Health and Safety experts say the Government need to consider people's lives as they set to change scaffolding regulations.

A Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) clinical director is supporting calls for a law change mandating medication be checked ...

There's calls for law changes among experts after a 2-month-old baby died after she was allegedly given medication at an adult dosage by a pharmacy.

A group in New Zealand has called for action to tackle Campylobacter in fresh chicken meat. The Public Health Communication ...

A health worker gives out Rapid COVID-19 antigen self-test kits at the Waipareira Trust drive-in COVID-19 testing station in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Back in August, 2021 ...

The New Zealand government is set to introduce sweeping reforms to the country’s health system. But without changes in how the system is funded, will the reforms achieve their goals?

New Zealand has long been a leader in the battle against tobacco and its extensive health costs. But the latest step in the country's ambitious plan to sharply reduce smoking is now in jeopardy ...

New Zealand's health system is even worse for Māori, who - at the end of May - had told the Waitangi Tribunal that the health system was failing them.

New Zealand's approach to ban the next generation from tobacco smoking hasn't been tried elsewhere. But she said studies have shown youth sales decrease when minimum ages are raised.

The health workforce in New Zealand has one of the largest shares of migrant workers, with 42% of doctors and almost 30% of nurses foreign-born (second only to Israel and Ireland, respectively).