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New Zealand Health Group Ltd (NZHG) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Umbrella Health and Resilience Ltd, the official acquisition date is 1 August 2019.

New Zealand Health Group is New Zealand’s largest community health providers who deliver a wide range of Health and Community services. 

We believe that our group has a significant role to play in building a better New Zealand through health and wellbeing. At the heart of this vision is enabling every individual to achieve a great sense of wellbeing and level of happiness, at home and in the workplace, that make them self-actualise into the best version of themselves,”

says Josephine Gagan, NZHG Chief Executive.

Umbrella Health and Resilience Ltd is New Zealand’s most prominent specialist clinical psychology organisation who have supported some of the country’s leading organisations to thrive and lift productivity through improved employee resilience and wellbeing. They provide wellbeing assessments, workshops, coaching and consulting, and psychological services.

Aligning Umbrella with our operations is a logical next step to increasing our footprint and positive impact on the wellbeing of all New Zealanders,” 

says Josephine.

Founder and CEO of Umbrella, Gaynor Parkin, adds 

At Umbrella we strive to make a positive difference in the workplace.  Robust evidence from academic and business case studies links employee resilience and wellbeing with improved employee engagement, creativity and innovation, talent retention and organisational productivity.  We are thrilled to continue our journey with Josephine and the team at NZHG”.

Together, New Zealand Health Group and Umbrella are well poised to deliver stronger services and better outcomes in workplace communities across the whole of New Zealand.

New Zealand Health Group Limited is the country’s largest provider of Home and Community services, including in-home support, nursing, rehabilitation and behavioural support. Through its companies, Geneva Healthcare, HealthCare New Zealand, Solora, NZ Care and Explore, it provides healthcare services to over 30,000 New Zealanders and employs over 12,000 caregiving, nursing and other health professional staff.