People are being warned not to consume Rinda brand pineapple lollies after a potentially lethal amount of methamphetamine was found in a lolly wrapped in the... Read More

WARNING: This story deals with suicide A woman with a longstanding history of mental health problems meticulously planned her suicide, leaving notes on... Read More

A man was fully circumcised despite telling both a consultant urologist and operating theatre staff that he did not want to be. The Health and Disability... Read More

Rocklyn (Rocky) Rahipere is bringing a welcome connection to some of Tauranga's vulnerable communities. He drives a mobile health clinic across the region's... Read More

This year, according to data from the Institute of Environmental Science and Research, the Auckland metropolitan area has had the most hospitalisations from... Read More

Forklift driver Michael Gerbes has had a 'hellish” couple of years. His Tauranga family lost their home in a devastating landslide shortly after his... Read More

When Nicholas Page first started working at Rotorua Hospital as a trainee medical laboratory scientist at age 18, he quickly learned how valuable blood donations... Read More

The Rural Support Trust's Time Out Tour is in its third year. The tour visits rural communities around New Zealand, with TV presenter turned farmer Matt... Read More

Flushing a cup of water from your taps each morning can help remove some of the metals, such as lead, that can accumulate in water overnight says a Water New... Read More

Jumping into Wellington Harbour in winter might not seem like a smart idea - but don't let local Special Olympics athletes and their supporters in Police and... Read More

Tauranga business owner Pieter van der Put was 'only a little fella” when he lost his mother to leukaemia. A plumber by trade, the 38-year-old and his... Read More

Hundreds of nurses called on to fill critical workforce shortages are without jobs, with one in four recent graduates unemployed and international nurses warning... Read More