Health
Midday Report Essentials for Tuesday 8th July 2025
In today's episode, the second day of hearings for the contentious Regulatory Standards Bill is under way at Parliament, a leading vascular surgeon is angry and frustrated that patients like Amelia… Audio
Surgey head's anger over eating disorder assumptions
A leading vascular surgeon is angry and frustrated that patients like Amelia Turner are told their symptoms are eating disorders before a correct diagnosis is made. Dr Chris Holdaway spoke to… Audio
'You cannot do this': Staff beg Health NZ not to cut Wellington maternity beds
The agency wants to trial re-allocating 12 beds as a medical ward for emergency department patients. Audio
Teen was told stomach pain was in her head - it wasn't
A leading surgeon is frustrated patients like Amelia Turner are told they have eating disorders before a correct diagnosis is made.
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 8 July 2025
In today's episode, Shayne Iti said his 15-year-old daughter Katie Margaret Iti died on Saturday in Hutt Hospital from complications of influenza B, the Royal Commission into the country's Covid-19… Audio
What happens when people want to quit vaping?
One suggests many New Zealanders are now trying to quit nicotine vapes, and some face real barriers to doing so.
Staff beg Health NZ not to cut Wellington Hospital beds
Midwives and specialists are begging Health New Zealand to abandon a proposal to cut beds from Wellington Hospital's maternity and gynaecology wards. Mary Argue reports. Audio
Gynaecological cancer patients forced to travel from Wellington to Christchurch for surgery
Wellington Hospital's sole gynaeoncologist - who left in November - is not being replaced.
Epidemiologist on teen who died from flu complications
A 15-year-old died from complications of influenza B on Saturday. Otago University epidemiologist, Professor Michael Baker spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss. Audio
Teen dies from flu complications
Shayne Iti said his 15-year-old daughter Katie Margaret Iti died on Saturday in Hutt Hospital from complications of influenza B. He spoke to reporter Natalie Akoorie. Audio
Private hospital performs 159 free surgeries in one year
A range of procedures were provided to patients who may not have been eligible for surgery in a public hospital.
Health Minister on new health admin changes, hospitals
Health Minister Simeon Brown joins Nathan Rarere to talk politics from the government's perspective. Audio
Meth, HIV and the spread of a crisis through the Pacific
With Fiji in the midst of an HIV outbreak, UNAIDS warns that other Pacific Islands countries have all the risk factors of a similar crisis.
The health crisis pushed by a drug crisis
With Fiji in the midst of an HIV outbreak, UNAIDS warns that other Pacific Islands countries have all the risk factors of a similar crisis Audio
The price of immortality
Amy Errmann is a senior lecturer in marketing and international business at AUT and joins Emile Donovan to discuss how our desire to age better (or not at all) is fueling a hungry mega-market. Audio
Health NZ board re-established by government
The board was axed a year ago following concerns about oversight and a budget blow-out.
Cancer rates in Australians under 50 rising at 'alarming' pace
Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are experiencing unprecedented and in some cases world-leading rates of at least 10 different types of cancer.
'We still haven't come out' - businesses tell Covid inquiry
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic is focusing on eveyday people's views on lockdowns and vaccines.
Getting insight into how women with rheumatoid arthritis experience perimenopause
Rheumatoid arthritis, also called RA, is an autoimmune disease that causes inflammation, pain and swelling in the joints. It most often develops between the ages of 25 and 50, and affects more women… Audio
The red tape plaguing the medicinal cannabis market
New Zealand is one of the best places in the world to grow dope, but getting it to market is a regulatory nightmare.
