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'Not ready to die': Pilot crushed by loader, loses leg but still flying
He used his belt to stop the bleeding and waited 45 minutes before being spotted.
Kiwi teen who endured brain surgery while awake forced to move to Oz for cancer care
Portia was the youngest in New Zealand to have an awake craniotomy.
'Pretty scary time': Pop singer shares update after health shock
'Unfortunately my heart rate hasn’t picked up at all in almost a week'.
Kiwi actor's hand 'crushed' after horror dune buggy accident
‘Thank you to God for watching over me. It could have been a lot worse'.
Students urged to vaccinate as meningococcal cases rise in young adults
Māori and Pasifika most at risk; calls for wider meningococcal vaccination access.
Why a Māori builder chose medicine to combat health system inequities
Joshua Brown downs tools for stethoscope, highlighting healthcare inequities for Māori.
'I remember calling her mum at work once': Mother and daughter graduate together
'I feel humbled and proud to have that moment.'
Jarden Wealth Weekly: How social investment can transform lives and communities
OPINION: How many Kiwis are spending ages in hospital when they could be at home?
Leaked document warns cyber risks with IT staff cuts at Health NZ
Mass IT layoffs could prolong outages, impacting patient care, a risk register warns.
Opinion: Disinformation campaigns are a public health risk – NZ has no effective strategy to deal with it
OPINION: Conspiracy theories are another major tool in the propaganda kit.
Rotarians' funding boost for Tonga hospital
A surgical theatre upgrade is 'sorely needed' at Vaiola Hospital in Nuku'alofa.
Coromandel shooting: Name suppression for man charged with murder, attempted murder
Man appears in court after fatal shooting in remote rural location.
Pop star's health shock: 'I have some issues with my heart'
The Wanted singer will undergo surgery and spend Christmas in hospital.
'This is a win-win': Health Minister Shane Reti cheers new child health unit
The Whangārei Hospital rebuild is still on-track, providing more beds than first modelled.
Opinion: We're critically short of nurses - why do we make it so hard for students like me?
OPINION: My path to nursing has been shaped by my own journey as a patient.
Northland hospitals struggle with IT outages, staff shortages escalate
Whangārei doctor warns: 'Co-opting healthcare assistants for calls is wildly inappropriate.'
'Way overdue': Mental health unit budget rises by $17m, completion further delayed
The unit was initially expected to be finished in 2023.
Pete Hodgson: Dunedin Hospital project – the anatomy of a debacle and the warning for other regions
OPINION: Other regions please take note. Dysfunction might soon be coming your way too.
Research: Māori children twice as likely to have severe appendicitis
Research shows rural children suffer severe appendicitis at four times urban rates.
Hospital bed-block 'worst it's ever been' - ED doctor
Peter Jones works as an emergency department physician and adviser to Health NZ.
ED doctor: Hospital bed block "worst it's ever been"
Emergency physician Peter Jones tells Michael Morrah how preventing access block will reduce ED wait times. Video / Ben Dickens
36,000 nurses strike nationwide after ‘distressing’ pay offer
Healthcare workers take action, citing patient safety threats and stalled negotiations.
'It's not safe': Hospital nurses strike over concerns of unsafe staffing
More than 200 nurses marched in Whangārei as part of the national strike on Tuesday.
Shock as Auckland hospital workers told jobs may be cut next year
Health NZ signals possible changes for Auckland support roles, staff express shock.
Simon Wilson: There's a job for Luxon if they make Kiwi version of The Office
OPINION: The Government celebrates getting things done but is that really what it's doing?
Opinion: Health job cuts pose risk to next pandemic planning
OPINION: The risk of future pandemics is increasing.
Opinion: Not every Kiwi kid will be at the beach this Christmas
OPINION: The sad eyes of a sick child’s sibling longing for the beach don’t lie.