It’s probably no surprise that the most popular dishes served from Waikato Hospital’s enormous kitchen are its roasts.

New leaked papers reveal officials fear that a new bulk catering contract for NZ’s district health boards could cost more, with the risk food quality might decline. We ask what's on everyone’s mind: Could hospital food get any worse?

Auckland nutritionist Olivia Green dishes out a review.

Hospital laundry services will be overhauled along with production of patient meals in a bid to save millions of dollars, and job losses are not being ruled out.

The Government is refusing to say how many jobs could be lost in a proposed overhaul of the provision of hospital meals that would save up to $175 million over 15 years.

Health Minister Tony Ryall has rejected Labour Party claims that the Government is planning to close 50 hospital kitchens.

New Zealand's largest hospitals are asking job applicants to disclose whether they smoke.

A mother has told of the moment she saw her 8-year-old son lying under his motorbike with a large branch sticking out of his thigh.

More than half the number of whooping cough cases in Western Bay of Plenty have involved adults who have unwittingly helped spread the disease to epidemic proportions.

Tauranga's longest serving paramedic has decided to call it a day after a 48-year association with St John.

Sergeant Wayne Hunter has issued a missing person's notice at Tauranga Hospital for an unlikely character - a toy monkey named Dr Fitz.

A new, highly infectious strain of the norovirus stomach bug that has hit New Zealand has been linked to a death in Northland.

A new and deadly strain was behind most of the norovirus illnesses that affected dozens of people throughout New Zealand late last year.

Kiwis are being urged to take health precautions to prevent infection from a deadly strain of norovirus, which has already reached New Zealand.

Experts are calling for action to ease the burden on New Zealand's overloaded network of premature baby units.

Editorial: Any health service must seek to provide the maximum gain for the community from the resources available to it.

A policy said to have saved hundreds of lives in New Zealand's hospitals was sidelined at Auckland City Hospital to save money, says Dr Tim Parke, the departing chief of the emergency department.

Anna Rennie knows just how poor the living conditions have been for parents with sick children in hospital: she had to sleep on an office chair during one of her daughter Mia's stays for severe epilepsy.

Pilots who transport sick children to vital medical appointments are proof angels do exist, and the search is on to find some in Tauranga.