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Governments "doing less stuff" has led to inequality - instead the very wealthy should be taxed to fund society's needs, a US campaigner says. Audio

Analysis - The government's health shake-up is generally well-received, while Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta deals with a delicate international issue around our relationships with Five Eyes and…

The government's newly announced health plan heralds a massive change in the system. But commentators say its success depends on what's in the detail.

As many as 350,000 Black and Asian service personnel who died fighting for Britain might not have been properly commemorated because of "pervasive racism", a report says.

People living in isolated areas within New Zealand who lack health services are requesting their voices be heard following the health reforms announcement.

Stats NZ has discovered an error in last year's official child poverty statistics.

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.