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Schoolgirl who died after waking with chest pains may have had 'surprisingly silent disease'
Taya Awhina Kauri's heart was later found to weigh twice that of other 9-year-old girls.
Watch: Jewellery store worker fends off robbers with sword after brutal hammer attack
The armed robbers fled the scene after the attack and are yet to be located.
'Out of control': Numbers waiting too long for specialist appointments reach 60,000
The number of people waiting too long for surgery and treatment is also growing.
'I feel disgusting': Woman ends up with uneven breasts after two surgeons operate
The Health and Disability Commission is investigating the woman's care at Middlemore.
ED reports huge drop in abuse incidents
Middlemore was one of eight 'higher-risk' EDs that received five extra security staff.
Health board, stadiums alleged victims in bribery and corruption case
The men have been charged with corrupt use of official information.
Man wanted in relation to sex assault on student midwife found, arrested
The man was taken into custody without incident, police said.
Middlemore Hospital patient died in suspected suicide after discharge
Hospital managers to apologise to family of patient who died in suspected suicide in 2018.
Fake doctor: Middlemore Hospital moves to prevent it happening again
Yuvaraj Krishnan, 31, was jailed for tricking his way into a job as a doctor.
Woman who left newborn in hospital waste bin didn't know she was pregnant
The woman pleaded guilty in November to concealing the dead body of a child.
'Severe pain all over my body': Nurse overdoses patient on fentanyl
The nurse accidentally mixed up the woman's medication.
Elective surgery waiting lists continuing to grow
Thousands of people are overdue for elective surgery in NZ.
Fake Middlemore doctor pleads guilty to raft of new charges
Yuvaraj Krishnan allegedly used bogus CVs, reference letters and certificates.
'Where's my baby?': Mum distraught after miscarried remains lost at hospital
Tuakau mum fears her fourth child was "just chucked in the tip, like it was nothing".
Alleged imposter at Middlemore Hospital stood down, police investigating
Alleged imposter was working in a clinical research position at Middlemore Hospital.
Police to weave in cultural skills in preventing sudden infant deaths
Crowded homes and unsafe sleeping conditions for babies are most prevalent amongst Māori.
Is Middlemore's ED changing after patient death, or is it business as usual?
Health NZ says Middlemore's under-pressure emergency department is continuing to adapt.
City on knife edge: One person stabbed in Auckland every day
Recent high-profile stabbings could result in more people carrying knives for protection.
DHB ordered to apologise to new mum over failures in care
New mum says misdiagnosis of a rare complication of her Caesarean caused great distress.
Nearly all NZ hospitals failing to meet Govt's ED wait time targets
18 out of 20 DHBs didn't reach the 95 per cent of ED patients seen within six hour target.
'Healthy' 50yo woman dies with brain bleed. Delays at Middlemore Hospital's ED investigated
Delays lead to 'healthy' 50-year-old woman dying with brain aneurysm.
'Morally repugnant': Doctor stripped of licence after sexually violating patient
The offending was labelled 'morally, ethically, and professionally repugnant'.
'Utterly tragic': Newborn's death and why dialling 0800 was a factor - coroner
Coroner says baby's death eight hours after birth "utterly tragic".
Auckland hospital 'imploding': Patient with typhoid fever slept in car due to lack of beds
Hospitals around NZ are being hit by a perfect storm of issues.
Seismic risk assessments exposing widespread shaky hospital issue
Hutt Hospital is one of many medical facilities deemed at risk of a seismic event.
Experts 'baffled' by falling rheumatic fever rates in Auckland
Covid-19 restrictions may have achieved what years of Government initiatives could not.