A teenager was clinging to life last night as six crashes in 20 hours left one person dead and 15 needing hospital treatment.

Investors in a $286.2 million listed medical property business demanded information yesterday about a takeover by ANZ.

About one-third of swine flu patients admitted to NZ and Australian intensive care units had no underlying health problems, a study has found.

Patients needing urgent medical care are being turned away from Waitakere Hospital as the hospital struggles with staff shortages.

A large water rat attacked a woman as she lay in her bed, after she had mistaken the animal for her three-legged cat.

Auckland District Health Board and the Coroner are investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman's hospital death which has left her family mystified.

The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.

Many people with heart failure are getting ineffective treatment and face an increased risk of dying, a global study says. The NZ Ministry of Health agrees with the findings.