Rowan Quinn

The straight-to-residency visa for nurses has so far failed to be the big boost nurses here had hoped for.

Doctors are worried the country is on the brink of its worst whooping cough epidemic in years because of low rates of childhood vaccination. Audio

An Auckland GP is accused of having a sexual relationship with a vulnerable patient and prescribing him drugs she intended to use herself.

All performance data was taken down from the health agency's website last week to check whether it also contained mistakes.

The hospital was under so much pressure on Monday night that ambulances were diverted to other hospitals and patients were being treated in a public backup space. Audio

Whangārei Hospital managers asked for the army to help during a staffing crisis but were turned down, a document shows.

Whangārei Hospital nurses asked bosses to bring in the army to help with extreme understaffing at the height of the flu season last year.

Most of the people potentially exposed to measles on a recent flight from Indonesia have been tracked down - but health officials are urgently looking for five more.

Medicine and vital supplies are being air dropped to isolated Hawkes Bay communities after doctors and welfare teams flew in to check on them.

Nurses at Te Puia Springs Hospital are taking a hair-raising farm buggy ride in rugged terrain get to their shifts.

Piha locals are warning city sightseers to stay away from the Auckland beach community, saying they are still in the middle of an emergency.

Hundreds of people have asked Auckland Emergency Management for help to find somewhere to live - but many more displaced people made their own arrangements.

For many, returning to their trashed homes is not an option and they were wondering - where to next?

Shocked and exhausted people are continuing to arrive at Auckland evacuation centres as reality sinks in.

The number of people overdue for elective surgery has grown by thousands.

The planned care taskforce asked hospitals to give patients waiting longer than 12 months a surgical booking by August, but more than 3000 don't yet have one. Audio

Covid-19 vaccination rates have plateaued since September, with about 64,000 given out each month at the moment.

A possible peak in the number of people in hospital could be driven by older people getting the virus for the first time. Audio

Doctors, nurses and midwives from around the world are jumping at the chance to apply for straight-to-residence work visas.

Only 43 percent of people over 50 have had a second booster, despite being most at risk from the virus.

Daily Covid-19 numbers are the highest they have been for four and a half months, at 8428.

Specialists have described an appointment with the parents of a baby that was hijacked by one of their support people spouting conspiracy theories.

Daily Covid-19 cases have topped 7000 for the first time since July as the current wave keeps growing.

All sides in a dispute over a four-month-old baby who needs heart surgery have met since their court hearing, but have not been able to resolve the situation.

Health bosses are worried patients will not turn up to emergency departments when they need to, as long waits and overcrowding continues.