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Auckland DHB maternity ward out of action due to staffing shortages
One of Auckland City Hospital's five maternity wards is closed due staffing shortages.
Sick, hurt get vouchers to exit ED: 'Paying people to go away'
Last year the cost to Waitemata DHB was almost $100 a voucher.
Official launch of Auckland Health Foundation
The foundation won't substitute public health care but to go "above and beyond."
Auckland Council offers guidelines for healthier Diwali food
Move has prompted some Indian community members to say: "leave our festive food alone".
Exclusive: 'Fresh evidence' in brutal Western Springs murder
Gabriel Yad-Elohim is appealing his murder conviction with new medical evidence.
Māori, Pacific straight-to-interview policy
ADHB wants more Maori and Pacific workers - here's what it's doing to get them.
Māori, Pacific health job candidates fast-tracked
If candidates meet the core criteria for a role they must be interviewed.
Racial bias and birth: From the cradle to the grave
Each baby in the "grey zone" is a question — try for life, or give palliative care?
Special investigation: Māori babies less likely to be resuscitated, bias blamed
Māori, Pacific and Indian babies are significantly less likely to be resuscitated.
He was slain with 90 blows to the head. Why was his killer out of clinic?
Leaked documents show doctors focus on discharge at Auckland's mental health clinic.
Visitors sick of hospital parking rates
Community groups say charges are leaving patients without visitors.
Judge's call for review of DHB in murder case praised
Brother wants agency for inquiries into homicides and suicides by mental health patients.
Who's to blame for one of Auckland's most brutal murders?
Killer Gabriel Yad-Elohim was released from hospital just days before a brutal murder.
Life sentence for murder days after hospital release
Michael Mulholland was killed by a man in the stairwell outside his Auckland flat.
'Unfortunate Experiment' survivor Clare Matheson dies
A survivor of one of the county's worst medical experiments has died 'peacefully'.
Legionnaires found in luxury high-rise spa after probe into dying resident
The elderly resident also had other underlying health conditions.
Nurse strangled at hospital; staff issued with camera vests
Nurses strangled, punched in the face: "it's a really serious issue".
More left off surgical waiting lists
One patient had been left off a waiting list for more than three years.
Cash injection: $305m upgrade for Auckland hospitals
PM Jacinda Ardern said it was "no secret" that hospitals had been underfunded for years.
It's a boy! MP who rode bike to hospital gives birth
Julie Anne Genter made headlines around world for riding bike to hospital while pregnant.
Warning over hospital meals: 'Significant risk' to some patients
There have been 25 cases where the wrong meal was given to children with allergies.
Keep ED for emergencies - Auckland Hospital
Auckland City Hospital's ED is seeing up to 270 people a day - and could soon get more.
Keep ED for emergencies: Record numbers at Auckland hospitals
More than 1400 patients presented to Auckland City Hospital's ED last week alone.
Syphilis outbreak: DHB warned of 'out of control' rates
Auckland DHB has been criticised for changes to sexual health services.
Syphilis response 'totally inadequate'
Syphilis cases in Auckland have gone from one in 1995 to almost 300 last year.
New Zealand hospital staff abused daily: 'It's time to talk'
"In the ED environment, maybe we're going to have to have policemen on site."
Nurses strike: Up to 8000 people to have treatment rescheduled
Hospitals are ramping up preparations for when up to 30,000 nurses strike on Thursday.
Time to tax sugary drinks, say health boards
"NZ children could live shorter lives than their parents."
Health bungle: Patients wrongly left off waiting lists
The error was only picked up when a patient asked about their case.
Auckland DHB uses Thompson and Clark to catch thieving employee
Further use of Thompson and Clark by the Ministry of Health uncovered.
Young doctors on harassment in the job
Three young female doctors speak about the harassment they've experienced on the job.
Handwritten note at the heart of meth mystery
Adjudicator's note suggests health officials tipped off Housing NZ about meth use.
Auckland Hospital emergency department under 'significant pressure'
Fewer than 73 per cent of patients seen within six hours in April.