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Major changes planned for the health system have divided opinions. Here is what is being said one day after the reforms were announced. Audio

More than a 1000 people are expected to request to end their lives in the first year of New Zealand's assisted dying regime, the Ministry of Health says.

Gisborne's DHB is reassuring the community that health services will continue despite "significant changes" to the sector.

Māori medical professionals and health advocates are "mildly optimistic" after the announcement that tangata whenua will have their own health body with the power to decide what services to fund.

Recent inflation affected poor people more than the rich, with rises in everyday goods and falls in big ticket items, the Council of Trade Unions says.

Health experts are optimistic the government's shake-up of the health system will create much needed substantial change.

About 60 industry leaders met yesterday to discuss the future of Aotearoa's fruit and vegetable kai systems.

Coronavirus continues to pose "unprecedented risks to travellers", the US state department advises Americans.

Less than 1 percent of Auckland Transport's senior leaders are of Pacific descent but the council-controlled organisation says it is serious about changing this galling statistic.

An urgent DHB-wide review is being called for to understand why rangatahi Māori are far more likely to die after significant trauma than non-Māori.

A year on from the government's $25 increase to benefits, some solo parents and people with disabilities or chronic illnesses say it has made very little difference to their budgets.

While the trans-Tasman bubble is "a significant day" for New Zealanders, any moves to open the borders to other countries will need to be be based on hard evidence, Jacinda Ardern says. Audio

More needs to be done to address the growing digital divide, or those already disadvantaged in society will fall even further behind, says BNZ's chief economist following the release of its latest…

The number of people who have died worldwide in the Covid-19 pandemic has surpassed three million, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Rainbow young people are still facing higher rates of stigma and discrimination than their peers, according to new research.