is a dedicated space for healthcare providers in the website footer.

Healthify He Puna Waiora is supported in various ways by Te Whatu Ora, Pharmac, a number of PHOs, HealthTV, Mediboard, KidsHealth, HealthInfo Canterbury and Collaborative Aotearoa.