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'Total waste of money': Health NZ payroll project costs scrutinised

Health NZ spent over $130m fixing Holidays Act errors.

The sleep trends experts think you should (and shouldn’t) try

New York Times: Mouth tape, melatonin, “worry journals” - do they actually help?

Measles: What you need to know

With the countries current vaccination rates, an expert warns New Zealand is at risk of a measles epidemic. Video / Dean Purcell / Katie Oliver / Ben Dickens

Auckland supermarket, chemist latest locations of interest in measles case

Health NZ advises checking immunisation status for those who visited the locations.

Elderly woman underwent gallbladder surgery, despite not having one

Deputy Commissioner Cooper has criticised staff for not reviewing hard-copy notes.

'Terrible experience': Dentist ignored woman 'thrashing' in pain as tooth was pulled out

The dentist described it as a 'highly difficult extraction on a nervous patient'.

22 West Auckland supermarket staff exposed to shopper infected with measles, some sent home

People in Woolworths Kelston, on ferries and at a carpark were potentially exposed.

Bindi Irwin rushed to hospital in emergency

Mum Terri Irwin also missed the event to be by her side.

Vaccine rates putting New Zealand at risk of measles outbreak - Health NZ

Alerts have been issued after a new measles case was confirmed in Auckland yesterday.

'A mysterious force': African nation trying to cash in on sacred hallucinogenic remedy

Gabon is keen to capitalise on iboga's economic potential.

'Lost the life I had': Woman wants accountability after being left partially paralysed

Tracy Jarman ended up in a wheelchair after an operation on her spine in 2021.

Wheelchair-bound after spinal surgery

Tracy Jarman's life was turned upside down four years ago when she emerged paralysed from her fifth surgery for spinal cysts. Video / Mike Scott

'He was 20, I was 18': Graduating nurse inspired by lost love

Caring for her young partner to the end of his life inspired Williams to become a nurse.

'Doctor-less' hospital: Alarm raised after stroke patient assessed by telehealth

Sharon's husband was assessed via a digital consult with a US-based doctor after a stroke.

Napier Aquatic Centre open again after repair of hazardous floor

A man slipped on the newly installed flooring on opening day.

‘Crisis point’: Dwindling numbers of psychiatrists in overstretched public mental health system

Fears we're pushing our psychiatrists out of the public mental health system.

Matthew Hooton: Desperate times call for bold measures

OPINION: Brooke van Velden’s pay equity move is just the start of the savings needed.

Renowned Auckland heart surgeon who saved hundreds in Fiji dies at 64

Dr Parma Nand regularly travelled to Fiji to perform heart surgeries for free.