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Hospitals stocktake paints dire picture
Many areas of NZs hospitals are in "poor or very poor" shape - report.
Revealed: More DHBs consider prioritising Māori and Pacific
One DHB chair says the post-Covid period is a 'Big Bang' opportunity to reset the system.
Big read: Which DHBs could prioritise Māori and Pacific patients
Nearly half the country's DHBs are considering the change, or will make it.
Mother finds son dead: Coroner pleads for more warning about meds
The coroner said the DHB needed to be more vocal about the side effects of the drug.
'There was nothing more they could do': Four mums die after treatment at country's largest hospital
Grieving father has spoken of losing his unborn child and wife in quick succession.
Covid questions: What your hospital did to get ready, and what comes next
Waikato DHB doubled ICU bed capacity. Nelson Hospital's entire renal dialysis unit moved.
Measles victims died after catching superbugs
A trove of official documents track the terror of Samoa's measles catastrophe.
Auckland DHB debates prioritising Māori and Pacific patients: 'Covid gives us a big-bang opportunity to reset'
Covid a 'big bang' opportunity to reset health system, says board chairman.
Elective backlog: Māori and Pacific patients could be prioritised
Māori and Pacific often among "the first to miss out at times of high demand," DHBs say.
Clearing up the Covid-19 chaos: Hospitals now tackling a huge backlog of operations
Patients prioritised as elective surgeries are ramping up under level 3 at many hospitals.
Air NZ to test all international crew and airport staff
Tests will also be offered to other companies with employees at the airport.
Eight healthcare staff at Auckland's DHBs have Covid-19
The DHBs say none of the eight is thought to have caught the virus at work.
Canterbury's low rate of Covid-19 testing revealed
MOH reveals details on Covid-19 tests throughout the country
Bluff wedding cluster escalates further as Auckland clusters remain a mystery
Clusters have increasingly become the centre of the New Zealand coronavirus epidemic.
The workplace, the event: Mystery over two clusters in Auckland
More details promised, though not clear whether that would cover their exact location.
C-sections 'double-checked' to try to free up hospital space
Auckland DHB prepares for potential influx of coronavirus cases.
Three Auckland healthcare workers contract coronavirus
Authorities say infections likely occurred outside work and hospitals safe to attend.
Wedding party, dementia group in seven new NZ clusters
One cluster has been linked to a rugby tournament in the United States.
MoH blunder identifies coronavirus cluster patients
Names of people in two Covid-19 clusters were published on the Ministry of Health website.
Revealed: Covid-19 clusters double in NZ - here are the regions hit
There are 58 new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand.
Urgent preparations: Hospitals order tents to treat virus patients
Urgent preparations are being made for an expected influx of patients.
ED nurse's car stolen during lockdown; medical gear taken
An Auckland emergency nurse's stolen car contained vital medical equipment.
Coronavirus: Huge elective surgery shift to private hospitals
Cancer surgery and other treatment is being sent to private hospitals.
Health workers could live away from families
Auckland DHB and others are looking at hiring accommodation for health workers.
Thousands of surgeries cancelled for Covid-19 lockdown
Nationwide all planned care, including surgery will be postponed, Auckland DHB says.
Hospital staff seek accommodation away from family
"Hospitals being completely overwhelmed means that people die of heart attacks, strokes."
Coronavirus: Community clinics will test for Covid-19
Community clinics are currently being set up, while CMDHB is changing its visitor policy.
Coronavirus: Sixth confirmed case an Auckland man
There is still no community spread of the virus, a DHB chief executive says.
Aucklanders 'missing out', 'subsidising rest of country'
Hospital bosses say more and more of those outside the region are accessing services.
'There's no wrong way to use a knife': 1750 Auckland stabbing victims in four years
Auckland hospitals treating more than one stabbing victim every day.
Inside coronavirus isolation: How a buddy system keeps doctors, nurses safe
Face shields and yellow gowns are what's stopping doctors being infected with Covid-19.
Coronavirus: Inside a negative pressure isolation room
The handling of a 2015 suspected Ebola case reveals how such facilities can be used.
Coronavirus: Man within 10 rows of NZ victim shuts business
"I was within 10 rows...a plane is a breeding ground for things."