Health

The Ministry of Health says the traveller, who is a close contact of a New Zealand measles case, arrived in the country on 22 November.

University of Auckland law professor Alex Sims says it is up to retailers and importers to do checks on products, but that doesn't mean it is always being done. Audio

It's an incredibly disappointing situation, Heart Kids says. Audio

Minister Matt Doocey said the frontline workforce had grown by about 10 percent over the past year.

More than 65 percent of hospitals still use paper notes, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.

ACC says efforts to get long-term claimants off of weekly compensation is not about taking support away from people who need it. Audio

Three months after fainting and waking up paralysed, Angel Dagcutan is still searching for answers. Audio

As cervical screening picks up pace toward an 80 percent coverage target, services to further examine cases alerted in the screening tests are not able to keep up, clinical experts say. Audio

Health NZ says its practice is not to discharge people to homelessness, but there is no reliable data on where people with complex mental health or addiction needs are sent.

While young people who currently have a prescription will be able to continue to use their medication in New Zealand, doctors will not be allowed to prescribe to new patients from mid-December.

The husband was unable to make contact with the midwife as the bedside phone had been switched to "block caller mode".

Part of a massive petition calling for an urgent fix for the health system never made it to Wellington, where the petition was presented last week.

A rainbow sand art toy sold at various discount stores nation-wide is the latest coloured sand product to be recalled over concerns about asbestos.

Lisa Hawkeswood said her son Jack lasted three days in the lodge before pleading to live with her because he hated his accommodation. Audio