Michael Woodhouse

The government is facing a fierce backlash after the bungled quarantine of two returning New Zealand citizens - including calls for the Health Minister to resign.

The Prime Minister has announced she… Video, Audio

Contact tracing is critical to New Zealand's ability to combat any further outbreaks of Covid-19, but is two weeks too late to wait for an app that will assist with that? National's health… Audio

Alert Level 3 Covid 19 restrictions have kicked in with health officials confident New Zealand is now in the right place to relax the rules.

Around 400,000 more people are expected to return to work… Audio

The National Party says the country's contact tracing of positive Covid-19 cases is still not up to scratch.

It says that the Minister of Health does not have crucial data about potential virus… Audio

Along with most everything in New Zealand parliament has gone virtual, and not just the MPs. Audio

Fourteen days away from the big decision over whether we can move out of lockdown big questions remain over how the country will be able to stamp out flareups of Covid-19.

Experts agree, rapid, mass… Audio

Doctors at Whangarei Hospital are worried about the safety of some patients due to the poor state of the buildings.

Documents shared with Insight reveal all of Northland's public hospitals are in an… Audio

Now to Dunedin, where the first steps towards the city's new billion dollar hospital are taking place. Yesterday, a blessing ceremony was held at the former Cadbury factory ahead of demolition. The… Audio

The National Party's Health spokesperson says the Government is failing to address the coronavirus situation effectively and has urged more practical steps be taken to protect the country from an… Audio

Back home, and health staff will begin meeting passengers on flights arriving from China today - as the number of countries with known cases of Coronavirus reaches twelve. A public health nurse will… Audio

"Alert but not alarmed" - that's how the Health Minister is describing New Zealand's response to the coronavirus outbreak in China.

David Clark fronted to media on Thursday afternoon to outline how… Audio

New Zealanders visiting relatives in China are now trapped in Wuhan with the city in lockdown over the deadly coronavirus.

At least 17 people are dead and more than 500 infected in China alone, as… Audio

Health Minister David Clark isn't biting back at National's criticism of the government's cancer action plan, saying he'll leave the politicking to the opposition. Yesterday the government unveiled… Audio

Big tobacco and the new generation both came to Parliament, but with very different ideas on vaping. Audio

The National Party says the government's handling of its medicinal cannabis framework is sloppy and lazy.

The Ministry of Health published proposed regulations covering cultivation, licensing… Audio

Winning a lottery isn't the normal way to secure a new life in a new country. But each year, New Zealand holds a visa ballot for people from a number of Pacific nations. Many thousands enter. But if…

The National Party says district health boards are drowning in deficits, and a lack of government leadership is to blame. Health Ministry figures show that in late March, the 20 district health boards… Audio