The following organizations/links are good sources of food and nutrition information:

The professional association  for dietitians and associated professionals practicing in the area of dietetics in New Zealand

http://www.dietitians.org.nz

The Nutrition section of Ministry of Health NZ website provides information on nutrition policy, data, food and nutrition guidelines, educational resources etc related to food and nutrition in New Zealand

http://www.moh.govt.nz/nutrition

The Dietitians Board is appointed under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

Dietitians practicing in New Zealand must be registered by this board. Please visit this website to see the scope of dietitian practice, qualifications required, issues related to competence, code of ethics etc.

 http://www.dietitiansboard.org.nz/

The Health and Disability Commissioner is an independent agency set up to: 

- promote and protect the rights of consumers who use health and disability services;

- help resolve problems between consumers and providers of health and disability services; and

- improve the quality of health care and disability services.

The Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights applies to all health and disability services in New Zealand.

 http://www.hdc.org.nz/

This provides a framework for the regulation of health practitioners (including registered dietitians)  in order to protect the public where there is a risk of harm from the practice of the profession.

 http://www.moh.govt.nz/hpca

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