Police say an Auckland Council response to a new law for selling legal highs does not go far enough to protect vulnerable people in the central city.

Been bitten by a venomous snake, nipped by a deadly spider or are suffering the unpleasant symptoms of cyanide poisoning?

The Kiwi nurse who sparked New Zealand's first Ebola scare is relieved to be home.

With more children coming to school hungry, a scientific study will for the first time guage the impact nutrition — or lack of it — has on learning.

Over 70 per cent of elite college rugby players regularly use sports supplements, making them more likely to intentionally dope in the future, a survey finds.

The bad guys are always one step ahead. That was the reality with party pills and it is much the same with illicit fitness supplements.

The supplement salesman who won't lie about pre-workouts: "They have stupidly toxic amounts of caffeine. It drives you mental so you train like a crackhead."

Watch our undercover investigation: Pre-gym supplement Frenzy found to contain unsafe psychoactive substance that's chemically related to ingredient of party pills.

Two investigations are under way after botched home circumcisions resulted in 10 boys being taken to hospital - one of whom required surgical treatment.

Kiwis are getting healthier, but New Zealand still faces serious health issues, especially in the most deprived areas.

It's ten years today since smoking was banned in bars, but Maori are still more likely to smoke than Europeans. We map where the ethnic smoking gap lies.

Doctors question if an already stretched workforce can cope with the govt's ambitious target to treat every cancer patient within two months.

Nearly every cancer patient will have to receive treatment within 62 days under an ambitious three-year plan outlined by the Government today.

About 200 cruise ship passengers have been confined to their cabins after the norovirus bug struck the Dawn Princess while on a trip around New Zealand.

New Zealand and Australia have abandoned efforts to establish a joint therapeutic products regulator.

Ordering nicotine-based e-cigarette products off the shelves is "ridiculous", says a health official and respected anti-smoking campaigner.

A discredited claim that the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine causes autism and bowel disease could be the reason for the spread of measles in the latest outbreak.

Auckland has become the nation's first city to ban under-18s from using sunbeds, and commercial sunbed operators will now need a licence.

Kiwis attempting to sidestep doctor’s fees while holidaying in Australia could soon be turned away from Sydney hospitals.

Personal medical records - including prescription history, laboratory results and personal details - will soon be made available online to patients and their health care professionals.

A taxpayer-funded South Auckland disability support provider which received $30 million last year is investigating its own accounts.

Three patients lost their lives after St John's life-saving defibrillators failed in a blunder linked to the ambulance service's poor record keeping.