Latest from Lakes DHB

'A little strange alien': Mother's battle with postnatal depression

Perinatal Mental Health Awareness Week: "Having a child...was a big shock for my system."

Crisis point as DHBs grapple with health staff shortages

Thousands of health staff around NZ are off work with Covid, leaving others overworked.

'I've felt like I'm the virus': Barber refuses to pay $48k in mandate fines

His defiant stand comes as major Covid mandate changes are announced.

Urgent jab plea for children, pregnant women due to hospitalisations

And a Rotorua doctor with Covid warns people 'not to underestimate it'.

DHB board member roles scrapped three months before term ends

Time is ticking for DHB board members who won't be needed come July 1.

Midwife shortage: Union fears Omicron may add to staffing struggle

Five women moved out after a hospital left with one duty midwife, backed by a team

Deprivation and anti-institution leads to low immunisation rates

Te Arawa drive-through could be an vaccine hub not just for Covid-19, says a local GP.

Big Boost weekend! Record 446 new community cases; 10 million vaccine jabs milestone

Yesterday there was a record number of casess.

'Thoroughly cook mussels': Warning after spike in illness relating to food prep

Three cases have been reported in the Lakes District Health Board region this summer.

Local Focus: Big surge in Māori vaccinations

A Covid case encouraged more people to get the jab.

More than 1300 unvaccinated DHB staff stood down

How many staff have been stood down at your DHB?

'Fear, anxiety, worry': Why teacher would rather quit job he 'loves' than get the jab

Other unvaccinated people in the district have taken leave without pay.

Watch: MP ordered to leave Parliament after quizzing Health Minister

The Rotorua MP asked Health Minister Andrew Little about ICU beds in the Lakes DHB.

'A disaster waiting to happen': Four ICU beds for population of 116,000

DHB chief describes the situation as 'very concerning'.

Covid 'washing over the entire country': Tauranga could have cases this week, DHB says

The health board chief is warning people Covid-19 could be in Tauranga this week.