Children are bearing the brunt of the economic recession, with around 2000 more kids admitted to hospital last year compared to 2007, according to a report compiled by the Children's Social Health Monitor.

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.

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

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.