Dunedin police are investigating after a Palmerston baby was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

A quirky fundraising campaign involving giant decorative eggs has raised more than $200,000 for the Starship Foundation.

In a new attempt to control New Zealand's obesity epidemic, severely overweight patients will have a stomach drain installed through which they pump out excess food.

Child was being transported for emergency treatment when a lift broke down at Starship.

Fish and chips and ham sandwiches may be off the menu for visitors and staff at Wairarapa Hospital.

A midwife has admitted failings that contributed to the death of a newborn baby during a birth that almost claimed the life of his mother too.

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Dr Sue Fleming is director of women’s health at Auckland District Health Board. She has been a trailblazing leader in the traditionally male domain of obstetrics and gynaecology.

The family of a man whose body was found in the Waikato River have made a precedent-setting plea for legal funding to investigate his death.

An ointment used to treat common childhood skin infections is driving the rise of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

Warning: Graphic images. Victim's right ear was almost severed during fight with another woman at bar in Auckland.

Guests at Robert Mugabe's million-dollar birthday party were fed a young elephant, while a lion and a crocodile were also sacrificed as gifts to be stuffed.

A nurse has been stabbed while visiting a mental health patient in South Auckland.

Two new 'Alcotest Units' will enable quick testing of intoxicated patients at Wellington Hospital .

The mother of a baby who was snatched from an Auckland hospital says today's sentencing of the abductor helped to close the chapter on the horrifying incident.

The deaths of a young mother and her newborn son might have been prevented had the mother received the care of an obstetrician in hospital, a coroner says.

As Elsje and Coenraad Pretorius gaze into their baby daughter Nadine's eyes there is not a hint of the drama that almost separated them forever in September.

Hospitals can be scary places for kids - so Radio Lollipop's mission is to put a bit of fun into children's wards while they are away from home.

An alert that activates when a baby is taken past a barrier is on the cards at Middlemore Hospital after an urgent security review into the kidnapping of a 5-day-old baby from the hospital's maternity ward.

Patients too often suffer in vain attempts to prolong life, because of the mandate to "do everything" for patients.

The Starship's long-awaited seventh operating theatre is scheduled to open for surgery today, but the full benefits of the expansion are still six months away.

A depressed mother who vanished with her newborn daughter in the English city of Bristol has been found dead along with her child, as friends accused hospital staff of failing her.

The mother of a baby kidnapped from Middlemore Hospital would like to see the findings of a review into security released as soon as possible.

Reducing potentially harmful delays for patients in emergency departments cost district health boards more than $52m, according to the first research to quantify the spending.

Thirty-five people were killed and 150 injured when multiple explosions tore through the central mosque in Kano, police said.