The NZMJ is a scientific journal for the profession in New Zealand. The site features contents pages of the current and back issues, with abstracts of selected articles. Full-text content is provided to NZMA members free of charge and is available on subscription to non-members and institutions. The full text of articles less than 6 months old is available only to subscribers. Access is free to articles older than 6 months and abstracts.

Medical Law in New Zealand is an authoritative account of the law relating to health care in New Zealand. Litigation involving doctors established many of the relevant principles, but these principles apply equally to other health practitioners in their relations with patients. The book deals with matters that extend across this wide range of health practice.

‘My hope and expectation that the Havelock North Drinking Water Inquiry would waken us from our national slumber has not been realised.’ In August 2016, 40 per cent of the residents of Havelock North were struck down by a serious bacterial infection. Eminent medical researcher David Skegg argues that the outbreak highlights weaknesses in our country’s health infrastructure – weaknesses already evident in problems ranging from child nutrition to cancer. New Zealand, Skegg explains, must invest more in public health and find the political will needed to oppose the forces that damage health. Personal health care is important, but we neglect public health at our peril.