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The idea that Māori have advantages over New Zealanders in health is farcical
OPINION: Māori have no privileges in our health system, Anaru Eketone writes.
From rugby field to $350m retirement village: Summerset nears tryline
Deposits taken on the first stage or 180 units amount to around $100m of sales.
Cosmetic giant Mecca coming to Dunedin as city upgrade continues apace
The store is planned to open on Dunedin's George St in the second half of this year.
Matamata Country Lodge celebrates full circle moment
The aged care facility, first opened as a maternity hospital, just turned 100 years old.
Studies reveal burden of excessive drinking on strained EDs
Interviews with patients in the ED show harmful drinkers are more likely to be older men.
Man nearly loses leg to sepsis after cut from barber's clippers got infected
A small cut at the barber turned nasty for a Rotorua man.
Unused surgical centre could treat 15,000 patients per year
The Tōtara Haumaru facility could be treating 15,000 patients a year - but it can't open.
Public service has responded 'fairly well' to new Govt - PM
Surgery wait times, student achievement, crime and welfare are part of the plan.
Property Insider: Ngāti Whātua on iwi consultation; Waiheke marina bosses set sail; big hospital expansion
What does a hapū leader say about consultation? What next for Waiheke Marina chiefs?
Auckland's Great North Rd closed after car hits pedestrian: Police descend on Pt Chev
One person has been taken to Auckland City Hospital with critical injuries.
Christopher Luxon reveals nine Govt targets to be delivered by 2030
The Government announces a suite of policy as Parliament returns for another sitting week.
What really happens to your body while you die?
One nurse isn't afraid of dying - she says the body makes sure death is 'peaceful'.
New surgical building can't open due to lacking staff
The four-storey, 150-bed Tōtara Haumaru building was meant to open in December.
Kiwi Graeme Walls reflects on 40 years of changing lives on Mercy Ships
Mercy Ships specialises in free, life-changing surgeries for people in need.
Opinion: Pharmac funding gap leaves Kiwi babies vulnerable to devastating disease
OPINION: It’s time for New Zealand to prioritise the health of its youngest population.
Hair cuts: ACC reveals laceration numbers by hairdressers
Walking out of the salon with an injury is more common than you think.
'Frustration' after ED patients placed in hospital corridors
North Shore Hospital ED has been using every single space available for urgent care.
'Decrepit': Dire state of Whangārei Hospital shown with leak near MRI machines
“Buckets and multi-million dollar electrics do not go well together," ED doctor says.
Whanganui Hospital's about-turn on controversial speed bumps
'I couldn’t believe, after everything they said, that they finally did it.'
Whangārei Hospital leak
A patient at Whangārei Hospital captured this video of the ceiling leaking close to expensive scanning equipment, during light rainfall on Good Friday. Video / Denise Piper
Shane Reti defends lack of extra security at hospital hit by machete attack
The hospital did not have a track record of violent incidents before attack, Reti says.
No security guards on hand at time of machete attack, union says
The man was disarmed by a doctor, attendants and the patient herself.
'Something horrific': Man suffers skull fracture in bloody ED machete attack
The victim allegedly suffered a severe laceration to his head and a fractured skull.
Baby nearly dies after chicken gets trapped in lung
One-year-old Lennox Knight's life was saved after mercy dash by air to Starship Hospital following rare medical emergency. Video / Jason Oxenham
‘Does this look like chicken?’ Baby narrowly survives choking incident
Little Lennox Knight was critically ill, and his parents had no idea why.
Japanese authorities raid supplement factory linked to 5 deaths and 100 hospitalisations
About a million packages of the supplements were sold over the past three fiscal years.
Briefing to health minister reveals dire state of hospitals and cost blowouts
Dr Shane Reti received the briefing from health officials soon after becoming minister.
'She deserves a good life': Girl needs $20k machine to slow lung damage
Maddi Wilson ends up on antibiotics or in hospital for even mild viruses.
Inmates and staff get food poisoning from curry at British prison
Some prisoners were slurring their words, giddy and in distress.
Heartbreaking letter from equestrian reveals assisted suicide after debilitating injury
Caroline March needed major surgery after being knocked unconscious in a fall.
Safety fears as police prepare to pull back from distress calls
Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey says a plan will be presented to Cabinet next month.
'Wronged from the very first day': Men discover they were switched at birth almost 70 years later
'They both have had who they thought they were stripped away because of this.'
Injured man's wife says council, contractors need health and safety 'shake-up'
The wife of a badly injured man says an unsafe footbridge should have simply been closed.