Health
Senior Doctors to vote on strike action
Senior doctors could soon be following nurses, who will walk off the job again tomorrow. The doctors are currently voting on whether to take strike action later this month according to the Association… Audio
Eating disorders peer support 'silent revolution' - Minister
The Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey is heralding a new strategy for the country's eating disorder services as revolutionary. The reset, marking the first Eating Disorder and Body Image Awareness… Audio
Peer support for eating disorders 'the silent revolution' - Minister
The Mental Health has labelled the new strategy as the silent revolution. Audio
Social media inundated with positive alcohol messages
Australian researchers analysed more than 1800 posts that used popular alcohol tags over seven years, and found only two percent of them contained anti-brand sentiments, or showed negative… Audio
NZ's most common poisoning scenarios (+ how to handle them)
Roughly 20 percent of families with kids under five experience an accidental poisoning every year. More than half the calls to the National Poisons Centre are about this. Audio
New approach and funding for eating disorder services
The government is promising to invest an extra $4 million in support services each year.
Calls for stricter laws to stop alcohol sales to minors
The parents of a 16-year-old boy who died while driving drunk want tougher laws to stop sales to minors, after learning he was served alcohol multiple times including when visibly drunk. Lawyer and… Audio
Health minister's note to nurses striking outside his office
More than 36,000 nurses are walking off the job in a pay dispute, and Simeon Brown had a message for them. Audio
Striking nurses 'sick of system not allowing us to do our jobs'
"Tired, sick and absolutely devastated by a system that is not allowing us to do our jobs." That from one of the 36,000 nurses on strike today - as the lengthy negotiations between Health NZ and the… Audio
'My bra supports me more than you' - nurses strike
More than 35,000 nurses walked off the job following nearly a year of deadlocked negotiations between Health New Zealand and the union over pay and working conditions. The Nurses Organisation says the… Audio
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 2nd September 2025
In today's episode, the global tech giant Amazon says it is finally launching its much-hyped Auckland data centres, four years after first announcing the plan; The New Zealand First leader, Winston… Audio
New research into blood pressure
At least one in five of us have high blood pressure but most of us don't know we have it. Untreated, it can lead to serious problems like stroke, heart attack and kidney failure. Which makes a new… Audio
More than 30,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants strike
More than 30,000 midwives, nurses and healthcare assistants have walked off the job on Tuesday, in what is the first of two full-day strikes happening right around Aotearoa this week. Reporter Bill… Audio
More than 36,000 nurses walk off the job
A estimated 2250 procedures, 3600 first specialist appointments and 8000 follow-ups will be postponed due to the strike, Health NZ says. Audio
Health NZ on nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants strike
Thirty-six-thousand nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have walked off the job on Tuesday morning, as they strike for better staffing levels. Health NZ chief clinical officer Dr Richard… Audio
Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants to strike
Thirty-six-thousand Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are striking on Tuesday and again on Thursday in a push for what they say are safer staffing numbers. Nurses Organisation President Anne… Audio
Inspectors okay handling of fertiliser plant's asbestos scare
Workers were processing dunite rock when they found asbestos fibres in it.
Teen waits for life-saving heart transplant after losing uncles to same condition
The mother of a Christchurch teenager says she is scared of losing her son to the same condition that killed her two brothers. Audio
Health NZ acted unlawfully in witholding staffing data, Ombudsman finds
Health NZ initially said it needed more time to collate the data, but after four months declined the data request entirely.
Christchurch teen awaiting life-saving heart transplant
A Christchurch teenager is being forced to put his life on hold as he awaits a life-saving heart transplant. Shade Beardsall has hyper-trophic cardio-myopathy which causes the heart to grow thicker… Audio
