Warning: This article is about suicide and may be distressing for some readers.

A mum caring for her adult disabled son has lost her court case against the Government.

One solution to reduce New Zealand's high suicide rate = one national crisis text number.

Waikato DHB says the child development service lacks direction and has long waiting lists.

We've got the worst teen suicide rate in the developed world - so what do we do to fix it?

Demand for treatment for eating disorders far exceeding resources available, families say.

Prostate cancer sufferers among those missing out on operations.

Vaping will help people quit smoking so long as e-cigarettes are made more available.

The deprived and young women feature predominantly in self-poisoning cases in EDs.

Officials under fire for "not actually taking a stand" on suicide. Warning: Distressing

Govt will leave the response to seven drug deaths to police, PM Bill English says.

A district health board is to launch an investigation into its CEO's spending.

The child and adolescent mental health crisis demands urgency.

Doctors warn a crisis is looming with the dwindling numbers of GPs around the country.

GPs say the Government is pushing too hard, and it's threatening to break them.

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The hospital is to be funded by local property developer Mark Dunajtschik.

Mental health managers say the care of intellectually disabled has reached "crisis point".

Around 1 in 10 people with rheumatic fever have stopped getting treatment.

Ana-Carolina, 4, has been living most of her short life in hospital.

Drink distributors have agreed to sell only water in NZ primary and intermediate schools.

A perinatal and maternal mortality report reveals the best results in history.

Government wants to cut the number of sudden infant deaths by nearly 90 per cent.

A man who purported to be a qualified psychologist has withdrawn his guilty pleas.

Officials look at link between digital technologies and demand for mental health services.

The Government's treatment of Hawke's Bay has been miserable says Anna Lorck.

Care and support workers will be paid more than their managers, say employers.

A court battle on what "internal" means has seen a restaurant's smoking conviction quashed

National has no intention to liberalise NZ's drug laws, Prime Minister Bill English says.

Funding to reduce rheumatic fever in NZ has been halved in this week's Budget.