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Māori children had traffic injury mortality rates which were three times higher than those of children of other ethnicities 10 February 2021

Māori children had traffic injury mortality rates which were three times higher than those of children of other ethnicities and represented 52% of all traffic-related deaths between 2007–16.

One-third of private dwellings in New Zealand used a wood burner or a pellet fire as their main type of heating in 2018 9 December 2020

We have updated our 'Main types of heating used to heat dwellings' factsheet. Visit our Wood and coal fires page for the latest information.

Notification rates for potentially waterborne diseases continued to be higher for children aged 0–4, people of European/Other, and people living in less deprived or rural areas. 5 December 2020

We have updated our Water-borne diseases related to drinking-water factsheet. Visit our Water-borne diseases related to drinking-water and Water-borne diseases related to recreational water pages for more information.

60% of New Zealanders on registered drinking-water supplies had access to fluoridated drinking-water, 2018–2019 5 December 2020

We have updated our Access to fluoridated drinking-water factsheet. Visit our Access to fluoridated drinking-water page for more information.

76% of New Zealanders (3.1 million) on registered supplies received drinking water that met all bacteriological, protozoal and chemical requirements. 5 December 2020

We have updated our Access to safe drinking-water factsheet. Visit our Access to safe drinking-water page for more information.

In 2019, there were 463 unintentional hazardous substances-related hospitalisations, and the number of hospitalisations has decreased since 2006 (563 hospitalisations). 30 November 2020

Read more about hazardous substances-related hospitalisations here or download the factsheet

There were 352 traffic-related fatalities in 2019 25 November 2020

We have updated the 'Road traffic injury mortality' factsheet, here are some key facts: In 2019, there were 352 traffic-related fatalities in New Zealand.

46 notifications (out of 120) of meningococcal disease in children aged 0–14 years in 2018 25 November 2020

We have updated the 'Meningococcal disease notifications for children aged 0–14 years' indicator.

Three quarters of all exceedances of the daily PM10 and PM2.5 standards occur in the winter months 23 November 2020

We have updated our particulate matter indicators, PM10 and PM2. 5.

There were a total of 98 hazardous substances notifications in 2019 15 October 2020

In 2019, there were a total of 98 hazardous substance notifications. This is a 30% decrease from 2018 (140 notifications).