The B4 School Check is a free health and development check for your 4 year old. It's the final Well Child Tamariki Ora check. It helps give your child the best start at school. Remember to take your child's My Health Book with you to the check.
Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme
Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme
The Well Child Tamariki Ora programme is a series of health visits and support that are free to all families for children from around 6 weeks up to 5 years of age.
Make sure you join up with Plunket or another Well Child Tamariki Ora service as soon as your baby is born, so that they can see your baby when your midwife finishes visiting you. Your midwife can help you to choose the Well Child Tamariki Ora service that's right for you.
Call PlunketLine on 0800 933 922 for parenting advice.
What does the Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme cover?
You and your child have the right to use the free Well Child Tamariki Ora service in New Zealand.
The 3 parts of the service will support you to make sure your child grows and develops to their full potential.
Health and development assessments
Providing reassurance that your child is developing normally, through growth and development assessments, and informing you about other services to keep your child healthy.
Care and support for families and whānau
Supporting and helping you and your family/whānau to identify your needs as you care for your child, and linking you with community and other services.
Health education
Supporting you to gain the knowledge and skills to respond to your child's needs at the different stages of their development.
Māori health providers
There are a number of Māori health providers contracted to deliver the Ministry of Health's Well Child Tamariki Ora Programme and/or whānau care and support. Check what services are offered by your local Māori health provider.
Hearing and vision checks, dental care and immunisation are an important part of Well Child care
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This page last reviewed 16 June 2021.
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