6 July 2026
Andrew Ecclestone
[FYI request #34875 email]
Tēnā koe Andrew
Your request for official information, reference: HNZ00204652
Thank you for your email on 8 June 2026, asking Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora for the
following under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA):
Please provide the amount of money which Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand allocated
for programmes to support immunisation of children in each of the three fiscal years 2022-
2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025, broken down by type of programme, if relevant and
available, or any record which includes this information.
Response
Health NZ funds immunisation services through two primary mechanisms: fee-for-service (via
general practices and community pharmacies) and bulk-funded contracts (e.g. hauora Māori
services and Pacific providers).
Over the past three years, investment in immunisation has grown, and service delivery costs have
increased, and models of care have diversified. Most of this is covered by the allocation of
Immunising our Tamariki investment of $25 mil ion per annum and Pacific Provider funding of
$10m per annum.
FY 2022/23
FY 2023/24
FY 2024/25
$113.9 mil ion
$153.6 mil ion
$230.2 mil ion
Health NZ does not hold a single report or consolidated record that captures the information in the
way requested. Funding for childhood immunisation has historical y been managed across a range
of programmes and business units, which means the information is not held centrally in one
source. Health NZ is working towards a more integrated funding approach to reduce siloed
funding, improve visibility across investment, and support more efficient service delivery. To
provide some information in response to your request for breakdown, we asked relevant business
units to identify the bulk- funding streams that support childhood immunisation, and the information
provided below has been collated from those responses.
Please note that some programmes were broader initiatives that included childhood immunisation
as one of their objectives or outcome measures.
2022/23
- $1 mil ion was allocated as a temporary top-up payment for measles, mumps and rubella
(MMR) and influenza vaccination. This payment was made to general practices, community
pharmacies, and other community providers to support MMR catch-up and influenza
immunisations for tamariki and the catch-up cohort.
- Approximately $5.1 mil ion was allocated to performance-based payment for childhood
immunisation through the System Level Measure (SLM) framework, which is passed onto
general practice via PHOs.
- Approximately $4.4 mil ion was allocated to Pacific Health programmes that include support
for childhood immunisation, which included Pacific Immunisation NPHS ($1.5 mil ion), Kahu
Taurima ($2.2 mil ion), and the National MMR Campaign ($0.6 mil ion).
2023/24
- Approximately $5.28 mil ion was allocated to childhood immunisation under the SLM
programme.
- $25 mil ion was provided by Hauora Māori Services to the Winter Preparedness
programme, which supported childhood immunisation initiatives.
- Approximately $1 mil ion was allocated to the pre-call/recal initiative to increase
immunisation delivery at six weeks of age.
- A total of $14.3 mil ion to Pacific Health on programmes that include support for childhood
immunisation, which included Pacific Outreach ($9.5 mil ion), Community Action NPHS
($0.9 mil ion), Kahu Taurima ($2,7 mil ion), and MMR Surge NPHS ($1.2 mil ion).
2024/25
- Approximately $24.1 mil ion was allocated through the SLM programme to childhood
immunisation.
- Hauora Māori Services provided $25 mil ion through the Immunising Our Tamariki
programme, which continued funding previously provided through the Winter Preparedness
programme as mentioned in FY2023/24 ($50 mil ion total package).
- Approximately $4 mil ion to support pre-call and recall activities, including local
immunisation coordination support, practice enablement, and capability and capacity
building for general practices.
- $0.5 mil ion for the Whānau Āwhina Plunket Pilot, which supports opportunistic
immunisation.
- $0.7 mil ion for Outreach Immunisation Service Delivery, which supports children who are
unenrolled or not regularly seen in general practice, including those in remote or hard-to-
access areas.
- A total of $17.3 mil ion to Pacific Health allocated to programmes that include support for
childhood immunisation, including Wellchild ($2.8 mil ion), Pacific Outreach ($9.4 mil ion),
Kahu Taurima ($4 mil ion), and District OIS/Mobile Nursing ($1 mil ion).
How to get in touch
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www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or
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Nāku iti noa, nā
Sara Freitag
Manager, Government Services
