John Key had told striking Auckland radiographers to be mindful of other successful negotiations in the health sector.

The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.

Rest homes are refusing to comply with a demand to find old people's birth certificates to prove they are eligible for care subsidies.

Surgery is being cancelled for hundreds of patients from Tuesday in preparation for four days of strikes by radiographers.

TVNZ has apologised for a comment by presenter Paul Henry that overseas-trained doctors can't be as good as those trained in NZ.

Many patients booked for elective surgery or an outpatient visit will have their appointments postponed during planned walkouts.

A baby narrowly avoided being crushed by a truck which flipped in slippery conditions on Auckland's North Shore today.