Rowan Quinn

A nurse at a rural resthome stayed at work for three days straight because they were so short staffed. And just last week she worked a 32 hour shift with just three hours sleep. It's another sign of… Audio

An aged care nurse who stayed at work for three days straight because of staffing shortages says she feels like the stress is destroying her. Sue manages an aged care facility in the rural North… Audio

MPs have taken up the chance to scrutinise the government's Covid-19 response, including contact tracing, testing, and vaccination.

The Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins and health officials… Audio

Hospital care is on the move for potentially thousands of people in Hutt Valley - as the hospital's main building prepares to close.

It's been deemed an earthquake risk. It houses critical services… Video, Audio

Health workers say they plan to keep fighting if their bosses don't give them a fair pay rise.

Ten thousand allied health workers - that's most of the workforce who aren't doctors, nurses or midwives… Audio

Surgeries around the country have been called off and appointments cancelled as tired and frustrated allied health workers strike for fair pay.

Allied health workers include the health staff who are… Video, Audio

Thousands of health professionals are on strike today, demanding better pay and conditions for their work.

The 10,000 allied, public health, scientific and technical workers are members of the public… Audio

The government's introducing a 'high powered task force' to tackle the issue of ballooning waitlists for hospital operations and appointments.

There are 27,000 people who've been waiting four months… Audio

An Auckland woman who had her breast cancer operation postponed twice is one of thousands caught up in delays caused by Omicron.

There were 2500 fewer planned surgeries carried out in Auckland in the… Audio

There's been a major setback in the fight for nurses to fix the gender pay gap.

The Health Minister Andrew Little says the New Zealand Nurses Organisation has decided not to put a pay equity… Audio

A month after the Omicron outbreak peaked in Auckland senior doctors are calling for patient care to get back to normal.

The region's has been at the front of the country's Covid-19 wave, with cases… Audio

Canterbury has nearly three times the rate of new Covid-19 infections as Auckland but, so far, the main emergency department says it is coping well.

The number of new cases recorded in the region… Audio

The Omicron outbreak's being described as a Mexican wave surging out from Auckland and into the rest of the country.

Cases are on the rise south of the Bombays, and there's a reminder the outbreak is… Audio

A pregnant nurse hospitalised with Covid-19 has described her fear as the virus hit - she was so sick she was vomiting blood.

She's one of several thousand people hospitalised in the Omicron… Audio

Auckland's hospitals have been missing up to a quarter of their staff some days during the Covid outbreak.

After weeks of stories of stresses from the shop floor because of doctor and nurse… Audio

An Auckland emergency doctor says her exhausted colleagues are expecting a busy couple of weeks even as hospital cases appear close to peaking.

Latest DHB figures show up to 40 percent of people at… Audio

The ongoing staffing crunch is hitting those at the front lines of the Covid outbreak. Just two nurses were available to care for a ward of 26 patients at Auckland Hospital during one shift last week.

Patients are spending as long as 36 hours in emergency departments - often waiting hours in corridors.

Corridor waits were supposed to be abolished years ago but doctors say the problem is hitting… Audio

Nurses say they've been vindicated by an independent report that's found what they've been saying for years - they're overworked and under stress - and patients are suffering.

The review into safe… Video, Audio