Purpose

The College represents the medical specialty of Public Health Medicine in Aotearoa, New Zealand.  We provide training for Public Health Medicine registrars, and a professional home for Public Health Medicine specialists.  We work in collaboration with Māori for the advancement and dissemination of public health research and best practice. 

We seek to:

• achieve the highest levels of health and wellbeing for all people in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
• achieve health equity in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
• develop and maintain excellence in public health medicine practice for the benefit of the public.
• promote the development and maintenance of a sustainable Public Health Medicine Specialist workforce to meet the public health needs of Aotearoa New Zealand.
• support the development of the Public Health Medicine Specialist workforce by delivering and promoting training in public health medicine.
• promote the furthering of knowledge and research on public health issues.