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Advocates are calling for financial abuse to be made a stand-alone offence, saying it is hidden in current legislation.

The agency will need to help all injured people - not just those who make a claim - under new legislation to be introduced to Parliament on Friday.

Why does it cost so much to look after our teeth?

Auckland youth development worker and advocate Aaron Hendry says targeted interventions, which have proved successful, can be achieved without boot camps. Audio

A two-year plan has been launched to tackle health inequities among New Zealand's Pasifika population.

The number of people who smoke cigarettes daily has dropped to an all-time low of 8 percent, down from 9.4 percent this time last year.

Opinion - There has been some resistance to proposals on reducing urban speed limits right across the country but evidence suggests it's the right move, writes Simon Kingham.

The MeToo movement sparked calls for change in the music industry, but what's happened since then?

There are calls for the meningococcal B vaccine to be more widely available, with the disease a high risk for Pacific and Māori communities.

More nursing students have come forward with concerning stories about their degrees and clinical placements. Audio

New Zealanders in desperate need of a roof over their heads are increasing with services such as the Auckland City Mission providing a literal lifeline.

This year marks a century since an extraordinary medical breakthrough - the use of insulin to treat diabetes mellitus.

The review has identified areas where Māori are disenfranchised, including a lack of understanding about the Māori roll and how it works, and restrictions on prisoner voting.

There has been growing safety concerns in parts of Christchurch following a stabbing yesterday morning, a Linwood ward councillor says. Audio

This week, the world's population ticks over a historic milestone. But in the next century, society will be reshaped dramatically - and soon we'll hit a decline we'll never reverse.

Māori wards have been only half successful in Taranaki, with voter turnout for the new wards a third lower than overall turnout across the region.

A group representing people with rare health disorders has joined other organisations in expressing concern about Pharmac's review of rule 8.1b, related to the funding of child cancer treatments.

Rōpū claimants who have been fighting for the past 17 years in the long-running Waitangi Tribunal Hauora inquiry are a step closer to closing the final chapter on underfunding grievances with the…