New measles cases being confirmed every day as city teeters on an epidemic.

Waikato DHB's interim chief executive Derek Wright talks about his new job. Video/Alan Gibson

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern spent a few moments dishing up strawberries and ice cream to support a fundraiser for Mary Potter Hospice - and promising to look into more funding for palliative care. Credit: Mark Mitchell

A ban on unvaccinated children from daycare centres the wrong move, says Paul Little

Hawke's Bay iwi Ngāti Kahungunu say they warned authorities for decades about the risk of water contamination.

An extra $2.2 billion will be pumped into health over four years to help cope with an ageing population and record immigration.

Hospital staff are being punched, kicked, spat on, bitten and verbally abused daily on the job - and the problem is getting worse.

When Jayde Lowe's friend Dani lost her battle with depression, the now 25-year-old Miss Lowe initiated a marathon run "Raise For Dani" fundraising campaign through Youthline.

You'd be surprised just how hard it is to find a family willing to let a Herald writer snoop around their home and ask all sorts of intrusive questions about their substandard living conditions, writes Peter Calder.

He Korowai Trust are the heroes of the far North of New Zealand, a region experiencing economic crisis. Based in Kaitaia, their team saves at least one home a week from mortgagee sale. He Korowai client Rachel talks to us about her experience with the Trust, how they saved her home and helped her build a brighter future.

Phil O'Reilly says attacking the issue of child poverty from many directions, by everyone, has a greater chance of succeeding than simply focusing on benefit payments.

The days of Kiwi doctors treating toddlers for free are long-gone, with one big-city clinic charging $44 to see children younger than 5.

Patients being given the wrong prescription occurs "a lot", according to the Health Quality and Safety Commission, but a new system should help prevent cases like the tragic death of Shirley Curtis.

The region's only warm water therapy pool has closed down and the trust that runs it is facing a half-million dollar repair bill.