SF-12 indicators of health following the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake.

Aim: To explore the health status of people who experienced the magnitude 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch on 22 February 2011, across time and in comparison with other New Zealanders.

Methods: Data from five New Zealand Health Surveys (2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16), which each sampled around 13,000 people, aged 15+ years, living in New Zealand.

Unmet need of GP services in Pacific people and other New Zealanders.

Aim: To compare the unmet need of GP services for Pacific peoples (mostly of Samoan, Tongan, Niuean, or Cook Islands origin) and Other New Zealanders (predominantly European New Zealanders, Māori, and Asian New Zealanders).

Methods: The New Zealand Health Survey 2006/2007 sampled 12,488 people, aged 15+ years, living in private dwellings in New Zealand. Of these 1033 were Pacific peoples and 11,455 were Other New Zealanders.

Health service use amongst users of complementary and alternative medicine.

Aim: To describe people using complementary and alternative medicines (CAM) and to compare their utilisation of health services with non-CAM users.

Methods: The data comes from the New Zealand Health Survey 2002/2003 which sampled 12,529 people, aged 15 and older, [corrected] living in private dwellings in New Zealand. Participants self-reported socio-demographic details, health status, and health service use.

Does melatonin improve sleep in older people? A randomised crossover trial.

Study Objective: to determine whether melatonin will improve quality of sleep in healthy older people with age-related sleep maintenance problems.

Design: a double blind randomised placebo controlled crossover trial in healthy older volunteers.

Setting: a largely urban population, Auckland, New Zealand.