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Gandhi Nivas marks 10 years of tackling family harm in Auckland
Studies show the community-led initiative has made a significant impact in reducing domestic violence over the past decade.
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You are good enough: Alice Peel's message for kids
Audio 3 Apr 2025Primary teacher and co-founder of a mental health venture, Alice Peel, says it's ok for children to feel low from time to time. Audio
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Mental health support programme misses target by 100,000 +
Audio 3 Apr 2025A review released this morning five years into a mental health support programme shows it is over 100,000 people off its target. Audio
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Access to new drugs to speed up if approval given by some countries
Cabinet has approved a streamlined pathway in which some medicines will be approved in less than 30 days.
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Morning Report Essentials for Thursday 3 April 2025
On today's episode, an RNZ investigation has revealed ministers were lobbied by infant formula companies in the months before the government ditched tougher rules for how formula is made and sold, the… Audio
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Shingles vaccine linked to reduction in dementia diagnoses, study finds
Scientists may have produced the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccine is linked to reduced dementia risk.
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Everything you need to know about Tomb Sweeping Day
Explainer - With a history that can be traced back 2500 years, the festival is about more than just commemorating the dead.
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Hospitals still waiting for work to fix high risk issues
Five years after the first stocktake of shonky hospital water pipes and power cables, more than 40 percent of the worst cases have had no remedial work done. Phil Pennington spoke to Paddy Gower. Audio
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Children's Commissioner on Health NZ review into 11-year-old who was mistaken for 20-year-old
Health New Zealand has admitted "significant failings" and apologised for the experience of an 11-year-old girl who was restrained and mistaken for a 20-year-old. Children's Commissioner Dr Claire… Audio
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Health NZ changing policy to prevent identity mistakes
Unidentified mental health patients will now be assessed by a medical team to prevent identity mistakes. NZ Mental Health Foundation Chief Executive Shaun Robinson spoke to Paddy Gower. Audio
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Forty percent of most urgent hospital repairs aren't being worked on
Some projects marked as 'completed' by Health NZ still need more fixes.
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Carmel Sepuloni on govt health targets, road cones
Labour's Carmel Sepuloni talks health wait times, road cones and a rise in the minimum wage. Audio
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Health Action Wanaka highlights inequities for locals
Wanaka residents face growing wait times for health services, Tess Brunton has the story from Central Otago Audio
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Nineteen month wait to see a specialist: 'I was suffering severe pain all of the time'
The Nelson woman's bowel and ovaries were fused together with scar tissue from endometriosis. Audio
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Company behind Covid tracer app helping doctors fight impending antibiotic resistance crisis
The project will prompt doctors to prescribe more safely, to reduce the looming risk of antimicrobial resistance, which one professor describes as: "A silent pandemic that is occurring globally." Audio
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One third of NZers waiting more than two weeks to see GP - poll
More than one in six people wait three or four weeks, or even longer, according to the first RNZ-Reid Research poll.
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Patients have to travel seven hours or face losing eyesight
Some were forced to move or choose not to access help due to costs and travel. Audio
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'Safety is at risk': Warning as meth and crime crisis in Northland worsens
A drugs and social crisis afflicting Northland is deepening, a Northland iwi leader warns.
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1 in 3 people waiting over two weeks for GP appointment - poll
One in three people are waiting over two weeks for a GP appointment, while more than one in six wait three or four weeks - or even longer, according to RNZ's Reid Research poll. The Health Minister… Audio
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Te Whatu Ora Chief Clinical officer on misidentified 11-year-old
An eleven year girl who was mistaken for an older mental health patient was forcibly injected with anti-psychotic medication that's not normally used for children and wasn't even the first choice of… Audio
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Nelson woman waited over a year to get first appointment
A woman who was referred to Nelson Hospital's gynaecology department waited more than a year to get a first appointment and by then she was so desperate she'd already gone private. Health New Zealand… Audio
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Misidentified 11-year-old injected with drugs rarely given to children
The Waikato 11-year-old mistakenly treated as an adult mental health patient was restrained and twice injected with a drug rarely given to children.
More details have emerged as Health NZ releases… Audio
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NZ at forefront of impending antibiotic resistance crisis
Doctors here say New Zealand's high use of antibiotic medication, among the top five in the world per capita, has put us at risk. The World Health Organisation considers antimicrobial resistance as… Audio
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Aussies' super savings in the trillions
The sector is also structured in a way that "help limit the build-up of systemic risks", including by having variable returns, it notes.
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US Senator breaks record as speech passes 24 hours
Democrat Cory Booker's marathon speech comes as his party face increasing pressure to take a harder line against Trump. Video
