Severe alert

Planned maintenance notice Tuesday, 25 August 2026

The Hinekōrako Reporting API and Excel Upload functionality will be unavailable during a planned maintenance window from 3:00 PM to 3:15 PM NZST.
During this period:
API submissions to Hinekōrako will not be processed and Excel file uploads through the portal will be unavailable.
Other Hinekōrako functionality is expected to remain available.

Please avoid submitting reports via the API or Excel upload during the outage window and retry after 3:15PM. Hinekōrako outage

Guidance and resources

Searchable guidance for drinking water suppliers, wastewater network operators, water carriers, laboratories and the public, including reference guides for managing information in Hinekōrako, our self-service portal.

(Note: If you are looking for the old Ministry of Health guidance and datasheets, we have archived the documents as they are out of date. You can email us for a copy at info@taumataarowai.govt.nz).