HealthCare NZ was founded in 1988 by company directors Peter Cottier and Doug Catley, who wanted to create high-quality community support services in the Wellington region.

The company began with a small hospital in Upper Hutt, and following positive response from the community, purchased three more hospitals in the region.

In the early 1990s, HealthCare NZ recognised that people wanted to be supported in their own homes and communities rather than institutions, and began offering home and community-based support.

Around this time the organisation also purchased Duty Calls Nursing Bureau.

In 1995 HealthCare NZ extended its range of support, and began offering a range of support to people with disabilities and their family/whānau.

Ten years later, NZCare Disability played an important role in helping people with disabilities move out of institutions and begin living their lives in the community.

The organisation also began to expand into other areas and today offers services in the areas of specialist nursing, injury-related support, long-term condition management, mental health and addiction support, specialist disability services, workforce training and education, high-quality medical alarms and telehealth technology.

In 2012 HealthCare NZ was named as one of six ACC providers, leading to the creation of Healthcare Rehabilitation in 2014.

2013 was another significant milestone, with Explore Specialist Advice securing the national contract for behaviour support services.

We take pride in providing specialised services, designed to meet the needs of each group we support in the community.

Each of our services is focused on a specific population group, and our programmes provide further specialisation. Our services are also tailored to meet individual needs and goals, whatever they might be.

Across HealthCare NZ, our services often work together to deliver our specialised programmes.

For example, a registered nurse who works for Healthcare NZ Community Health, could also deliver the Realise Nursing programme, which is managed by Healthcare Rehabilitation.