After two of her children developed rheumatic fever, Te Aroha Teriaki is warning parents to always err on the side of caution.

A Queendland boy came close to dying after swallowing a small battery.

Some central Auckland patients could be treated at North Shore and Waitakere Hospitals under a spirit of collaboration, the man now responsible for nearly one million Aucklanders' health has indicated.

Up to four patients in NZ have contracted a killer strain of a superbug which inhabits other bacteria.

The family of a schoolgirl fighting for her life after falling under a truck has told the distraught driver not to 'beat himself up'.

His face smashed apart, an injured surfer struggled to shore ... and into hours of high-tech surgery.

Three teenage boys have been praised as heroes for their actions after a serious collision.

A young man is dead after his car crossed the centre line and was partially crushed under a school bus carrying 21 teenagers.

A panel of experts has recommended retaining neurosurgery services at both Dunedin and Christchurch hospitals - a verdict met by cheering crowds.

Public hospital patients face disruption to services again this week as radiographers at 19 district health boards stage a full strike for 48 hours.

A 57-year-old woman is believed to have become Australia's oldest mother after giving birth to twins last week.

North Shore Hospital has apologised for leaving an elderly heart patient in the emergency department for five hours between doctor consultations.