Partnership Health Canterbury Te Kei o Te Waka strives to improve the health of all its enrolled communities in Canterbury by supporting the delivery of high quality primary health care, promoting good health to stop people getting ill and working hard to ensure everyone is accessing primary health care when they need it.

Launched in April 2004, Partnership Health Canterbury – Te Kei o Te Waka, is a not for profit organisation.  We work with and for our community to coordinate the delivery of primary health care to over 376,000 people in and around Christchurch.

Working with Pegasus Health, GPs and other community based health providers we take a holistic approach to the primary care services available to our community.

Apart from the great services available from your GP, we work to promote health and wellbeing and encourage projects and initiatives that make a positive difference to the health and life of people who are part of the PHO.

There are more than 376,000 people enrolled with Partnership Health Canterbury, including over 25,000 Maori, 22,000 Asian and 9,000 Pacific Islanders. Partnership Health Canterbury works in partnership with its communities and more than 100 General Practices and other health service providers to improve the health and well-being of the enrolled population 

PHO core functions :

• Delivering vital primary healthcare services via general practice
• Reducing the level of preventable illness
• Improving access to healthcare
• Providing extra assistance to those with high health needs 

Well Communities; treating people and assisting them to manage their health