Te Puni Kōkiri Chief Executive Dave Samuels has today initiated an independent review into allegations of inappropriate use ...

Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence and Sexual Violence Karen Chhour is today announcing it will no longer use the informal name of Te Puna Aonui and will adopt its legal name: the ...

Lead author Dr Cindy Towns, of the Department of Medicine, Wellington, says a lack of psychogeriatric beds means the health system is pressuring medical wards to admit and manage psychiatric ...

Health Minister Simeon Brown and Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey have today marked the beginning of construction on the ...

University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka has led international research uncovering a new genetic cause for a rare developmental disorder that profoundly impacts brain growth and function in children ...

“Shifting appropriate procedures to this new day stay unit will help hospital teams work more efficiently, allowing more children to receive timely care with fewer delays caused by inpatient bed ...

Ms Kemp has been reported to have been waiting for a kidney transplant, one of around 400 people in Aotearoa currently on the waiting list. Her death is a significant loss and a timely reminder of the ...

Statement from Nurse Practitioners New Zealand chair Chelsea Willmott: Nurse Practitioners New Zealand would like to formally applaud the Ministry of Health for their recent announcement on the ...

Mitochondria are not just the powerhouses of the cell – they are the immune system’s watchtowers, alert to even the faintest metabolic signals of bacterial invaders. As researchers’ understanding of ...

The Athlae Lyon Day Stay Unit, named in memory of a long-time supporter of the Starship Foundation, is supported by Crown ...

Some participants in our research have used an app for a decade or longer. This means the app holds a comprehensive database of years of intimate health data and other personal information, including ...

Emails recently released under the Official Information Act show minister of health Simeon Brown had a hand in making endless changes to the much-maligned document [Image: Canva composite] Not a ...