Guidelines for Gender Affirming Healthcare

in Aotearoa New Zealand

These guidelines were authored in 2018 by a collaboration of people working professionally for transgender health in Aotearoa New Zealand. They are also hosted on the University of Waikato website.

Primary Care Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy

Initiation Guidelines

These guidelines were released in March 2023 to support primary care clinicians to initiate gender affirming hormone therapy (GAHT) for adults in primary care settings. Many PATHA members authored or gave feedback on these guidelines. They are also hosted on the University of Otago website.

The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners have endorsed these guidelines.

These guidelines are accompanied by the following information sheets that may be useful to for patients and practice staff:

Patient information sheet - oestrogen

Patient information sheet - testosterone

Testosterone administration guidelines

WPATH Standards of Care Version 8

The current international standards of care for gender affirming healthcare from the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Also accessible here.

For further information see here.