New ZealandJunior doctors' strike starts today: What you need to knowFrom 7am tomorrow hospitals nationwide are without 3300 junior doctors for 48 hours.14 Jan 05:00 PM
New ZealandDHB urges crack down on booze to lessen misery from 'addictive psychotropic drug'Winegrowers feel they are wrongly being treated like tobacco merchants.05 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandUnfair health care: What's going wrong?What's going wrong with our health system?18 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandNichola's story: 'You'd never believe this would happen in NZ'Nichola Smith says doctors believe she is making up symptoms despite her EDS diagnosis.10 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandPharmaceuticals family gifts $9m to children's healthGift of $9 million to finance Starship children's hospital training on medical manikins06 Dec 09:30 PM
New ZealandParents brace for legal challenge to daughter's careIs a court hearing next in a fight between doctors and parents?24 Nov 10:46 PM
New ZealandUrgent review called for: Serious concern over preschool checksThe Before School Check is offered to every child after they turn four.14 Nov 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandSchool expulsion can be fatal - studyStudy linking expulsions to early deaths dramatises the high cost of school failure.11 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuckland DHB maternity ward out of action due to staffing shortagesOne of Auckland City Hospital's five maternity wards is closed due staffing shortages.07 Nov 09:58 PM
New ZealandSick, hurt get vouchers to exit ED: 'Paying people to go away'Last year the cost to Waitemata DHB was almost $100 a voucher.04 Nov 04:00 PM
New ZealandOfficial launch of Auckland Health FoundationThe foundation won't substitute public health care but to go "above and beyond."31 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandAuckland Council offers guidelines for healthier Diwali foodMove has prompted some Indian community members to say: "leave our festive food alone".16 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandExclusive: 'Fresh evidence' in brutal Western Springs murderGabriel Yad-Elohim is appealing his murder conviction with new medical evidence.14 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandMāori, Pacific straight-to-interview policyADHB wants more Maori and Pacific workers - here's what it's doing to get them.13 Oct 04:00 PM
KahuMāori, Pacific health job candidates fast-trackedIf candidates meet the core criteria for a role they must be interviewed.13 Oct 02:39 AM
New ZealandRacial bias and birth: From the cradle to the graveEach baby in the "grey zone" is a question — try for life, or give palliative care?12 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandSpecial investigation: Māori babies less likely to be resuscitated, bias blamedMāori, Pacific and Indian babies are significantly less likely to be resuscitated.12 Oct 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandHe was slain with 90 blows to the head. Why was his killer out of clinic?Leaked documents show doctors focus on discharge at Auckland's mental health clinic.05 Oct 04:00 PM
New ZealandVisitors sick of hospital parking ratesCommunity groups say charges are leaving patients without visitors.29 Sep 04:00 PM
New ZealandJudge's call for review of DHB in murder case praisedBrother wants agency for inquiries into homicides and suicides by mental health patients.21 Sep 02:50 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandWho's to blame for one of Auckland's most brutal murders?Killer Gabriel Yad-Elohim was released from hospital just days before a brutal murder.20 Sep 09:27 AM
New ZealandLife sentence for murder days after hospital releaseMichael Mulholland was killed by a man in the stairwell outside his Auckland flat.19 Sep 10:15 PM
New Zealand'Unfortunate Experiment' survivor Clare Matheson diesA survivor of one of the county's worst medical experiments has died 'peacefully'.19 Sep 08:02 PM
New ZealandLegionnaires found in luxury high-rise spa after probe into dying residentThe elderly resident also had other underlying health conditions.12 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandNurse strangled at hospital; staff issued with camera vestsNurses strangled, punched in the face: "it's a really serious issue".06 Sep 05:00 PM
New ZealandMore left off surgical waiting listsOne patient had been left off a waiting list for more than three years.29 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandCash injection: $305m upgrade for Auckland hospitalsPM Jacinda Ardern said it was "no secret" that hospitals had been underfunded for years.22 Aug 10:30 PM
New ZealandIt's a boy! MP who rode bike to hospital gives birthJulie Anne Genter made headlines around world for riding bike to hospital while pregnant.21 Aug 12:50 PM
New ZealandWarning over hospital meals: 'Significant risk' to some patientsThere have been 25 cases where the wrong meal was given to children with allergies.19 Aug 12:00 AM
New ZealandKeep ED for emergencies - Auckland HospitalAuckland City Hospital's ED is seeing up to 270 people a day - and could soon get more.14 Aug 06:29 AM
New ZealandKeep ED for emergencies: Record numbers at Auckland hospitalsMore than 1400 patients presented to Auckland City Hospital's ED last week alone.13 Aug 10:20 PM
New ZealandSyphilis outbreak: DHB warned of 'out of control' ratesAuckland DHB has been criticised for changes to sexual health services.25 Jul 10:33 PM
New ZealandSyphilis response 'totally inadequate'Syphilis cases in Auckland have gone from one in 1995 to almost 300 last year.17 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandNew Zealand hospital staff abused daily: 'It's time to talk'"In the ED environment, maybe we're going to have to have policemen on site."15 Jul 05:00 PM