Rowan Quinn

Exhausted doctors and nurses are in the dark about when they will get back to life as normal at Waikato DHB Its been more than two weeks since a cyber attack crippled most of the technology used… Audio

Nurses are considering a late pay offer from District Health Boards making a last minute attempt to avoid a massive nationwide strike.

Around 30,000 members of the Nurses Organisation are planning to… Audio

Campaigners say people with rare illnesses have been put on the "losers list" and left to die because Pharmac hasn't been funded enough.

The government has boosted spending for its drug buying agency… Audio

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a major hurdle in Canterbury - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July - months behind schedule.

Under the government's plan almost… Audio

Older Cantabrians are ready and keen to get the Covid-19 vaccination.

But the rollout has hit a major hurdle in the region - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July -… Audio

An Auckland vaccination centre says it may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.

Each nurse at the Otara site is delivering about 100 injections a day and it… Audio

More details are emerging of people in small towns getting Covid-19 vaccinations more quickly than originally planned under the government's priorities list.

Whanganui DHB says it plans to offer jabs… Audio

Health workers at the frontline of fighting terrible rates of cervical cancer among Māori say a new, easier test, will save lives but isn't a one-stop fix.

The government will introduce a type of… Audio

Doctors are being inundated by over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but can't.

The government's roll out plan says over 65s who don't fall into earlier high risk groups… Audio

Antivaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.

Te Whānau o Waipareira is running the new clinic, in Henderson, for the… Audio

A new Covid-19 vaccination super clinic is opening in West Auckland this morning.

The clinic is being opened by the Waitematā District Health Board and Te Whānau o Waipareira Trust.

The clinic was… Audio

The government's unveiled a major reform of the health system, scrapping all 20 district health boards. They'll be replaced by a new, national body, Health NZ which will be responsible for running… Audio

In the most radical shake up of the health system in decades, the country's 20 District Health Boards are being scrapped. The Health Minister Andrew Little has announced details to health leaders in… Audio

Hundreds of people are at parliament this morning to hear the Health Minister Andrew Little announce major health reforms in response to last year's Health and Disability System Review.

Health… Audio

Major health reforms aimed at fixing a health system many say is broken and unfair are set to be announced at 8am on Wednesday.

The Health and Disability System Review last year recommended a huge… Audio

Hundreds of people who work in health care are gathered at parliament on Wednesday to hear details of the biggest restructure of the health system in decades.

Health Minister Andrew… Audio

Trans-Tasman quarantine-free flights are back on - as New Zealand's vaccination rollout's been described as shambolic, and Australia's as a failure.  Audio