The breast cancer treatment costs at least $5500 a month in New Zealand.

On January 7, Anna Trewavas gave her husband David a kidney in a 10-hour operation.

From 7am tomorrow hospitals nationwide are without 3300 junior doctors for 48 hours.

The Lakes DHB employs 93 resident medical officers, most of whom are RDA members.

Beach umbrellas were used as a tent in the soaring heat to work on the injured cyclist.

Guillain-Barre sufferer Jackson Lee is determined to walk out of hospital in March.

Resident Doctors at DHBs will strike twice this month.

A public health official says people need to be on alert for symptoms of the disease.

Rescue helicopters in Taupō, Tauranga and Hamilton, began servicing Rotorua six weeks ago.

Midwives picketed outside the Rotorua hospital grounds hoping for better pay.

Report charts a new direction for mental health and addiction services.

The last meningococcal case in the Bay of Plenty and Lakes areas was in September.

Midwives' strikes have been cancelled in Tauranga and Whakatāne until Tuesday.

The two parties are embroiled in a long-running pay dispute

Nick Prosser's life-long stutter has disappeared by using an Irish accent.

New regulations are a step in the right direction, says vaping business owner

The royal commission into state care will be wide-ranging and important.

The Coroner has ruled that using synthetic drugs led to the deaths of two men,

Clark says Rotorua will be well-service by rescue choppers based elsewhere.

Jesse Charters' Facebook post has received more than 200 responses in two days.

COMMENT: Hospitals are run down, understaffed and inadequate.

The Government will repeal a disability law described as a "shame on society"

The woman, who had no medical help, is still suffering from PTSD six months on.

DHB deficits have climbed 100 per cent higher than predicted to $240m in one year.

The toddler remains in a critical condition due to a medical event at its Taupo home.

A nurse convicted of laundering $300,000 in drug money will no longer be able to practice.

Depression and grief after the loss of a son left Laures angry, unemployed and alone.

Almost 600 registered to attend the main major addictions conference in New Zealand.

"...life becomes very clear when you know how long is left."

A space at Rotorua Library Te Aka Mauri will become a cosy poets corner.