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Leap into a sea of trouble

Shot student wants to help NZ hospital

Woman treated after 'cuddly' rat attack

A large water rat attacked a woman as she lay in her bed, after she had mistaken the animal for her three-legged cat.

Bad doctors most likely to be men, report shows

Dramatic fall in heart surgery waiting times

Drug-makers reject link to 'flesh-eating bug' cases

Diabetic's death sparks inquiries

Auckland District Health Board and the Coroner are investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman's hospital death which has left her family mystified.

Brad's All Black wish comes true

Flesh-eating bug cases treble in NZ hospitals

The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.

Man with knife in hospital 'stroppy'

There are reports a man is wandering around the burns unit at Middlemore Hospital with a knife.

Mugabe in Gulf for treatment

Welder burned in explosion

Young drinkers clog hospitals

Neighbours of dead toddler say kids rarely played outside

Toddler's death now a homicide investigation

Police have launched a homicide inquiry following the death of three-year-old Palmerston North girl Kash McKinnon.

Horse vet critical

Visitor had fears for safety of toddler who died

Emergency services called because of visitor's fears for 3-year-old girl who later died in hospital.

Man - not father - was looking after toddler who died of head injuries

Police hope a post mortem on a three-year-old girl who died today of suspected head injuries will reveal more about the circumstances in which she died.