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Doctors warn patients in the public health system could end up waiting longer if those with insurance are prioritised.

The decision to let private patients have publicly-funded cancer drugs could make wait times worse, Labour says. Audio

The Smokefree 2025 goal is only months away, but Māori smokefree advocates are concerned that Māori smoking rates have remained more than double that of the general population.

Is it a law to make us all happier and healthier? Or an all-out assault on te Tiriti? It depends who you ask. Audio

The World Economic Forum report sees us drop from fourth to fifth, but that may just be the beginning of the slide.

An advocate says there are at least 140 young people in the city who do not have stable housing - some as young as 11 years old.

Explainer - After the US military was called in over anti-Trump protests in LA, perennial talk of California seceding sparked up again. Could it really happen? Audio

Analysis: Smoking rates in New Zealand have flatlined rather than fallen for the first time in a decade.

The Independent Children's Monitor has found Māori children overrepresented in Oranga Tamariki's systems, with outcomes as they grow up painting a "paint a stark picture".

One of the recipients of the Māori Cancer Researcher Awards lost her mother to cancer as a child, and still remembers how exclusionary the process was for her whanau.

Hospices are warning critical services for the dying are under threat, with nothing for palliative care providers in the Budget. Audio

A new report has found many women employed in Australia through the PALM migrant worker scheme are not getting appropriate information and affordable access to sexual health services

Pacific leaders have voiced concerns that the model could dilute local representation unless equity and cultural voices are prioritised.

The success of Brown Buttabean Motivation shows how initiatives can use media stereotypes to create their own narrative.

Experts will gather in Auckland to discuss how to cope with the health impacts in the Pacific that are due to climate change.

Ministers have been warned of a 'myriad of risks' to children, involving abuse and domestic servitude, as recently as three months ago.

A kaupapa Māori youth service is warning against benefit sanctions, saying they will mean people 'end up on the street'.

Seventeen percent of adults reported experiencing discrimination, with racial discrimination the most common.

The latest Health NZ data reveals more Northlanders are waiting over three months for a first specialist appointment, but the agency says there is "no difference in the thresholds for treatment". Audio

Explainer - Prostate cancer will affect one in 8 Kiwi men. Former US President Biden's diagnosis reaffirms how important it is to be aware of the disease. Audio

Former National MP Dame Marilyn Waring has gathered a group of female former MPs to look into the changes.