Welcome to the website of the Health and Disability Ethics Committees (HDECs)

The meeting schedule for 2025 is now available. The HDECs is now closed from 18 December 2024 until 13 January 2025. Please see this update for more information.

An update has been provided to communicate expected turnaround times moving forward.

Ethics Review Manager (Ethics RM)

Our new system for submissions to the HDEC, the Ethics Review Manager (Ethics RM), has replaced Online Forms. Ethics RM is accessible at: https://nz.forms.ethicalreviewmanager.com/(external link)

An Ethics RM user manual is available

For more information about Ethics RM please see the Ethics Review Manager page.