Super bug threat needs strong response, microbiologists say.

The Health Minister sold confectionery as a fundraiser and has no issues with it.

Jonathan Coleman has signed off on spending an extra $18m for the Chch hospital.

The wage increase will affect 45 per cent of Ryman Healthcare's workforce.

The number of cases has gone up steadily over the past two weeks.

Find out which occupations command the highest salaries in NZ cities this month.

Auckland specialist's concerns over herbal ingredient have been confirmed by Medsafe.

Health officials visited church after woman died of typhoid.

Vital Healthcare extends buying spree with two Australian facilities worth A$27.6M

Almost half of those with hip and knee problems have been denied a specialist appointment.

We asked New Zealand women who'd had an abortion to share their experience. These are their stories.

"Many girls believe their bodies are purging evil spirits": Actress Meghan Markle speaks out against the shame surrounding menstruation.

Residents in the Hawke's Bay coastal town of Waimarama are being told to boil their water before drinking it.

An autistic advocacy group says a 4four-year jail term for a Blenheim mother who killed her autistic daughter was "nowhere near enough". Autistic

Doctors are at loggerheads over changes to New Zealand's cervical screening programme, with one saying more women will die.

Exposure to traffic fumes and noise was found to raise the risk of dementia by up to 12 per cent.

Quitline has revealed the top reasons New Zealanders who contacted them decided to give up smoking in 2016.

Doctors threaten to start the new year with strikes after roster talks break down.

Grant Samuel has come in for a second barracking in the space of a month with HealthCare Partners.

New research suggests it might be time to give ailing blokes the benefit of the doubt.

Emergency department doctors are calling for a ban on National Crate Day after Waikato Hospital was inundated with drunk patients after Saturday's celebrations.

A Hamilton mother's six month battle with insufferable pain after a botched epidural has likened the feeling to that of someone drilling a pencil into her spine.

One of Westport's two resident midwives is leaving, saying her job is financially unsustainable.

Buller's Integrated Family Health Centre (IFHC) is set to be completed in the first half of 2019 - more than four years later than originally planned.

EXCLUSIVE: A group of orthopaedic surgeons has accused Waikato District Health Board managers of stopping them from making follow-up checks on patients.

Advocates of a children's intensive care unit argued kids have particular needs

Abano Healthcare's board has reiterated its advice that shareholders should wait for a formal recommendation before accepting a partial takeover offer.

Efforts to tackle a major eye problem that can lead to blindness could be boosted by a world-first Kiwi study into newly discovered and potentially game-changing adult stem cells.

Kiwi dance queen Parris Goebel dropped into the Kidz First Hospital in south Auckland to launch a Christmas campaign to help sick children.

Abano Healthcare told shareholders it expects to lift first-half profit by up to 50 percent in 2017 with earnings driven by dental acquisitions.