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Teen parent service calls for more support for young pregnant Māori

Teenage pregnancies halved over a decade but Māori still make up the majority.

Māori art takes centrestage

He Toi Whakairo, He Mana Tangata - M9 bringing Māori Art front and centre this Matariki

The 10 best diets for heart health – ranked

Telegraph: The leading ways to eat your heart healthy.

Wellington fire: What to know about asbestos risk

Officials say there's no cause for alarm over potential asbestos risk after deadly fire.

Overworked, underpaid: What nurses and teachers want from the Budget

These vital professionals want to see a commitment to real change.

Study determines if youth mental health is caused by their neighbourhood environment

Māori and Pacific Island youth mental health outcomes may lie in where they live.

American Samoa to re-open early childcare centres

High measles vaccination rates leads to directive from the governor.

Ross Lawrenson: Foreign doctor numbers highlight the need for another medical school

OPINION: The 2023 budget is unlikely to do the one thing our health system needs.

Too addicted to quit: Teens hooked on vaping speak out

'I’ve tried before to stop. It’s almost impossible, to be honest'

Matt Heath: Exercise and rhyming is all about the timing

OPINION: Matt Heath on keeping fit.

Peter Davis: A tale of two budgets

Opinion: New Zealand and the US face very different prospects in their Budget setting.

Shane Reti: Government's Winter Plan a good idea, but falls short

Labour’s Winter Health Plan has serious shortcomings, writes Shane Reti.

Concerns after Asian women lowered in priority for health screening

'It risks a backlash and loss of trust which is potentially counterproductive.'

Dame Valerie Adams helps South Auckland charity warm up winter for 10,000 tamariki

The partnership is part of the foundation’s annual Jammies for June campaign.

Wintec Te Pūkenga celebrates 30-year nursing milestone

Māori nursing programme run out of Wintec reaches significant milestone.

Carolyn Hansen: If you want a healthy body, it all starts with the mind

The lifestyle habits that matter most for a healthy body and healthy mind.

'Severely distraught': Parents' grief after 1yo dies of meningococcal disease

Two dads have laid bare their grief after their son's three-day battle with the illness.

Whānau Ora model is changing whānau lives for the better - report

The Ngā Tini Whetū programme is lifting lives out of hopelessness.