We've all felt the pain of a stretched healthcare system and we're proposing the antidote.

OPINION: Shane Reti explains National's Infrastructure for the Future plan.

Reti claims the Government's Budget is going to hit people in the pocket.

Labour’s Winter Health Plan has serious shortcomings, writes Shane Reti.

National's Health Spokesman Dr Shane Reti says party will get more nurses, midwives

Many mortgage holders will be re-fixing their mortgages in the next six months.

Health targets save lives, Shane Reti says.

Northland /Whangārei has more crime, less constabulary than Southern region - Shane Reti.

We need four lanes not sticks.

Shane Reti says routine vaccinations remain important, with Polio rates particularly low

Health shortfalls have affected regions in different ways.

We can make it better and safer for ourselves, our children and our visitors.

The people carrying out ram-raids and burglaries are becoming more brazen, says Reti.

Provincial hospitals have been some of the worst hit by nursing shortages in EDs.

Northlanders complain that our roads are the worst in the country, writes Shane Reti.

Ram raids are up a staggering 500 per cent nationwide.

Meningitis is a serious condition involving inflammation of the lining of the brain.

It's time to ensure health spending is delivering more frontline services.

Shane Reti wants new models of care, funding, targets, accountability and engagement.

OPINION: The public sector pay freeze has sent ICU nurses offshore.

Cancer management was already failing to meet the target well before Covid arrived

A question to ask is whether the death figure covers the breadth of the impact of Covid.

This is an offer to the Tongan community to tweet Elon Musk

Speaking with people before reaching for the keyboard is a good option.

Northland was at risk from day one.

Intensive Care Unit capacity is crucial as the nation grapples with Covid-19.

Private members' bill helps clarify public hospital chemotherapy treatment access.

OPINION: Mandate now that all vaccinating GPs and pharmacists can vaccinate for Covid.

Did New Zealand waste the learning opportunities from the measles outbreak of 2019?

Fighting another day: This lockdown is that other day - let's get on with it, says Reti.

The aim is to help relieve the financial burden on patients who require chemotherapy.

Coverage should have been front page news across all print media in NZ, says Reti.

I think this is the next foreshore and seabed for this government.

A&E is the gateway to hospitals but there are long waiting times all over the country.

Four lanes has been identified as the single biggest economic driver for Northland.

It had been reported that Whangārei hospital was at the top of the list for an upgrade?

More funds for dental health, Pharmac, cochlear implants needed in Budget 2021, says Reti.

I will continue to fight for our DHB and staff and the local voice, says Dr Shane Reti.

Reti sets his sights on the offending sentence in Pharmac medicine-administering rules.

Across the country emergency departments (EDs) are reporting that they are full.

How is isolation on boats monitored by DHBs?

There will be things we can learn, there always is, says Shane Reti.

To avoid previous fumbles like in the measles outbreak we need to take action now.

Dr Reti welcomes Ngāpuhi's signal of new approach to women speaking at Waitangi from 2022.

Let's not squander the gift of the jab.

Sound caution, sound funding needed for successful Covid-19 vaccination programme.

Traffic delays have become part of the way we welcome tourists - but we can fix it

First lockdown at level 4 substantiated the absolute privilege of being an MP, says Reti.

Northland's voice will weaken if its district health board has to merge with Auckland.

Challenges like this give us the opportunity to test and improve communication readiness.

Shane Reti takes a deep dive into family violence in Whangārei.

Is it time we put further support into our own power generation capacity.

Before the pandemic struck New Zealand had more than 100,000 international students.

43 Northland cancer patients had surgical procedure delays including treatment, diagnosis.

But Heritage New Zealand is now considering a historic listing for the 95-year-old home.

Last week Northland led the regions in job seeker benefits at 10.3 per cent unemployment.

Being sure the Covid-19 figures are accurate is vital to our next steps.

Getting stranded Kiwis home has been a priority

We have looked into the eyes of the tiger before.

This is a time for calm composure and leadership.

There are a number of reasons behind the lack of GPs in Northland.

Too many years talking means the cost of four-laning has gone up, writes Shane Reti.

Could $5.5m of pharmaceutical advertising dollars be better spent elsewhere?

COMMENT: Ministry's response to the review's recommendations are too little, too late.

Pharmac played god. They put themselves above everyone else, says Dr Reti.

Dream of a dry dock in Whangārei may be about to be realised.

People wanting to come to NZ have to prove immunity to diseases. Why not our health staff?

Life-long education savings are in a mix of policies brewing ahead of the 2020 election.

Pharmacists had been constructively lobbying me for several weeks with sound arguments.

Rare collaboration in Parliament in wake of student death in university housing facility.

$10,000 for half an acre of land 20 minutes from Whangarei - the price seems low.

Repairing public trust essential - tell the truth about vaccine shortage, says Reti.

COMMENT: Removal of employment protections for staff made redundant a big surprise.

Education is better but if vaccination rates keep falling we will clearly need to do more.

No place for gang members in our developing medicinal cannabis industry.

Tools are important for holding the government to account no matter who is in government.