Junior doctors' strike starts today: What you need to know
From 7am tomorrow hospitals nationwide are without 3300 junior doctors for 48 hours.
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Latest from Bay of Plenty DHB
Sixteen deaths from adverse and mental health events
Fourteen of the deaths related to mental health events over a period of 18 months.
Three hospitalised with meningococcal infections
A public health official says people need to be on alert for symptoms of the disease.
Midwives' union cancels strikes after ERA ruling
Midwives' strikes have been cancelled in Tauranga and Whakatāne until Tuesday.
Emails and memo reveal fallout from damning DHB report
Three key staff members were asked to take "some time out" after the report's release.
Rotten: 1500 decayed teeth pulled out of kids in this region
Nationally, 36,000 decayed teeth had to be removed from kids aged 13 and under.
Māori renew calls for mortuary service in Tauranga
Since mortuary services closed in Tauranga 694 have been done out of the region to 2017.
Non-resident mums pay millions to give birth
The cost of non-resident births in New Zealand is more than $3.17 million over five years.
Musician Peter Gutteridge's death: Hospital admits failings
Middlemore mental health unit is being rebuilt to reduce the risk of more deaths.
Mental health inquiry: Hope stirs amid the wreckage
Mental health inquiry hears public rage and frustration, but confident change will come.
New 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."
Hospitals get through 'difficult situation' during nurses' strike
Hospitals reported more staff and volunteers than planned.
Grieving mother: 'Bullying erodes ... confidence, it kills them'
"It's bullying that erodes people's confidence..it kills them," grieving mum tells.
Nurse strikes: DHBs offer three 3% pay rises over 18 months
DHBs say they have doubled their offer to nurses to settle pay negotiations.
Rest home access by postcode: report
"This can have serious consequences for their health."
Mum's C-section misery: 'I exploded on the inside'
Nicole Kildare says short-staffing at Tauranga Hospital over Christmas nearly killed her.
Tiki Taane's partner: 'Never mind the gangs'
Former P addict Rachel Axis speaks out about her past. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Meeting Jacinda Ardern tops sick boy's bucket list
At the top of a sick boy's bucket list is meeting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.
Man in isolation for 115 days in hospital
More than 10,000 Kiwis end up in isolation each year with the longest a 115-day spell
Three injured after crash near Katikati
Elderly Morrinsville couple among trio injured in crash near Apata Station Rd.
Cancer patients face Christmas wait
Cancer patients are having to wait months for treatment as hospitals struggle to keep up.
GPs warn crisis looming
Doctors warn a crisis is looming with the dwindling numbers of GPs around the country.
Inside Story: Waiting game on cancer
Dawn Picken talks to patients and doctors about the process of treating the Big C.
Pupils suffering in damp: principal
A Tauranga school principal says substandard housing in the city is making children sick - with 11 of her pupils hospitalised within
Children's hospital ward tested for meth
A report that someone may have used P in the toilets of Whakatane Hospital's paediatric ward a year ago resulted in a partial closure of the area.
Demand up for mental health care
The Mental Health Foundation says demand on New Zealand's mental health services is increasing as young people face challenges like no generation in history
Chemo drugs mistakenly put into lungs
Tauranga's coroner says "significant and serious failures" in the health care provided at Tauranga Hospital to two patients contributed to their premature deaths.
DHB criticised over death of patient
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has been criticised for serious failings in the care it provided a mental health patient who later committed suicide.