New ZealandTwo test positive on ship docked in BluffTwo crew register weak positive results on urea ship arriving at Bluff from Malaysia.08 Nov 05:23 PM
New ZealandClosing in: South Island DHBs almost at 80 per cent full vaccinationThe new traffic light system will kick into gear once DHBs reach the target.05 Nov 06:00 PM
New ZealandTop towns: Closing in on 100 per cent first dose in some placesFour locations are not far off the achievement.29 Oct 01:14 AM
New ZealandLive: New Kāwhia case, Christchurch races to test, vaccinate as nine isolateAs Christchurch waits on a knife edge, a small Waikato settlement faces new Covid scare.28 Oct 10:44 PM
New Zealand'Unacceptable': Disparity in DHB staff vaccination levels revealedLess than half of all staff at one DHB are fully vaccinated.22 Sep 04:40 AM
New ZealandMinistry of Health keeps quiet on DHB staff vaccination ratesThe deadline for DHBs to know this information was August 31.31 Aug 10:00 PM
New ZealandVaccination centre needed for students, OUSA saysSouthern District Health Board has no plans to open a walk-in centre on campus.24 Aug 06:46 PM
New ZealandHealth Minister Andrew Little on planned nurses' strikeMidwives and nurses gear up to walk off the job on Thursday.16 Aug 09:33 PM
New ZealandCovid-19: All port workers test negative as Rio de la Plata leavesThe container ship, which left the area overnight, has infected crew on board.11 Aug 12:24 AM
New ZealandMidwives strike: Eight-hour rolling strikes begin todayMidwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today.08 Aug 07:58 PM
New ZealandFive new MIQ Covid cases, WHO staffer's NZ mercy dash from FijiThe flight with the seriously-ill WHO worker on board will land in Auckland today.29 Jul 01:42 AM
PremiumPremiumNew ZealandRevealed: 'Deeply concerning' vaccination rates vary across NZIn one district Māori are being vaccinated at a quarter of the national rate.27 Jul 05:00 PM
New ZealandLive updates: Three new MIQ Covid cases, three more mariners infectedAll of the Mattina crew who have tested positive will remain quarantined on board.22 Jul 02:17 AM
New ZealandNine mariners test positive on Covid-struck vesselThe Mattina container ship is the third vessel in New Zealand to be struck by Covid.19 Jul 10:18 PM
New ZealandLive: 30,000 Nurses strike DHBs reduce services as staff walk outNon-urgent surgery and outpatient clinics cancelled as nurses walk off the job.08 Jun 06:45 PM
New Zealand2020 stocktake found health IT systems vulnerableThe DHBs also lacked skilled IT staff to focus on security, a report found.25 May 08:30 PM
New Zealand'Skin was ouch': Two-year-old's painful rash rare form of arthritisThe sassy toddler's joints are so stiff in the morning she can hardly walk.07 May 07:00 AM
New ZealandCancer treatment 'screwed up... an absolute disaster'Litany of misdiagnosis, missed opportunities and mishandled appointments.04 May 06:31 PM
New ZealandVaccine rollout in Otago called 'a shambles'Some receive multiple appointments while other frontline staff had not been contacted.08 Apr 06:00 PM
New ZealandCovid-19 vaccination centre opens in DunedinToday the team began injecting the first of two doses to frontline health workers.28 Mar 11:11 PM
New ZealandBlood test results ease fears over high lead levels in water'It's not over yet but it's a good way down the track' - Southern DHB's MoH.10 Mar 10:42 PM
New ZealandOur young, drunk emergency room patientsThe busiest times for alcohol-related cases were Saturday nights and Sunday mornings.22 Oct 07:41 PM
New ZealandDave Cull steps down from Southern DHB amid health concernsSouthern District Health Board chairman says he faces an 'ominous health challenge'.09 Oct 03:17 AM
New ZealandCovid 19: Aucklanders head to Queenstown conferenceConference appears contrary to advice for Aucklanders to limit travel outside the city.31 Aug 06:29 PM
New Zealand'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delaysBowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.16 Aug 05:00 PM
New ZealandSylvia Park food court gets 'deep clean' after visit from South Korean caseThe food court was closed for a "full deep clean".31 Jul 01:03 AM
BusinessDHB to discuss Queenstown as isolation townQueenstown may become the next isolation town for Covid-19 quarantine.06 Jul 09:49 PM
New ZealandDouble up: Hospital logo confused with Sexwise - and same agency designed both'Reality is compromise will be needed as they are too similar for both to continue.'04 Jul 12:06 AM
New Zealand'Sleepless nights, nightmares, trauma' as coronial process drags onA grieving family has waited for a coronal inquest into son's suicide for seven years.21 Jun 08:57 PM
PremiumPremiumEditorialEditorial: A health system we can depend on and be proud ofEditorial: We deserve much better than the public health service we've been lumped with.16 Jun 05:00 PM
New ZealandHospitals stocktake paints dire pictureMany areas of NZs hospitals are in "poor or very poor" shape - report.09 Jun 08:42 PM
New ZealandGrieving family asked for feedback after newborn baby diesCommission finds multiple errors leading to the death, and continued afterwards.09 Jun 06:26 PM
New ZealandCrisis in public health doctor numbers and funding, PM toldThe College of Public Health is warning the PM there is a shortfall of doctors.27 May 09:10 PM
New ZealandDHB apologises to man who went blind in one eyeComplaint over loss of sight in right eye ends in breach finding against Southern DHB.06 May 12:30 AM
