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Child health & development checks
The Well Child Tamariki Ora programme is a series of health visits that are free for all tamariki (children) from around 6 weeks up to 5 years of age.
The visits cover:
- child growth and development of your tamaiti (child)
- whānau (family) health and wellbeing
- immunisation information
- oral health (teeth and gum) checks
- early childhood education
- vision (sight) and hearing checks
- health and development checks for learning well at school.
The B4 school check is the last Well Child Tamariki Ora check and helps give your tamaiti child the best start at school. It's a free health and development check for your 4-year-old.
Well Child Tamariki Ora visits on the Ministry of Health's website has more detailed information about the Well Child Tamariki Ora programme. It includes a video with a Well Child Tamariki Ora nurse talking about the programme.
It can also help you find a Well Child Tamariki Ora provider in your area. Providers include:
- Plunket, phone (03) 366-0765
Plunket provides support services for tamariki children under 5 and their families. This page shows you what services Plunket provides in Canterbury.
- Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust, phone (03) 344-5062
Te Puawaitanga ki Ōtautahi Trust is a kaupapa Māori provider. The trust offers free pēpi (baby) and tamaiti child health services in Canterbury, including Well Child checks and other care and support to you and your pēpi baby . The Well Child checks are carried out in your home. Your GP can help you with a referral to this service, or you can arrange it yourself.
- Te Tai o Marokura, phone (03) 319‑6443, email riria.allen@tetaiomarokura.co.nz
Te Tai o Marokura is a kaupapa Māori provider located in Takahanga Tce, Kaikōura. It offers free pēpi baby and tamaiti child health services in Canterbury, including Well Child checks and other care and support to you and your pēpi baby . The Well Child checks are carried out in your home.
HealthInfo recommends the following pages
- Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga – Ministry of Education – Well Child Tamariki Ora checks
More information about what is covered at each step of the programme.
On the next page: B4 School Checks
Written by HealthInfo clinical advisers. Last reviewed November 2021.
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Review key: HIBFS-14758
