Sexual health overview
Key points about sexual health
- Love, affection and sexual intimacy all play a role in healthy relationships and contribute to your sense of wellbeing
- This page provides links, information and resources on a range of topics relating to sexual health.

The following links provide information and resources on a range of topics relating to sexual health, including safer sex and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), contraception and general sexual health topics. Learning about these may help you prevent any issues arising, or help you manage them if they do.
Safer sex and STI topics | |
Contraception topics | |
General sexual health topics | |
Resources(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
Your guide to sexual health and STIs(external link) Just TheFacts, NZ
Protected&Proud(external link) a contraception platform that supplies unbiased, accessible and understandable information that increases awareness of the most effective contraception choices in Aotearoa
Apps
Resources
Resources from other organisations that give you more information on sexual health.
- Should I have a sexual health check?(external link) HealthEd, NZ, 2023
- Contraception – your choice chart(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, NZ, 2024
- Choosing your contraception(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, NZ
- Sexually transmissible infections(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, NZ
- Ngā kākano – a whānau guide to talking with your tamariki about sex and sexuality(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
- A compact guide to sexual health(external link) HealthEd, NZ, 2010
- Safe relationships, safer sex(external link) Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa, NZ
Clinical resources
Best practice guidelines(external link) Sexual Health Society, NZ
Sexual and reproductive health(external link) Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora
See also the relevant clinician page on Healthify He Puna Waiora, NZ for each sexual health topic
Continuing professional development
Webinar
Sexual health and sexually transmitted diseases(external link) (Mobile Health, NZ, 2020)
Podcast
What's new in sexual health?(external link) Goodfellow Podcast, NZ, 2019
Nicky Perkins talks about what's new in sexual health. Nicky is a specialist in sexual health medicine practicing at the Auckland Sexual Health Service and privately at Omnicare Women’s Health Clinic.
Apps
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