About the Bay of Plenty District Health Board

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is one of 21 district health boards in New Zealand that are established by the government, funded from general taxation, and responsible for the health and independence of the districts they serve.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board serves a population of 200,000 on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, taking in the major population centres of Tauranga, Katikati, Te Puke, Whakatane, Kawerau and Opotiki. It has the second fastest population growth rate of all New Zealand’s district health boards.

The area that the Bay of Plenty District Health Board serves is truly distinctive, offering golden sand beaches, bush clad mountains and lush farmlands, and encompassing a diverse range of rural and urban communities.

Staff at the health board strive towards enabling communities to achieve good health and independence and ensuring people have access to high-quality health services. The health board’s activities range from delivering health and disability services through its public provider arm at hospitals in Tauranga (346 beds) and Whakatane (119 beds), community health and disability services, and mental health services, through to support functions such as the clinical directorate, corporate services, and information management services, as well as planning health service development, funding and purchasing both public and non-government organisation health services for the region, and Maori health.

The health board’s annual revenues of approximately $400 million are split evenly between public health services, and over 300 non-government organisation health provider contracts.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has a staff of 2,700 full-time and part-time staff, including 1,230 nurses and nurse care assistants and 210 specialists and doctors.

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has 11 elected members, including the chairperson, who represent the people of the region.

MAP of geographical area we cover.

Our Vision

Healthy, thriving communities
Kia Momoho Te Hapori Oranga

Our Mission

Enabling communities to achieve good health and independence and ensure access to high-quality services.

Values

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has the following values.

• Cultural – we will acknowledge, preserve and promote mana atua, mana tūpuna, mana whenua and mana tangata.
• Accountability – we are accountable to our communities and the government.
• Collaboration – we will work with others and value the contribution we all make.
• Flexibility – we will allow for the variation in needs and solutions required for different communities.
• Integrity – we will be honest, forthright and open in our transactions, planning and deliberations.
• Good employer – we will be a good employer by building relationships of mutual trust and respect with staff. We will strive to become an employer of choice.
• Evidence-based – we will ensure all decisions are based on information as to what works, when, for whom and by whom.
• Knowledge – we will work with others to build and share knowledge.

Key Health Outcomes

Positively influencing population health through:

• healthy children, youth and families
• healthy, independent and dignified ageing
• healthy Maori
• health and independence for people with disabilities
• improved health and independence for people with chronic conditions
• health equity