Health services have their hand out to the new Government.

New Zealand is in the middle of a pertussis outbreak, with thousands affected.

At the top of a sick boy's bucket list is meeting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Sting stays in your togs, so wash them thoroughly.

A baby girl was critically injured when she fell from a North Canterbury playground.

More than 10,000 Kiwis end up in isolation each year with the longest a 115-day spell

All Val Ireland wants is to be able to face herself in the mirror again.

Busy weekend for rescue helicopters saving leisure-loving kiwis

Cancer patients are having to wait months for treatment as hospitals struggle to keep up.

Ideas are being touted of how to end the worst mumps outbreak in years.

A teenager attempted to take her life after an indecent assault at Auckland hospital.

The Herald breaks down who knew what - and when - before Moko was killed.

The baby desperately needed surgery but the surgeon was stuck 30km away in heavy traffic.

Auckland City Hospital is struggling to cope with record demand.

A 4-year-old girl locked inside her body will have no house to come home to.

EXCLUSIVE: A sex offender with dementia released to retirement home because of gap in law

Auckland mum lost her husband and now faces a battle to save her daughter.

She wasn't supposed to survive after just 12 weeks in the womb. Now Maya Gourlay is 7.

District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.

The new State Services Commissioner was once one of the highest paid public servants but is now promising a "conservative approach" to pay rises for chief executives.

The Government's new plan to get help for obese kids is proving a turn-off to many parents.

West Coast had highest rate

Doctors say 2-year-old Chelsey Cheng has only a 20% chance of reaching her 5th birthday.

Government reshuffles fever programme money to boost awareness in Auckland

An Auckland woman has been charged with abandoning two children, one of them aged 14 months old at the time. The woman is accused

Thousands have non-urgent surgery or appointments delayed

The preliminary list of members who will serve on the Auckland region's three DHBs has been released.

Private obstetrician says elective caesarean a good option for many women

COMMENT: Mental illness is on the rise. Figures reveal crisis referrals from 2010 to 2015 have increased, often substantially.

Some 500 DHB staff have walked off the job today in protest of what they've described as an "over-stretched workforce" that's putting patients at risk.