Our Vision: Sustainable, equitable, high-quality provision of home and community health services across Aotearoa
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Home & Community Health Association
The Home and Community Health Association represents providers of home and community health services in New Zealand.
Latest News
Watch this space for more of Home and Community Health Associations news, reports and updates.
- Dec 17, 2025 HCHA Media Release: Home and Community Health Welcomes Appointments to Aged Care Ministerial Advisory Group Read more »
- Oct 29, 2025 Whakatairanga Elevate, Celebrate Our Impact HCHA Forum 23rd October 2025 Read more »
- Sep 3, 2025 HCHA Media Release 3rd September 2025: Home and Community Health welcomes improvements to Disability Support Services Read more »
- Aug 19, 2025 THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT: Registrations are open for the HCHA Member Only Forum: Whakatairanga : ELEVATE: Celebrate Our Impact – Enabling Care Closer to Home Read more »
- Jul 4, 2025 HCHA Media Release 4th July 2025: Home Support Sector Seeks Voice in Pay and Travel Solutions Read more »
- Jun 23, 2025 HCHA Meeting with Hon Casey Costello - Minister for Seniors and Associate Minister Health, 17th June 2025 Read more »
- Jun 12, 2025 HCHA Meeting with Hon Simeon Brown, Minister of Health, 10th June 2025 Read more »
- May 7, 2025 HCHA Media Release: Major Instability: Risk Of Service Disruption For Health Sector Read more »
About Us
The Home and Community Health Association (HCHA) represents providers of home and community health services, and is the national voice that promotes and advances excellence, partnership and sustainability for the sector.
Read more »Membership and member services
We provide advocacy, standard setting, information, opportunities for networking and attending webinars, forums and events.
What is home and community health support?
Home and community support includes a range of services available for people who need support to live at home. Services include personal care, household management, nursing treatment, and complex care for people with serious needs
Life Changing Careers
There’s a sense of fulfilment to being a Support Worker that other jobs can’t match. Roles are as varied as the people you work with, letting you shape your career in your own way. By making a difference to others, the life you change may be your own.
Meaningful mahi- Find a job you love
WORK THAT MATTERS. Disability support work is super meaningful mahi. You get to help others achieve the things that matter to them.
The Meaningful Mahi campaign is led by Te Pou. It features three spectacular real-life ‘support work matches’, each diverse pair made up of a disabled person and someone who supports them to live a great life.
Changes to the Equal Pay Act 1972
On 6 May 2025, the Minister for Workplace Relations and Safety, Hon Brooke Van Velden announced that the Government had agreed to a suite of legislative changes to the Equal Pay Act 1972. These changes have now come into effect through the Equal Pay Amendment Act 2025.
Contact Us
Home & Community Health Association
PO Box 5344
Wellington 6140