A woman was thrown out of a meeting on the North Shore's beach poisonings when she hurled objects at a Department of Conservation speaker.

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

Health boards to pay $4.4m more for community laboratory services this year than planned because of a deal to prop up Labtests.

Diagnostic Medlab's re-entry to the Auckland community medical testing market has been confirmed today.

Taxpayers are likely to pay more for community laboratory services in Auckland under a patch-up arrangement to rehire Diagnostic Medlab.

Ongoing problems with Labtests have Auckland's DHBs considering a return to Diagnostic Medlab for some community lab services.

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

A dog which died after visiting a Coromandel beach tests positive to the same toxin thought to have killed five dogs in Auckland.

A man raped by a relative at the age of 7 says the Government will have 'blood on its hands' if it introduces proposed new rules for sex abuse counselling.

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

Public health officers are warning parents to closely watch children - and look out for toxic sea slugs - on Hauraki Gulf beaches.