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A child health expert says advances in the battle against rheumatic fever may be jeopardised by changes which would see DHBs handling prevention programmes by mid-2017.

The latest figures show babies born to the most deprived 20 percent of New Zealand families are five times more likely to die than those born to the wealthiest 20 percent.

An American doctor who fled a sex charge in the United States to work in New Zealand and Australia is having his file investigated by Immigration New Zealand.

The head of the Tairawhiti District Health Board said a radiologist it employed for several years should have informed them he was wanted on a sex charge in the United States. Audio

A consultancy group is examining how long-term health services will be provided on the East Coast and where to base them.

Two students remain in hospital following a bus crash near Gisborne on Sunday. The students and staff were on their way to a kapa haka competition when the crash occurred.

The people of Te Tairawhiti are mourning the death of two well-respected kuia.

Rongowhakaata wants to relocate one of the oldest carved meeting houses at Te Papa Tongarewa Museum to a new facility at the Gisborne railway station.

Tairawhiti District Health Board says it's encouraged by a decline in smoking rates among young people in the district.

Tight financial management is expected to be needed at several district health boards where populations have fallen.

Maori Wardens are undergoing Government-approved training courses so they can do private security work.

The Government has released details showing how extra money for non-urgent surgery will be spent nationwide.