Bronwen Jones thought she'd die in -6C temperatures after being trapped in upturned car.

A district health board is to launch an investigation into its CEO's spending.

A serious event review into the care of Ross Bremner at Waikato DHB will not be released.

A man who survived a murderous rampage which claimed three lives hopes to go home.

Three tourists died when their Corolla landed in a ditch in a horrific crash near Paeroa.

It's not all the about the animals - Fieldays its looking after farmers' health too.

A man who purported to be a qualified psychologist has withdrawn his guilty pleas.

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.

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.

International research suggests half could have been avoided or minimised.

A transgender pioneer and author died last week when his car collided with a train.

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 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.

Two people were injured, one seriously, in a motorcycle crash in Waikato this afternoon.

Taxpayers have forked out more than $108,000 in expenses for Waikato District Health Board chief executive Dr Nigel Murray since he took up the job less than three years ago.

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.