Ruth Hill

GP clinics are scrambling to advise their worried patients in the ongoing fallout from the Manage My Health ransomware attack.

黑客团体此前在窃取40万份文件后向Manage My Health索取赎金，前情报官员表示不支付赎金是通用做法。

Hackers are demanding to be paid after stealing 400,000 medical files from Manage My Health, the country's largest patient portal.

The hackers say they will leak more than 400,000 files if a ransom isn't paid, in what an expert says is "the worst data breach that I recall seeing in New Zealand". Audio

黑客团体对Manage My Health发出"最后通牒"，但该公司尚无有效应对。

More than half a tonne of fireworks were launched from high up Auckland's Sky Tower, while Wellington's entertainment strip, Courtenay Place, turned into a carnival zone for the night.

New Year's celebrations were well underway - despite the dreary weather in many regions.

The government and industry have announced a joint $75,000 fund to support welfare training for shearers, but advocates say it's not enough to stop sheep being mistreated.

A charity screening children for sight and hearing problems at schools now has a fully kitted-out optometry bus - and big plans to roll the service out for adults.

Nurses Organisation chief executive Paul Goulter said his members were rightly aggrieved that their employer spent $538m less than budgeted on personnel in the last financial year.

The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes. Audio

The Dazas' 13-year-old daughter died by suspected suicide after making calls to multiple helplines. Audio

Nelson-Marlborough and Northland are among the worst-affected areas in the country.

Jodie Collins said long wait times for diagnosis and treatment often leave patients feeling anxious and powerless.

A new study has found more than half the country's heart specialists are currently over 50, and nearly one in five is older than 60.

The Cancer Control Agency says the projected increase - from about 30,000 new cases this year, to more than 45,000 by 2044 - underscores the need for ongoing investment. Audio

Under Australia's long-standing 'No Jab, No Pay' legislation, parents must have kids immunised to qualify for family tax benefits and subsidised childcare. Audio

The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health. Audio

Costello assured MPs she remained focused on achieving the Smokefree 2025 goals.

Nurses have been accused of failing to provide 'life preserving services' but the union says a plan for dedicated on-call staff to cover gaps during strike action was rejected. Audio

Health NZ data reveals it was taking up to 30 weeks to approve recruitment for frontline vacancies at hospitals in the Wellington region.

Mental health and public health nurses, allied health workers and policy staff will strike from 1pm to 5pm.

Data obtained under the Official Information Act shows 219 recruitment requests took more than two months to be approved, 91 waited more than 20 weeks, and 45 roles applied for in March were still…

Nurses nationwide are refusing to work extra shifts or fill roster gaps, forcing hospital managers to cancel planned care and reduce ward beds. Audio

As cervical screening picks up pace toward an 80 percent coverage target, services to further examine cases alerted in the screening tests are not able to keep up, clinical experts say. Audio