# NZHTS release for March 2026

**URL:** <https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-march-2026/35842>\
**Category:** Standards\
**Tags:** standards, snomed-ct, nzhts\
**Created:** [March 19, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-march-2026/35842 "2026-03-19T21:03:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evan](https://ehealthforum.nz/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@Evan](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/Evan)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2026, 9:03pm UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-march-2026/35842/1 "2026-03-19T21:03:30Z")

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Another release of new contents to our NZ Health Terminology Service - find the March 2026 release note on this page:

> **[NZ Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) - Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora](https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/terminology-service)**
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> Making it easy to use our standard terminologies and code sets for recording, using and sharing health information.

**The exciting new content is**

- MedDRA 29.0

- NZ Medicines Terminology (NZMT) March 2026 release

- National Occupation List (NOL) V3.0.0

**Release date news**

**We are moving from two to three SNOMED NZ Edition releases this year to cater for all the new SNOMED content the sector is using.**

- **Our next SNOMED release dates are 1 April 2026, 20 July 2026 and 20 October 2026**
- **Our NZHTS releases remain monthly, also moving to the 20th of the month.**

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**Author:** ![alastairk](https://ehealthforum.nz/user_avatar/ehealthforum.nz/alastairk/32/6631_2.png) [@alastairk](https://ehealthforum.nz/u/alastairk)\
**Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 4:45am UTC](https://ehealthforum.nz/t/nzhts-release-for-march-2026/35842/2 "2026-04-03T04:45:33Z")

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With our next **SNOMED NZ Hui** set for 2026-04-20T23:00:00Z, let us know …

- if you’d like an invite but don’t already have one
- if there’s a topic you’d like to hear about besides our usual [SNOMED NZ](https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/snomed-ct-national-release-centre) and [NZHTS](https://www.tewhatuora.govt.nz/health-services-and-programmes/digital-health/terminology-service) items

Post here, email [standards@tewhatuora.govt.nz](mailto:standards@tewhatuora.govt.nz) or contact @LMiharsa @Evan @mia.vandorp