06:50am Sun 25 Feb, 2024
The latest child poverty statistics - showing 36,000 more children living below the poverty line - are hugely concerning, but not surprising, KidsCan says. The... Read More
08:30am Sat 24 Feb, 2024
From Thursday, February 29, 2024, people who lived in the United Kingdom, France or Republic of Ireland between 1980 and 1996 for six months or more during the... Read More
08:30am Fri 23 Feb, 2024
New Zealand is on the brink of a measles epidemic because of falling immunisation rates, immunity gaps, and an increasing risk of imported cases, according to... Read More
08:00am Fri 23 Feb, 2024
University of Waikato health researchers have scored additional funding to advance their commitment to reducing inequities in the treatment and care of Māori... Read More
07:00pm Wed 21 Feb, 2024
The Prostate Cancer Foundation is congratulating the coalition Government on delivering its promised extension of free breast screening, the most common cancer... Read More
06:00pm Wed 21 Feb, 2024
The government's crackdown on welfare recipients will directly affect young people experiencing homelessness, a youth development advocate says. The Ministry... Read More
08:00am Wed 21 Feb, 2024
Serious injuries and worker fatalities have prompted a call from one of New Zealand's largest energy distributors for the construction industry to follow the... Read More
07:00am Wed 21 Feb, 2024
Medicines containing pseudoephedrine are expected to be available over the counter again next year, ACT leader David Seymour says. David, appointed Associate... Read More
07:00pm Tue 20 Feb, 2024
Vaccinators whose names were published on a US website after a Te Whatu Ora data leak are feeling nervous and under threat, says a nurses' union. Te Whatu... Read More
02:00pm Tue 20 Feb, 2024
Dermatologists are alarmed that 'Sephora kids' - an offshore trend of very young children using adult skincare products - appears to be happening here... Read More
01:00pm Tue 20 Feb, 2024
More than 9000 New Zealand nurses have registered to work in Australia in the past 10 month - about 12 per cent of the active workforce. The rate of nurses... Read More
06:30am Tue 20 Feb, 2024
New Zealand has experienced its lowest natural increase in population in 80 years. Statistics released this morning showed there were 19,071 more births than... Read More