Kate Green

The study found nearly 90 percent of the callouts were of low level and should have been managed in the community.

Pharmacies are falling back on their emergency back-up plans to distribute medication, and doing a lot of unpaid leg-work in the process, following the MediMap hack. Audio

The hacked health portal is heading to court to try to block people accessing and using the data that has been breached. Audio

A new report by ambulance services says "out-of-hospital cardiac arrests" remain a major public health challenge.

It's more than double the number of primary care nurses the government had originally committed to funding.

Health New Zealand says in 2025, three offers were made to senior doctors and two to nurses, which were all declined.

It comes as a new study shows neurologists will struggle to keep up with the increase in demand. Audio

At the same time, the need for neurology services is increasing, as new and sometimes more complex treatments became available. Audio

The agreement covers pay and conditions for pharmacists, pharmacy assistants and technicians.

The man was aged in his late 20s and had lived at Lonsdale Total Care Centre in Foxton for about six months before his death in May 2022.

A prisoner with a burst appendix was told it was a stomach bug, and waited six days to be admitted to hospital for surgery.

A new study has found these vape shops which could be within places like dairies or service stations are far more common in low socio-economic areas.

A Nurses Organisation delegate says it was an "embarrassing U-turn for Te Whatu Ora", but heartening to see they had listened to members.

An endocrinologist says more than half the women she sees on testosterone for low libido are taking too high a dose of a product that's designed for men.

There are hopes more will come on board, but for now, industry leaders say GPs could be slow to train up in an area most haven't worked in for decades. Audio

Some clinicians are concerned by these results, while some people say a diagnosis brought validation and life-changing help.

Adam Currie - who already had his diagnosis - said his Monday morning appointment was "really smooth". Audio

The corner has now completed formal identification of all the fatalies from last week's tragedy.

The building has sat empty, with blackened walls and damaged signage, since the fire in May 2023.

Palmerston North City Council is seeking the owner of a spa pool found "smack bang" in the middle of the road.

The Gisborne District Council said communities around Te Araroa, Onepoto, and Wharekahika have been the worst hit, with the intense deluge that began on Wednesday evening Audio

"Solar weather" doesn't pose a threat to human health - but it does to our technology.

The body of Benjamin Timmins is set to undergo a post-mortem today.

Benjamin Timmins amounted to more than his criminal history, Rach O'Grady says.

A woman and two young men are in a critical condition and a man is dead after the shooting in Waitārere Beach.