What we do
New Zealanders for Health Research is the nation’s only dedicated public education and advocacyalliance committed to making health research a higher priority in New Zealand.
Our members span industry, patient advocacy groups, charities and research institutions. Together, our diverse alliance represents the interests of a broad community all working together to promote health and prosperity for New Zealanders.
Overview of our offering
Government engagement and policy development: New Zealanders for Health Research actively contributes to policy development across health, industry, science, education and finance.
PR outreach: New Zealanders for Health Research builds a unified voice for research, by developing targeted messaging and other resources with our membership.
Philanthropic sector: Philanthropy is an important source of funding for health research. New Zealanders for Health Research maintains strong engagement with the philanthropic sector and provides a number of resources to individuals, researchers and philanthropic organisations to facilitate funding for health research.
Health industry: As part of our policy and advocacy, New Zealanders for Health Research works with our industry members to prioritise issues of direct relevance to industry, such as intellectual property laws that appropriately support and encourage investment in R&D; policies and programmes to capture the benefits of commercial innovation for New Zealand.
Public engagement: We gauge New Zealanders attitudes to health research through an annual public opinion poll.
Member involvement: All members have the opportunity to be engaged in the work that we do and who we influence through involvement in working groups and other policy and advocacy initiatives.
Networking: New Zealanders for Health Research members are well connected through beneficial networking events.
International alliances: New Zealanders for Health Research has strong connections and ongoing collaboration with like-minded international alliances such as Research Australia, Research America, Research Canada and Research Sweden.
Media: New Zealanders for Health Research works closely with local media to reach a broad audience with influential messages.
