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Rat poison discovered in dead penguins
Traces of the rat poison, Brodifacoum, have been found in two little blue penguins that died in the Hauraki Gulf.
Diabetic's death sparks inquiries
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.
Flesh-eating bug cases treble in NZ hospitals
The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.
DoC looked at delaying poison drop
The head of the Department of Conservation said rat poison drops on two Hauraki Gulf islands should be delayed over public concerns.
Labtests staff not cleared to work
Five of the pathologists listed on Labtests' website are not fully registered to practise medicine in NZ.
Labtests on notice to fulfil contract
Labtests has been told it is not meeting the requirements of its $190,000-a-day contract and needs to "lift its act" quickly.
New team at top for Labtests
New managers and doctors have moved into top roles at Labtests in a bid to control the failures that have plagued its first five weeks.
Labtests' CEO steps aside
The chief executive officer of Auckland's troubled new laboratory company, Labtests, has stepped aside from the job.
Labtests - DHBs step in
Six senior health officials will intervene at Labtests today on the instructions of Auckland's DHB heads, who have demanded the service fix its problems.
Labtests' latest balls up - woman gets wrong results
A woman's Labtests results diagnose her as having prostate problems - a gland only in men.
Labtests' patients at risk, says health watchdog
Auckland's controversial new community laboratory service poses "a real risk" to public safety, NZ's top health watchdog says.