Mortality review workstreams
The workstreams for National Mortality Review Committee He Mutunga Kore are initially the areas covered by the previous single mortality review committees of Health Quality & Safety Commission Te Tāhū Hauora.
Subject workstreams
The workstreams of National Mortality Review Committee He Mutunga Kore (listed below) are initially a continuation of the work of the previous single mortality review committees.
Initial subject matter experts appointed to advise the workstreams were members of the mortality review committees.
Workstream areas will change from time to time and other subject matter experts will be appointed.
This workstream focuses on the deaths of children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years. It builds on the work of the previous Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee.
Information for parents and caregivers who have lost a baby or child.
This workstream focuses on the deaths of babies from 20 weeks gestation to 28 days old and pregnant or postnatal mothers until 42 days postnatal. It builds on the work of the previous Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
Information for parents and caregivers who have lost a baby or child.
This workstream focuses on deaths following operative procedures. It builds on the work of the previous Perioperative Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee.
This workstream focuses on family violence homicides. It builds on the work of the previous Family Violence Death Review Committee.
Summary of Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) reports.
Historical Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) submissions.
View all past publications of the Family Violence Death Review Committee.
Suicide mortality review
From September 2013 to November 2023, the Ministry of Health contracted Health Quality & Safety Commission Te Tāhū Hauora to trial and then undertake suicide mortality review, an action contained in the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013–16.
The Suicide Mortality Review Committee was established and supported from 2014 to 2022 to report on and undertake mortality reviews on aspects of deaths by suicide. Focus areas included rangatahi suicide and understanding deaths by suicide in the Asian population of New Zealand.
View past reports of the Suicide Mortality Review Committee.
Child and youth mortality review
This workstream focuses on the deaths of children and young people aged 28 days to 24 years. It builds on the work of the previous Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee (CYMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Child and Youth Mortality Review Committee.
Information for parents and caregivers who have lost a baby or child.
Perinatal and maternal mortality review
This workstream focuses on the deaths of babies from 20 weeks gestation to 28 days old and pregnant or postnatal mothers until 42 days postnatal. It builds on the work of the previous Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee (PMMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Perinatal and Maternal Mortality Review Committee.
Information for parents and caregivers who have lost a baby or child.
Perioperative mortality review
This workstream focuses on deaths following operative procedures. It builds on the work of the previous Perioperative Mortality Review Committee.
Summary of Perioperative Mortality Review Committee (POMRC) reports.
View all past publications of the Perioperative Mortality Review Committee.
Family violence death review
This workstream focuses on family violence homicides. It builds on the work of the previous Family Violence Death Review Committee.
Summary of Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) reports.
Historical Family Violence Death Review Committee (FVDRC) submissions.
View all past publications of the Family Violence Death Review Committee.
Past workstream areas
Suicide mortality review
From September 2013 to November 2023, the Ministry of Health contracted Health Quality & Safety Commission Te Tāhū Hauora to trial and then undertake suicide mortality review, an action contained in the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2013–16.
The Suicide Mortality Review Committee was established and supported from 2014 to 2022 to report on and undertake mortality reviews on aspects of deaths by suicide. Focus areas included rangatahi suicide and understanding deaths by suicide in the Asian population of New Zealand.
View past reports of the Suicide Mortality Review Committee.
Data requests
Please send any data requests and enquiries relating to the above workstreams to nmrmg@hqsc.govt.nz.
Published: 30 Jun 2023
Modified: 6 Oct 2025
