Healthcare
Healthcare in the North Island is provided by fifteen District Health Boards (DHBs). Organized around geographical areas of varying population sizes, they are not coterminous with the Local Government Regions.
| Northland District Health Board (Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o te Tai Tokerau) | Whangarei District, Far North District, Kaipara District | 159,160
| Waitemata District Health Board (Te Wai Awhina) | North Shore City, Rodney District, Waitakere City | 525,000
| Auckland District Health Board (Te Toka Tumai) | Auckland City | 468,000
| Counties Manukau District Health Board (A Community Partnership) | Manukau City, Papakura District, Franklin District | 490,610
| Waikato District Health Board (Waikato DHB) | Hamilton City, Hauraki District, Matamata-Piako District, Otorohanga District, part of Ruapehu District, South Waikato, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato District, Waipa District, Waitomo District | 372,865
| Bay of Plenty District Health Board (Hauora a Toi) | Tauranga City, Western Bay of Plenty District, Whakatane District, Kawerau District, Opotiki District | 214,170
| Lakes District Health Board (Lakes DHB) | Rotorua District, Taupo District | 102,000
| Tairawhiti District Health Board (Te Mana Hauora o te Tairawhiti) | Gisborne District | 44,499
| Hawke's Bay District Health Board (Whakawateatia) | Napier City, Hastings District, Wairoa District, Central Hawke's Bay District, Chatham Islands | 155,000
| Taranaki District Health Board (Taranaki DHB) | New Plymouth District, Stratford District, South Taranaki District | 104,280
| Whanganui District Health Board (Whanganui DHB) | Wanganui District, Rangitikei District, part of Ruapehu District | 62,210
| Mid Central District Health Board (Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua) | Palmerston North City, Horowhenua District, Manawatu District, Tararua District, part of Kapiti Coast District | 158,838
| Wairarapa District Health Board (Te Poari Hauora a Rohe o Wairarapa) | South Wairarapa District, Carterton District, Masterton District | 38,200
| Hutt Valley District Health Board (Healthy People) | Lower Hutt City, Upper Hutt City | 145,000
| Capital and Coast District Health Board (Upoko ki te Uru Hauora) | Wellington City, Porirua City, part of Kapiti Coast District | 270,000
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