When the Coalition Government formed in November 2023, Matt Doocey became the country’s first mental health minister.

Dr Gayle O’Duffy, a highly respected rural general practitioner based in Methven, has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Peter Snow Memorial Award. The award was presented at the National ...

In a decision released today, deputy health and disability commissioner Carolyn Cooper has found Heritage Lifecare (trading as Dunblane Lifecare) breached the Code of Health and Disability Services ...

In a decision released today, health and disability commissioner Morag McDowell has found Auckland DHB breached the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers’ Rights (the Code) for failures in ...

PSA criticisms of changes to our Audit, Assurance and Risk function are wrong. Our proposed new structure would introduce front-end preventive controls to sit alongside existing detection controls, ...

This week is New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) week. The theme is that “anyone can sign anywhere”. “NZSL is an official language of this country, used by almost 25,000 people and the primary language ...

The PSA is today requesting that the Auditor General investigate the proposed axing of fraud and audit experts which would see millions of health dollars no longer recovered through overpayment or ...

To balance staff workloads while maintaining service delivery, Dunedin Urgent Doctors & Accident Centre (DUDAC) announces temporary changes to its hours of operation. From Monday May 5, the urgent ...

The helicopter is one of nine new or near-new aircraft being introduced across the national Emergency Air Ambulance Helicopter Service fleet throughout 2024/25, jointly funded by Health New Zealand | ...

Moana Lei is a collaboration between each Pacific provider, WellSouth Primary Health Network and Te Whatu Ora | Health New Zealand’s National Cervical Screening Programme, Southern. The events are ...

At the funeral of 94-year-old Sāmoan ali’i matai Pesetā Misipati Iosefa, Lucy O’Hagan reflects on the intertwining stories of ...

Bianca Yu enjoys an ocean dip and splits her time as a GP between Tawa Medical Centre and Whakamātūtū, a mental health ...