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Measles outbreak: School nurses being trained to give vaccinations

School nurses in South Auckland are being trained to give vaccinations to students.

Measles outbreak: Warning to fans at Eden Park Pasifika showdown

Rugby fans heading to Eden Park this weekend are being warned about the measles outbreak.

Kiwi sport star's plea: Vaccinate your kids against measles

Boxer Joseph Parker urges people to help stop the spread of measles.

Hospitals overflowing: Patients kept for hours in ambulances

EDs at crisis point: "Dangerous" practice puts patients at extreme risk.

Sewage leak in Middlemore ceiling closes room in ED

A room in the busiest emergency department in the country was closed for a week.

NZ Post staffer confirmed with measles, as outbreak grows

Customers warned phone lines closed; emails, inquiries via website and Facebook delayed.

Tobacco giant tried to target poor through poverty group and DHB

The Philip Morris tactics follow revelations it was targeting Māori

Exclusive: DHB inquiry after unborn baby dies

Two investigations into possible "serious adverse events" are ongoing.

Measles outbreak: Disease spreads to average of eight people a day

An average of eight people a day are being diagnosed with measles in Auckland.

Diabetes: 'the middle of the epidemic'

"It's already got worse - we are now in the middle of the epidemic."

So regular we are used to it': 2000 hospital workers attacked on the job a year

"Sometimes, physical abuse is so regular most of us are used to it."

Middlemore in 'alarming' situation

'It is an absolutely alarming, calamitous situation at the moment.'

Middlemore X-rays delayed: union

Dismayed local community leaders are now calling for an urgent review of health funding.

Christchurch gas blast: Nine damaged houses ruled off limits

WorkSafe takes over from police as lead agency investigating giant explosion.

Extra help tipped for South Auckland maternity services

Baby deaths have been linked by the DHB to factors including lack of staff and bedspace.

PM on maternity services: 'consistent underfunding'

Deaths and stillborns have been linked to a lack of resources at Middlemore Hospital.