Latest from Ministry of Health

New rules will mean every rental home in NZ must have a heater

All rental homes will be required to have a heater that can heat a living area to 18C.

Exclusive: Film director escapes conviction over drug charges

EXCLUSIVE: Discharge without conviction is "small victory for reason and progress".

Heavily pregnant woman twice turned away by hospital

Hospital delays meant pregnant woman sent home and monitored while waiting to be induced.

Twin investigations into care, deaths of intellectually disabled

Watchdog will consider whether the system is meeting the needs of the most vulnerable

Breast cancer patients die while waiting for life-saving drugs

Women dying of breast cancer will be share their stories with MPs next month.

Janet Peters: Intervene early to lessen trauma for kids

Comment: Mental Health and Addiction Inquiry has done a great job in raising many issues.

Health boss booked flight for woman, went to Las Vegas

Draft says Nigel Murray booked an international flight for a woman using taxpayer money.

Smoking in cars with kids banned

New Zealand will join many other countries in banning smoking in cars carrying children.

School made student shave his beard. Now he's fighting to grow it back

Brody Hide said it "sucks" that he can't express himself and "not be like everyone else".

Screentime for kids: Warning over 'alarming' toll on young Kiwi pre-schoolers

Mum tells of her sons' scary "addiction" to screens" in response to study.

Keep gender identity issues out of the classroom, says poll

People are evenly divided on gender identity/biological sex in child sports teams.

'I was never anything but my breasts': NZ women talks about life after surgery

By the time Jess was 10, she was wearing a double D bra.

Assault by poisoning - a history of gruesome killings in NZ

Strychnine seems to have been popular a century ago.

Vape and save, health group says

Vaping is promoted as a way to quit smoking and avoid the tobacco tax hike.

Breast cancer sufferer devastated Govt won't fund 'wonder drug'

Blow for stage four breast cancer sufferers as Pharmac decides not to fund Ibrance.

20-year battle: Family carers' pay deal finally settled

The settlement is confidential but it means the families no longer have a court date.

Superbug found in two Middlemore patients

Middlemore Hospital surgical wards affected by superbug finds

Families going without to buy tobacco, report says

Report says New Zealand will miss smokefree target by a "wide margin"