MEDIA RELEASE: Government must engage with natural health sector to make urgent legislation

19 July 2023 Health Minister Ayesha Verrall and officials must engage more meaningfully with the natural health product sector on workable regulations under the Therapeutic Products legislation passed under urgency to realise its full benefits and minimise unintended consequences, Natural Health Products New Zealand says. Natural Health Products NZ represents around 80% of the natural […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Flawed law leaves natural health products’ future on a knife edge

29 June 2023 The future of New Zealand’s natural health products sector is on a knife edge, with the government progressing its flawed Therapeutic Products Bill and ignoring amendments which would make the legislation fit for purpose and unlock huge economic and export growth opportunities, Natural Health Products New Zealand says. READ FULL MEDIA RELEASE

Media Release: Natural Health Products NZ Industry Award Winners 2023 Announced

23 May 2023 Natural Health Products NZ has announced the winners of its annual industry awards, including the Supreme Award for the best overall entry:  Supreme Award Winner: Absolute Essential Marketing Award $2 Million and Over in Sales Winner: Anagenix Highly Commended: Vitaco Health (NZ) Ltd Cawthron Institute Innovation Award Winner: Quantec Highly Commended: MitoQ […]

Our New Zealand Natural Health Products Story

It’s time to tell your ‘NZ Story’ to the world A collaboration between Natural Health Products New Zealand and NZ Story has resulted in a fantastic suite of resources to support your export marketing efforts. We’ve worked closely with NZ Story, who are experts in helping exporters articulate the benefits of New Zealand-made products. The […]

Therapeutic & Natural Health Products Update – 7 February 2023

Below is a link to yesterday’s update from the Ministry of Health. Of interest is the Q&A section added to their NHP page. Thank you to members who have sent in feedback. We are writing our submission currently and it is not too late to send your feedback (or further feedback) to the TPBill. Here’s […]

Extension to TPB submission deadline

02 February 2023 The Health Select Committee have this morning extended the deadline for submissions to the Therapeutic Products Bill. The new deadline is 5 March 2023. This extension follows a request made by Natural Health Products NZ and other effected industry associations, and is a welcome move given the already tight deadline and the […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Therapeutic Products Bill Introduced

30 November 2022 NATURAL HEALTH PRODUCTS SECTOR WELCOMES THERAPEUTIC PRODUCTS BILL INTRODUCTION TO HOUSE The body representing around 80% of this country’s natural health products industry welcomes in principle today’s introduction of the Therapeutic Products Bill but says the devil will be in the detail. The Therapeutic Products Bill replaces the Medicines Act 1981 and […]

Scitex Recruitment – 1 + 1 = 11 For Natural Health Product Sector Recruitment

No one has a deeper knowledge of New Zealand’s scientific and technical recruitment market than our longstanding Bronze Partner, Scitex Recruitment. Originally founded as Scientific & Technical Recruitment 34 years ago, the company is one of a small handful of specialists in this space. During this time, it has developed deep natural health products sector […]

Suppliers of the Year Award 2022 – Winners Announced

Congratulations to the2022 Supplier of the Year Award Winners Contract Manufacturers Winner   Ingredients Winner   Materials Winner   Services Winner   Mike Jones of Pharmapac (Materials), Ashyleen Nand of Pacific Flavours & Ingredients (Ingredients), Michelle Cubitt of Smart Regulatory Solutions (Services), Katrina Lehrke of PharmaNZ (Contract Manufacturers)

Suppliers’ Day 2022 – Wrap Up

Thank you to everyone who attended and contributed to our Natural Health Products NZ Suppliers’ Day.  We had a fantastic number of delegates (170) and exhibitors (22). The presentations are available to download HERE.  Please check our wrap up email for the password or contact sheryl@naturalhealthproducts.nz. Click HERE to go to our survey. Click HERE for the photo gallery. […]

MOH Update: Therapeutic & Natural Health Products update – October 2022

In their latest Therapeutic & Natural Health Products Update the Ministry of Health announces that they are “planning a small, targeted stakeholder hui on NHPs and the Bill for early November”.  Government Affairs Director, Samantha Gray, will take part in this invitation only hui to represent Natural Health Products NZ members. We encourage members to engage directly with us and importantly also […]

MPI Notification: FSANZ Public Consultation on Amendments to the Kava Standard

The Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) consultation on amendments to the kava standard is now open.  The consultation documents and details on how to make a written submission can be found here https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/code/proposals/Pages/Proposal-P1057–Review-of-the-kava-standard-.aspx The consultation period will close at 8pm NZST on 16 November 2022. The submission you provide to FSANZ will not be […]

MFAT Market Reports and Useful Links for Non-Primary Sector

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes regular reports on topics of interest to the New Zealand export community, often in collaboration with other New Zealand government agencies, including MPI, NZTE, Customs, MBIE and Education New Zealand. For the latest reports, regional reports and previous updates, click here. This week’s new market reports are: Weekly Global […]

Natural Health Products NZ Industry Award Winners 2022 Announced

Natural Health Products NZ has announced the winners of its annual industry awards, including the Supreme Award for the best overall entry: Supreme award Keraplast Manufacturing Marketing Award Keraplast Manufacturing Cawthron Institute Innovation Award Blis Technologies The FernMark Licence Programme Growth Award Me Today Business Resilience Award Vitaco Health (NZ) Natural Health Products New Zealand is the […]

CMA – Update to the Permissible Ingredients Determination

A new Therapeutic Goods (Permissible Ingredients) Determination (No. 3) 2022 will commence on Friday 22 April 2022. Thanks to our colleagues at Complementary Medicines Australia for sharing this excellent summary with our members: CMA Tech Alert: New Permissible Ingredients Determination (No. 3) 2022

MFAT Market Reports and Useful Links for Non-Primary Sector

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs publishes regular reports on topics of interest to the New Zealand export community, often in collaboration with other New Zealand government agencies, including MPI, NZTE, Customs, MBIE and Education New Zealand. For the latest reports, regional reports and previous updates, click here. This week’s new market reports are: Prime Minister’s visit […]

MEDIA RELEASE: Industry Body ‘Surprised & Disappointed’ at Proposed Legislation

31 March 2021 The industry body representing more than 80 per cent of this country’s dietary supplement and natural health product companies says it is surprised and disappointed that the Ministry of Health’s recent update on Therapeutic and Natural Health Products Regulations  has overlooked critical elements that are currently holding back exporters and also companies […]

Baby steps: NZ still sluggish on supplement regulations, despite backing role in COVID care

The New Zealand government is starting to recognise the therapeutic benefits of natural health products, but the country is still a long way from making therapeutic claims product labelling a reality, says the country’s industry body. New Zealand’s Ministry of Health recently published an Isolation Plan for COVID-19.  A checklist​ that named the use of […]

Natural Health Products Regulations – An update for members, March 2022

22 March 2022 Late last week the Ministry of Health posted an update on Therapeutic and Natural Health Products Regulations, which represents a significant development for our sector. Although we support the proposed regulation of Natural Health Products in a discrete part of the Therapeutic Products Bill in principle, it is not permitting “Therapeutic” claims […]