Ruth Hill

Health NZ says it is about creating more "flexible" job options - but the country's biggest nurses' union accuses it of cost-cutting and "gaming the numbers". Audio

Fortunately, New Zealand now has the capacity to develop home-grown vaccines, through the mRNA Platform, which has received $70m in government funding. Audio

新冠对于老年及慢性病人群仍然存在致命风险，专家表示人类对新冠的长期影响尚不明确。

Some experts say it could put the population at risk. Audio

The intensive, four-day, 'circuit-breaker' type treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder is having phenomenal results internationally. Audio

A child who spent months in a psychiatric hospital for severe obsessive compulsive disorder was sent home with just one hour of therapy a week.

Dargaville Hospital overnight patients are being asked to sign a consent form to confirm they understand there is no doctor on site due to staff shortages. Audio

But Health NZ says 'there's definitely light at the end of the tunnel' and next year should be different.

"It seems like the Government is saying, 'We didn't like this level of independent scrutiny. Let's get rid of that legislation'."

Health NZ needs to explain how the sickest patients will not be left behind in the push to outsource more surgeries to private hospitals, says the government watchdog.

Heart patients, their families and doctors are calling for an end to "postcode health care" when it comes to cardic services. Audio

The report commissioned by Kia Manawanui Trust suggests half of heart attack patients are not treated within accepted timeframes.

Despite a government announcement suggesting it has lifted the ban, it remains a criminal offence, warn legal experts. Audio

But the union says the agency fails to consistently pay existing allowances now.

The union for senior doctors was doubtful the 5500 members would find the new offer acceptable.

Health NZ has work underway to rebook about 4300 patient appointments and procedures, which had to be postponed due to the 24-hour nurses' strike.

More than 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are set to walk off the job for 24 hours from 9am Wednesday. Audio

Gumboot Friday's youth counselling initiative has had its $6m annual contract renewed, despite health officials identifying ongoing risks.

A group of specialists, nurses, GPs, and paramedics says politicians should rely on the public health system they're in charge of. Audio

A five-month trial saw physiotherapists triage and treat more than 1200 orthopaedic patients in six regions, each of whom had been waiting over a year for a specialist appointment. Audio

Caroline McElnay says the government's immunisation targets are still achievable, but only if health providers can gain the trust of vaccine-sceptical parents.

A health provider says they're up against anti-vaccination misinformation on social media. Audio

The ACT Party's "red tape-busting" Regulatory Standards Bill (RSB) threatens to harm patients by undermining the public health system, health experts are warning.

It's a trial aimed at making more room for patients from the overcrowded Emergency Department, according to a leaked memo. Audio

A burst water main in central Wellington has caused a street to flood and sent a large plume of brown out into the harbour.