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Health NZ needs to explain how the sickest patients will not be left behind in the push to outsource more surgeries to private hospitals, says the government watchdog.

GP clinics will soon receive funding based on factors such as age, sex, rurality, socioeconomic deprivation and morbidity, but not ethnicity.

Low product prices have prompted desperate calls for New Zealand farmers, mills and shoppers to take up local grain.

A pay equity advocacy group is making an urgent appeal to the UN to investigate the government's changes to pay equity laws. Audio

Globally, one of the main drivers in increasing numbers of young people vaping is the promotion of vapes on social media.

A round-up of news from around the region, including a man found guilty of five murders in Fiji.

The former prime minister is at the Rafah border crossing with former Irish President Mary Robinson. Audio

Her husband Philip Polkinghorne was found not guilty of her murder last year.

ACC faces a huge cost and complicated task paying compensation to thousands of survivors. It says it's taking a "phased approach" but critics claim it is simply stalling. Audio

Dozens of people have told of the desperate efforts they've taken trying to treat rotting teeth. Audio

The government is facing growing calls to deal with a homelessness "crisis" in Wellington, after RNZ revealed residents and businesses are concerned about an increase of rough sleepers and anti-social…

Emerald Tai and baby Tanatui Samuels were found dead in their home three days after his birth.

Forensic psychiatrist warns of 'more adverse incidents' unless inquiry into Canterbury's Mental Health Services prompts real change.

While no cases of paralysis had been reported, the risk of further transmission remained high, WHO said.

Gordon Hieatt strangled his girlfriend in 2009 and became eligible for parole in 2020.

An inquiry was initiated in 2022 amid concerns the Adelaide establishment had been lax in policing anti-money laundering rules.

The lack of candidates in some areas means representatives are being elected unopposed.

The group was increasingly apprehensive about the change of providers in seven weeks' time. Audio

He was convicted of sexual offending against girls and women at the West Coast Christian community.

Former Hawke's Bay Regional Council chairperson Rex Graham said $300 was not a deterrent.

One Canterbury school says it could have 300-400 students away on a day and up to 30 staff off sick.