Contact Us
Canterbury
160 Bealey Avenue
Christchurch 8013
New Zealand
PO Box 1475
Christchurch 8140
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 364 1777
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8am - 5pm
Mid Canterbury
Elizabeth Street (use Gate 5)
Ashburton
New Zealand
PO Box 110
Ashburton 7740
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 307 6902
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8am - 5pm
South Canterbury
18 Woollcombe Street
Timaru 7910
New Zealand
PO Box 510
Timaru 7940
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 687 2600
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8.30am - 5pm
West Coast
3 Tarapuhi Street
Greymouth 7805
New Zealand
PO Box 443
Greymouth 7840
New Zealand
Phone: +64 3 768 1160
Hours:
Mon to Fri 8.30am - 5pm
Using the online contact forms
Note: Mailboxes receiving submitted contact forms are not monitored when our offices are closed. This includes over the weekend, on public holidays and during the Christmas/New Year period.
Please call your local office for details on how to contact staff on call for queries requiring an urgent public health response.
To email a staff member, place a dot between their first name and surname, and then add @cdhb.health.nz (for example joe.bloggs@cdhb.health.nz). Please note that some staff may also have a number after their surname.
Note: NPHS Te Mana Ora staff are slowly and progressively moving to Te Whatu Ora email addresses (@tewhatuora.govt.nz – for example joe.bloggs@tewhatuora.govt.nz). You should receive an out-office message indicating when a staff member has changed their email address.
Contact your nearest office to speak to a staff member who may be help with your situation or answer your question.
- Find out about The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights when using a health and disability service in New Zealand.
Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health is part of the National Public Health Service
The New Zealand health system transition began on 1st July 2022.
Te Mana Ora | Community and Public Health is now part of the new National Public Health Service (NPHS) for Te Waipounamu within Health New Zealand.
Our staff will continue to provide the same services until further notice.
The Public Health Nursing Service is set to join the National Public Health Service in early 2025.
Visit the Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury website for information on other divisions or departments (formerly the Canterbury District Health Board), including the Public Health Nursing Service, and School and Community Dental Services.
Community and Public Health stopped providing an Elderly Falls Prevention programme from 1st January 2009.
Find out about the community based Falls Prevention Programme – provided by Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury.
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