Bay of Plenty cancer patients will no longer need to travel to Auckland or Hamilton for specialist scans as a new radiology clinic has opened in Tauranga. I-MED... Read More

Demand for vaping education for 10 to 12-year-olds is increasing and has quadrupled in the past year. Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ vaping educators... Read More

A fatality alert has been issued to the forestry industry about operating diggers on unstable ground based on preliminary investigations into the deaths of two... Read More

A major new analysis has laid bare the health burden booze is causing in New Zealand, with its role in hundreds of deaths and tens of thousands of hospital cases. An... Read More

It's a topic no one ever wants to think about, but people are being urged to plan early for their parents' care as they get older - and for their funerals. New... Read More

A woman who was denied a hysterectomy to help relieve endometriosis symptoms had her rights breached by her gynaecologist, the health and disability commissioner... Read More

Art, design principles and neuroscientific insights can come together to create aged care spaces that improve the wellbeing of residents living with dementia... Read More

A woman viciously attacked by four pig dogs in the Coromandel is lucky to be alive, a family member says. The woman's relative believes the Tairua attack... Read More

Cocaine consumption is on the rise in the Bay of Plenty but methamphetamine appears to be the Bay's illicit drug of choice, according to new police data. The... Read More

Tauranga artists and Alzheimers Tauranga/BOP are collaborating to exhibit a collection of art works for World Alzheimers Month. 'We are delighted to be working... Read More

Life Flight is able to save more lives in the Central North Island thanks to a $1 million grant from New Zealand Community Trust. Life Flight, bolstered by... Read More

It may not be the topic of many conversations now, but more than 1500 people a week are still contracting Covid-19 in New Zealand and three or four people a... Read More