Latest from TCN - Rural Health

Drought support expanded as dry conditions bite along the east coast

An extra $900,000 of funding will be used to help farmers around the country.

Jamie Mackay: Why Sir John Kirwan's greatest achievement was off the field

We need to look after rural folk and their mental health, our economy depends on it.

Covid-19: Rural health workers 'need hours' to get vaccine

Some rural front line health workers turn down chance for vaccine due to hours of travel.

WorkSafe investigating after digger operator dies on West Coast farm

A police spokesperson said the person who died was a contractor working on his own.

'A very dark journey' - Todd Muller opens up about his mental health

Five days into his new role as National Party leader, Todd Muller burst into tears.

Panic attacks, a mental wrestle and true courage: Todd Muller opens up

'I was slipping down a slope and however hard I tried to grip the bank, I couldn't stop.'

Daughters launch mental health movement after fathers' sudden deaths

'I'm hoping to share with people the journey of what it's like being bereaved.'

Stunned and humbled: Todd Muller overwhelmed with response to mental health battle

"There's something that has changed for the better."

'I had panic attacks': Muller opens up about mental health journey

"The anxiety arrived very early on," the former National Party leader has acknowledged.

Mike King's Gumboot fund for free counselling runs out of money

Patients could be left in the lurch after King's charity runs out of funds.

Teen seriously injured after crash involving cow and quad bike

A teenager suffered serious injuries when a cow collided with her quad bike.

Doctor's care 'wanting' in days before south Otago man's death

A farmer received inadequate medical care in the two days leading up to his death.

'Cancer hero' gives Government plan a 6/10

Blair Vining's dying wish: A national cancer agency so other Kiwis don't have to suffer.

Neighbour opposes Kahungunu Health Services site plan

Council says visual, privacy and noise effects likely to be less than minor.

40 jobs at new Greytown medical facility

Facility expected to have a team of specialists that will cater for up to 5000 patients.

'The worst day of my life': Faces of quad bike deaths

Most of those killed were crushed or suffocated by a quad bike landing on top of them.

Rotorua drive-through medical clinic to open by November

A new drive-through health clinic in Rotorua will be open until midnight.

Health cost from dust in Northland $3m a year

Dust from unsealed roads is killing one Northlander every two years.