A schizophrenic man who beat a friend to death after being released from psychiatric care - despite telling staff he wanted to kill someone - is allowed back into the community without supervision.

A man will have to go without red meat for at least five weeks after his dentures were accidentally thrown in the bin at Middlemore Hospital.

District health boards have asked the Government to "review" the right of health workers to strike, saying patients are being harmed.

Fijians with life-threatening heart conditions are to receive free treatment this week thanks to a mercy mission by 40 NZ health professionals.

We asked readers if C-sections should remain fully taxpayer-funded and got a variety of responses, many from mothers who had experienced Caesarean births themselves.

One in every four women giving birth in NZ will undergo caesarean section surgery, with nearly 15pc booking the operation before going into labour.