New Zealand'PR stunt': Opposition slams Govt's $6b infrastructure announcementChristopher Luxon defends mega construction plan amid Opposition backlash.20 Jul 08:50 PM
New ZealandBottles thrown at police confronting boy racers in WellingtonPolice pelted with bottles breaking up reckless boy racer meets in Hutt Valley.19 Apr 05:00 PM
New Zealand‘They’ve broken a promise’: Special care unit for sick babies quietly shelvedThe new Health Minister has ordered a briefing on why the unit has not been delivered. 02 Feb 04:00 PM
PremiumNew Zealand'Out of control': Numbers waiting too long for specialist appointments reach 60,00003 Feb 04:00 PM
New ZealandHutt mayor slams DHB for hasty communication over hospital quake riskThe DHB says patients and services will still have to be moved out of the building.17 Jun 05:22 AM
New ZealandWoman claims she sat in urine-soaked clothes for six hours in Wellington EDHer catheter broke and she was told no one had the time to change her.06 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandWairarapa and Hutt Valley DHBs culpable for delayed breast cancer diagnosisFailures at two DHBs led to a woman's cancer diagnosis being delayed, a new report finds.30 May 05:40 AM
New ZealandAuckland hospital 'imploding': Patient with typhoid fever slept in car due to lack of bedsHospitals around NZ are being hit by a perfect storm of issues.29 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandSeismic risk assessments exposing widespread shaky hospital issueHutt Hospital is one of many medical facilities deemed at risk of a seismic event.19 May 11:12 PM
New ZealandQuake-prone Hutt Hospital block got council all-clear last yearThe DHB used a 10-year-old assessment to persuade the Hutt City Council to go easy on it.19 May 12:32 AM
New ZealandAnalysis: Government moves quickly to commit to Hutt Hospital's futureHealth Minister to meet with local leaders tonight after building deemed earthquake-prone.18 May 05:30 AM
New Zealand10,000 allied health workers walk off the jobToday's strike comes after more than 18 months of negotiations.15 May 05:00 PM
New Zealand'The happiness is incomparable': Midwife retires after 51-year careerWhen midwife Grace Pillay began delivering babies 51 years ago, ultrasounds weren't used.07 May 05:00 PM
New ZealandCrisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortagesThousands of health staff around NZ are off work with Covid, leaving others overworked.23 Mar 06:18 PM
New ZealandLive: Person in 20s one of 9 Covid deaths today - 14,463 cases, 1000 people hospitalisedThe person in their 20s who died was NZ's second youngest Covid-related death.21 Mar 12:33 AM
New ZealandLive: Five deaths, 943 people hospitalised, more than 14,000 Covid cases todayThe five deaths reported today were in Auckland, Waikato, Hutt Valley and Canterbury.18 Mar 12:46 AM
New ZealandFive homicides 'absolutely avoidable', a total system failureFive homicides by five mentally-ill people have been the subjects of extensive inquests.17 Mar 11:00 PM
New ZealandWellington and Hutt among regions with highest active Covid casesKenepuru Community Hospital has 21 per cent of staff off work due to Covid-19.17 Mar 01:09 AM
New ZealandExclusive: Exhausted nurses 'falling over each other' for nightly $500 Covid bonus'We are so short staffed in every department that management are working on the floor.'16 Mar 04:00 PM
New ZealandDHB failed to flag man's allergy before fatal anaphylactic shock, HDC findsDHB did not flag the potential allergy on the National Medical Warning System.14 Mar 01:00 AM
New ZealandTide of patients amid staff shortages in WellingtonAbout 800 doctors and nurses at Wellington's hospitals off sick or in isolation this week.10 Mar 05:03 PM
New ZealandDHB board member roles scrapped three months before term endsTime is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.10 Mar 03:24 AM
New Zealand'Terrible time' to be restructuring health sector - RetiHealth spokesman says DHBs still missing agreed deadline to improve safe staffing.12 Jan 07:37 PM
New Zealand'Hazardous': Doctor claims one of NZ's busiest hospitals already at capacity'We've got no spare capacity,' a doctor warns the Government.17 Dec 04:00 PM
New ZealandCCDHB reaches 90 per cent fully vaccinated, second DHB in the countryThe news was revealed hours before the government's traffic light announcement.29 Nov 02:10 AM
New ZealandMore than 1300 unvaccinated DHB staff stood downHow many staff have been stood down at your DHB?17 Nov 05:25 AM
New ZealandWairarapa Hospital has Covid capacity, but no ICU, as second Masterton case recordedA second positive case of Covid-19 was recorded in Masterton today.16 Nov 12:48 AM
