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

The number of Kiwis travelling to Southeast Asia for cosmetic surgery has soared in the past year.

The other night at Starship Hospital a total stranger didn't quite give me the shirt off his back - but it was close.

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'.

Reports of public hospital errors that caused or could have caused major harm to patients has increased.

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.

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.

A woman's family claim she was denied hospital attention while in custody at the Rotorua Police Station, despite bleeding heavily after a miscarriage.

A run-in with a ride-on mower is being blamed for keeping the Maori King from at least one high-profile event.