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Healthify (healthify.nz) is a New Zealand registered charity that provides independent health, medicines and wellbeing information for New Zealanders. You can use it to look up a condition or medicine in the A–Z indexes, watch short videos, take a free online course, or find healthcare quickly. It is a source of health information and self-care guidance, not a replacement for advice from a clinician — for urgent needs, use its "Find healthcare in a hurry" link rather than working through the topic pages.
What Healthify covers
The site describes itself as "Aotearoa New Zealand's trusted, independent home for health, medicines and wellbeing topics, self-care resources and tools." Its main content areas are:
- Health A–Z — fact sheets and topic pages on conditions and symptoms, including newly updated topics such as long COVID and panic disorder.
- Medicines A–Z — information on medicines.
- Videos — hundreds of health and wellbeing videos, including a set of four short videos to help you prepare for surgery and support recovery.
- Courses and skills — for example, a free online gout mini-course in te reo Māori, Gagana Sāmoa and lea faka-Tonga, and one-hour CPR and defibrillator sessions run with St John.
- Practical links — finding healthcare in a hurry, a healthcare provider section, FAQs, newsletters, and ordering printed Healthify resources.
Because it is a registered charity, the site presents its content as independent and supported by donors and supporters.
How to find a topic or medicine
- Start from the homepage at healthify.nz.
- Choose an index. Select Health A–Z for conditions and symptoms, or Medicines A–Z for medicine information.
- Narrow by letter or topic name. The indexes are alphabetical, so go to the letter your topic starts with, then open the matching page.
- Check the page date and format. Updated topics are flagged on the homepage (for example, "UPDATED: Everything you wanted to know about long COVID"). If a video accompanies a topic, it is marked as such.
- Use the page for self-care context — what the condition is, what to watch for, and where to go next.
Expected result: you land on a plain-language fact sheet or topic page written for a New Zealand audience, with links onward to related resources.
If you can't find what you need
- Try the Quick links block on the homepage, which points to healthcare finding, videos, the provider section and FAQs.
- Check the newsletters or order resources links if you want material sent to you or in print.
- If the question is about immediate care, skip the indexes and use Find healthcare in a hurry.
Matching the resource to your task
| Your task | Where to go on Healthify |
|---|---|
| Understand a condition or symptom | Health A–Z topic page |
| Check information about a medicine | Medicines A–Z |
| Prepare for or recover from surgery | The four short surgery preparation videos |
| Learn a life-saving skill | Free St John CPR/defibrillator session booking, plus the "How to do CPR" page |
| Learn about gout in te reo Māori, Gagana Sāmoa or lea faka-Tonga | Free online gout mini-course |
| Find a doctor or service now | "Find healthcare in a hurry" |
| Get updates or printed material | Newsletters; order Healthify resources |
Limits to keep in mind
Healthify is an information and navigation resource. Its own framing is health knowledge, medicines and self-care — it does not present itself as a clinical service, and the homepage directs people with urgent needs to its healthcare-finding link. Use the topic pages to understand your situation and prepare questions, then take those questions to a health professional. The site also notes that some content is tailored to specific communities (for example, Parkinson's information for Pacific Peoples and Māori), so check whether a page addresses your situation before relying on it.