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Letters: Environmental protests won't pay the bills

OPINION: 'If we mine the land, it will heal, just as it has in the past.'

Woman dies from stage four cancer after DHB's systemic failures

The post-menopausal woman had been bleeding on and off for five years.

Steve Maharey: Why the Government made its own problem with Pharmac

OPINION: The Pharmac model has done irreparable damage.

'Jump the queue': C-section private surgery quota at Auckland Hospital ongoing dispute

The proposed rules come after years of tension centred on high c-section rates.

'It's insane': Patient advocate criticises tax cuts as people fundraise for surgeries, cancer treatments

Budget 2024 did not deliver the much-promised funding for 13 new cancer drugs.

'I felt exposed': Woman's fears after info stolen in Covid data breach

The woman feared a harmful person from her past could have accessed her information.

When Covid and the flu collide – is our healthcare system ready?

OPINION: A double-whammy of illnesses may deliver New Zealand its sickest winter yet.

‘I won’t be able to make it to Germany’: Young law student’s plea for surgery in NZ

Not everyone has the means to raise $180,000 to travel overseas for surgery, student says.

Watch: Jack Tame v Nicola Willis in heated post-Budget debate on Q+A

Willis was probed over why the Nats didn't campaign on how many families were worse off.

Whanganui doctors strike for third time in a month

'Junior doctors work 32 hours in a 48-hour period over the weekend.'

Blood service strike: urgent hospital surgeries postponed; surgeons to warn ‘no guarantee of blood transfusion’

Patients told: "I cannot guarantee you will be able to receive a blood transfusion".

Trainee doctor started medical procedure without anaesthetic: 'Most horrific pain'

The woman screamed as she felt the electrically surging wire “cut through her cervix”.

Husband watched wife die while waiting for ambulance after six calls to 111

After she collapsed in their lounge, he was told help may take 'up to several hours'.

Parliament to launch aged care inquiry to satisfy coalition agreement

Health NZ is conducting its own review into aged care's funding and service models.

'Really hectic': Middlemore Hospital ED under strain with ambulance ramping, bed waits

There were reports of long waits for a bed and patients in corridors.

John Swiatczak takes helm at Gisborne Hospital

Former nurse John Swiatczak is the new boss at Gisborne Hospital.