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Watch NZH Local Focus: Health warning for Lake Ngaroto
Health warning reissued one month after it was lifted. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.
Health warning reissued one month after it was lifted. Made with Funding from NZ On Air.
Leaked document shows mental health improvement programme proposed last July.
The latest Ministry of Health targets are a mixed bag this quarter.
Fears of roadside births in the King Country. Made with Funding from NZ On Air
John Griffin got frustrated with A&E so he treated himself; with an electric fence.
Waikato Hospital is on notice over its training accreditation in orthopaedics.
Seven patients injured themselves while having a smoke at Waikato Hospital.
Waikato University's bid for a medical school has greatly perturbed Otago and Auckland.
Report claims mental health service users feel the system is dismissive and dehumanising.
Staff travel cost taxpayers in the set-up of a virtual health system at Waikato DHB.
A doctor was shocked when personal medical notes were accessed by her employer.
A 46-year-old was not told of results which found she had a tumour that eventually killed her.
The heartbroken mum of a baby who died of respiratory failure wants answers after she says only one of eight GP practices referred son to hospital.
A man who shared a ward with convicted double murderer Jason Reihana has spoken of the experience.
Double-murderer Jason Reihana was treated at Waikato Hospital earlier this month next to patients unaware they were sharing a ward with him.
EXCLUSIVE: The sole survivor of the Ross Bremner killings - his dad Keith - still doesn't know how his son and wife died.
The family of Nicky Stevens, who died after leaving a Hamilton mental health facility unescorted, have labelled a report into his death "backside covering".
Extra beds will be allowed in treatment and family rooms from today at one of our major regional hospitals but it has been revealed some clinical leaders did not initially support the move.
Waikato Hospital does not have enough doctors and nurses to run its operating theatres at full capacity, resulting in between six and nine elective surgeries being put off each week.
Doctors' strike at 18 DHBs to disrupt care for thousands of patients
District health boards are making their final preparations for the three-day strike by unionised resident doctors that starts tomorrow morning.
DHB says its offered rates of up to $200 an hour for extra duties during strike are not to induce strike-breaking.
Waikato District Health Board is postponing around 500 patients' appointments because of the strike.
More than 206,000 New Zealanders became a victim of crime in 2016. Here are 10 of the high-profile cases that shocked the nation.
Two young boys and a teenager are in a critical condition after a collision between a car and a campervan on Morrinsville-Tahuna Rd in Waikato.
Kay Billman suffers from debilitating back pain but doctors say she doesn't qualify for surgery.
Waikato DHB breached national targets in October and November for the number of patients waiting too long to see a specialist.
The Waikato District Health Board is over two year's late with its report on its chief executive's expenses
A first-time councillor has been criticised for lobbying her elected colleagues and the district health board over her anti-fluoride views.