Health
Fears high wages for locums will discourage full-time doctors
There are concerns high wages paid to casual medical staff to plug gaps in the health system are discouraging doctors from taking full time positions. Te Whatu Ora said its forecast full year spend on… Audio
'Hīkoi for Health': Doctors on journey for change
Two doctors are hoping to turn their anger and frustration over the decline of New Zealand's public health system into a bottom-up blueprint for change.
US funding cuts threaten ground-breaking Auckland University vaccine study
The study has drawn on data from more than 300 million people to research vaccine safety and efficacy since 2019. Audio
Trump pulls funding for Global Vaccine Data Network
Local researchers involved with the Global Vaccine Data Network are scrambling after the Trump administration abruptly pulled funding. Auckland University associate professor Helen Petousis-Harris… Audio
Families of victims murdered by Hillmorton patients want answers
The families of victims murdered in two separate killings by Hillmorton Hospital mental health patients in Christchurch are furious they're still waiting for answers from health officials. National… Audio
New Zealand to recognise physician associates - minister
A newly-regulated healthcare role is hoped to unlock more pairs of hands for medical care, and attract more overseas workers to rural practices.
What Luigi Mangione supporters want you to know
Some have expressed sympathy and even support for Mangione who has been charged with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Audio
Palmerston North Hospital staff haven't noticed promised boost in security, union says
It comes two weeks after a gun-wielding man got into a nurse's car and threatened her.
Sarah Garfinkel: Interoception - your untapped sixth sense
The ability to count your own heartbeat could be the answer to lowering anxiety and managing other conditions like PTSD, psychosis and even some aspects of autism. This skill is called interoception.
…Mediawatch: The health of health reporting
Almost every day in the news we're told the health system is in crisis. What's the best way to cover a sector with so many stories - most of them bad? And why does it seem so hard to get the hard data…
Health of health reporting, media freedom day, Winston’s blurt
The health sector throws up stories of serious crisis almost daily, but journalists find hard data hard to get. Also: media freedom worries increasing around the world - and Winston Peters''threat' to… Audio
Government set to fight latest legal battle in Agent Orange case
It could be liable for an extra $3.2 billion in veterans' support.
Researchers uncover link between eye health and dementia
A study is helping researchers understand the link between eye health and dementia, and how in the future AI could help diagnose it earlier. Audio
The ethics of donating sperm
A 'medical calamity' was declared following the discovery over eighty Dutch sperm donors were found to have fathered at least 25 children each. Audio
The link between eye health and dementia
A link between eye health and dementia has been uncovered using data and scans from the Dunedin Longitudinal Study. Audio
Olivia Podmore's parents on the inquest
This week saw the the final few days of the coronial inquest into the death of olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore. Olivia's Mum Nienke and her step dad Chris Middleton spoke to Susie Ferguson from their… Audio
Millions of measles cases expected if vaccinations don't go up - US study
Declining childhood vaccinations for measles mean the disease could become endemic again in the US, with up to 51m illnesses projected, a study has found.
Frozen anchovies in recall over biotoxin threat
New Zealand Food Safety is recalling a range of frozen anchovies after detecting marine biotoxin in the product.
Firefighters left high above recycling plant fire by truck breakdown
Firefighters were left stranded high above a huge blaze at a recycling plant when their aerial firefighting truck broke down, a union says.
Hospital failed toxic fume victims, union says
Christchurch Hospital staff who have been left with life-long health effects after being exposed to toxic fumes at work have been let down by their employer, their union said.
