Shane Reti

Some health professionals are describing Te Whatu Ora's data on emergency department wait times as "gobbledygook", saying the authority is either fudging the numbers, or has made a huge error.

One… Audio

The emergency department crisis is resulting in paramedics caring for patients in public spaces.

Auckland Hospital's emergency department was so full on Monday night it turned away six ambulances… Audio

The Associate Health Minister, Ayesha Verrall, has told National's Shane Reti he should renounce his medical oath to do no harm after voting against a new tobacco ban.

A bill ensuring people born… Audio

Third year nursing students are pleading to be paid during their hospital placements with many feeling broken and abused by the system before they are even fully trained.

On Checkpoint on Friday… Video, Audio

A Government task force has delivered 101 recommendations to cut surgical wait times - but no targets for when they will be achieved.

The recommendations include giving GPs more ability to diagnose… Audio

Patients in need of urgent care are waiting longer than they have in years to be seen in hospital emergency departments.

The latest figures, to June this year, show the falling numbers of people… Audio

The health minister says he understands why midwives are taking the Ministry to court and that he was horrified to hear of workers' experiences.

More than 1300 midwives are involved in the class… Audio

National's health spokesperson Shane Reti says Hutt Valley District Health Board is not the only one with major building problems.

It's been revealed that the DHB's main block has been rated at 15… Audio

the National Party health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says it's not good enough for the government to blame hospital wait times on the pandemic. Yesterday, Health Minister Andrew Little announced a… Audio

The Director-General of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield will step down from his role at the end of July - a year prior to his term being up.

It comes amid a pandemic, major reforms of the sector, and… Audio

Big questions are being raised over whether hospitals are accurately reporting their massive spending on often highly paid contractors.

There's a warning the health reforms could make the public… Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about a 'graph crime' amplifying anxieties about mental health - and what happened when the Herald's editors fronted up to readers'… Audio

The National Party's health spokesperson says changes need to be made to boost ICU capacity for the Omicron outbreak.

National's Dr Shane Reti told Morning Report it's clear New Zealand's health… Audio

The Government is pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into upgrading 24 hospitals throughout the country.

The Health Minister Andrew Little says 30 intensive care beds will be added. 

But vice… Audio

Former Air New Zealand boss and new Botany MP Christopher Luxon is National's new leader. What we know so far is that he loves country music, his favourite animal is a guinea pig and he owns seven… Audio

Yesterday Nathan Rarere discussed the country moving to the new traffic light system with the National Party's deputy leader, Shane Reti. He asked why he thought Auckland couldn't move to step 3.3… Audio

Whangarei is at risk of losing a huge government grant for a conference and events centre, plaza, bridge and ferry terminal. Last year the Provincial Growth Fund committed 60-million-dollars to Oruku… Audio

Booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine will be available in a fortnight for people who got their second dose more than six months ago. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement yesterday… Audio

The National Party would allow vaccinated and unvaccinated people to travel across the Auckland border once we hit 85 per cent fully vaccinated or by the 1st of December - whichever comes first… Audio