New Zealand'I feel disgusting': Woman ends up with uneven breasts after two surgeons operateThe Health and Disability Commission is investigating the woman's care at Middlemore.20 Jan 06:13 AM
New ZealandWaitangi Tribunal accepts urgent discussion needed on scrapping of Māori Health AuthorityThe decision adds to growing tension surrounding government policy affecting Māori.19 Jan 11:42 PM
New Zealand'Emergency': How getting strep throat led to three open-heart surgeries'I wouldn’t want anyone to go through it'.17 Jan 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandVacant $50m property in central Auckland vandalised as former owners look for a new home for the disabledThe new board at Laura Fergusson Trust is now looking for a new facility in Auckland.15 Jan 11:54 PM
PremiumPremiumOpinion'Smokefree generation': Aotearoa well on track to be smokefree next yearOPINION: NZ has recently had some of the most dramatic decreases in smoking in the world.10 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandHealth authorities warn of potential killer heat with more hot days forecastMetService issues heat alerts in lower North Island, Te Whatu Ora warns of health impacts.09 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandHealth Minister gets official advice on 'appropriate expansion' of free cervical cancer testingThe 'co-payments' most women make to be screened could soon be scrapped.08 Jan 11:01 PM
New ZealandYouth clinician who took his own life increasingly distressed at workWorkSafe found a 'very poor workplace culture' at the DHB after a clinician's suicide.08 Jan 04:51 AM
New ZealandHow a teen saved his granddad's life after a heart attack – and the app that could save your loved oneWhat was done to save Stuart Jones' life could lift falling cardiac arrest survival rates.07 Jan 09:44 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandQuest for a vaccine to fight rheumatic fever - a disease that kills and maims hundreds of KiwisThe race to develop the world-first vaccine, and why it's so badly needed here.07 Jan 04:00 PM
New ZealandFamily fuming after mother fractures legs at North Shore hospitalAletta Langeveldt, 71, had pneumonia but left with two fractured legs.23 Dec 04:00 PM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandExclusive: Memo reveals crisis facing hospital ICUThe Herald has obtained a memo indicating the tertiary status of the ICU was at stake.22 Dec 04:00 PM
KahuKey Te Aka Whai Ora board member leaving roleAwerangi Tamihere is resigning from the Māori Health Authority.21 Dec 07:00 AM
New ZealandHuge Middlemore ED demand: Plea for patients with ‘threats to life or limb’ onlyThe plea comes as new data shows large numbers are going to EDs and facing longer delays.21 Dec 04:24 AM
New Zealand'Enslavement': Anti-vaxxer confronts judge at court bench, dragged by securityHe argued 'just because people say the Earth is round, it doesn't mean that it is'.20 Dec 06:00 AM
New ZealandHealth Minister Shane Reti brings in observer at Health NZ because of ‘significant challenges’ with health reformsFormer healthcare executive Ken Whelan has been brought to oversee the sector.18 Dec 11:29 PM
New ZealandLoud cheering by supporters when IT worker pleads not guilty to Covid-19 data breachBarry Young was greeted with applause by his crowd of supporters, including Liz Gunn.18 Dec 03:18 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandDementia: She cared lovingly for her elderly mother for 16 years. Why did it end so traumatically?Auckland family left in despair after losing GP at a moment of crisis.17 Dec 04:00 PM
OpinionWill we be paying for Covid protection ourselves?OPINION: The arrival of the fifth wave prompted me to get my booster sorted.16 Dec 02:11 AM
New ZealandSmoking rates drop to all-time low, vaping rises ahead of smokefree repealTen per cent of Kiwi adults vape daily, with rates highest among young people.13 Dec 09:50 PM