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.

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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 woman who had a hysterectomy and a teenager who underwent a spinal surgery didn't receive the necessary follow-up checks with surgeon.

Patient waiting lists and health targets are not the only concerns at Waikato Hospital, according to a leaked email.

The Labour Party is urging a rethink of one of the Government's key health targets after a group of surgeons revealed important operations were being put off in order to reach the strict target.

EXCLUSIVE: A group of orthopaedic surgeons has accused Waikato District Health Board managers of stopping them from making follow-up checks on patients.

The University of Auckland has hit out at plans by Waikato University for a new medical school, calling it "ill conceived" and costly.

Appointments are being postponed and rescheduled ahead of a nationwide junior doctors strike starting next week.

The Waikato DHB is reviewing its mental health care processes after Ross Bremner's murderous rampage last week.

Four days, four deaths. Two towns. Keith Bremner lies in a coma in hospital, unaware of his only son's death or the destruction he caused.

The devastated daughter of an elderly couple found dead at their bach on the Kawhia harbour says she bears no animosity towards their suspected killer or his family.

Nanaia Mahuta's husband is the latest family member to put his hat in the ring for the upcoming elections.

A former Waikato DHB nurse who stole 5000 vials of the Michael Jackson drug propofol has been sentenced to 12 months' supervision and 220 hours' community work.

It beggars belief that any nurses employed in public hospitals would be allowed to decline vaccinations against winter flu.

One worker has now been sacked for defying a new hard-line policy forcing unvaccinated Waikato District Health Board staff to get flu jabs or wear masks.

Three Waikato Hospital nurses have been suspended for defying a controversial new policy forcing non-vaccinated workers to either get flu jabs or wear face masks.

Alleged fake psychiatrist considered a flight risk because he planned to leave NZ to care for his sick mother instead of fighting an employment dispute.

A US doctor was last night informed his identity may have been stolen in what is being described as a "sophisticated" case of identity fraud.

The father of a Hamilton man who died while under the care of Waikato DHB says it is unclear if a psychiatrist arrested for identity fraud was involved in the treatment of his son.

Waikato Hospital bosses are contacting 25 mental health patients after they were treated by a psychiatrist suspected of identity fraud.

A nurse who stole 5000 vials from a restricted medicine room was able to keep taking the drug because the hospital did not confiscate her ID swipe card.

The Waikato District Health Board has declared flu season officially kicking off after a spike in the number of reported influenza-like-illnesses.

Two Hamilton schoolkids have contracted measles, causing one school to put quarantine measures in place.