Three killed in Waikato crash
Three people are dead following a collision between a car and a ute in the Waikato tonight.
Three people are dead following a collision between a car and a ute in the Waikato tonight.
Vulnerable health workers are being suspended without pay to intimidate them into ending their industrial action, the lab workers' union says.
The parents of a baby girl are devastated after being told surgery to help her to eat without a tube has been postponed because of hospital strikes.
An Auckland surgeon says he was astounded when a 15-year-old girl walked into hospital complaining she had swallowed a 19cm toothbrush.
TVNZ has apologised for a comment by presenter Paul Henry that overseas-trained doctors can't be as good as those trained in NZ.
Many patients booked for elective surgery or an outpatient visit will have their appointments postponed during planned walkouts.
A baby narrowly avoided being crushed by a truck which flipped in slippery conditions on Auckland's North Shore today.
Health authorities have tightened rules around the monitoring of overseas-trained doctors, following concerns being expressed for several years over supervision.
One of NZ's most remote and cash-strapped health boards is paying fill-in surgeons up to $2500 a day, beating some of our highest earners.