10:45am Mon 07 Oct, 2024
Pink-cladded walkers are expected to descend on Tauranga next week. The HOT Pink Walk has been an iconic annual community event in Tauranga for more than... Read More
07:00am Mon 07 Oct, 2024
In the last 10 months, Harriet Steele, has been diagnosed with cancer, undergone major surgery, IVF, chemotherapy and early menopause. All just four months... Read More
03:00pm Sun 06 Oct, 2024
A third of the Iwi Māori Partnership Boards including five from the Te Manawa Taki region have united in Whakatāne to present their Community Health Plans... Read More
10:00am Sun 06 Oct, 2024
Hunter, 5, was born at 27 weeks, weighing 2.1 pounds in 2019. 'Hunter ended up with a whole range of medical conditions due to medical complications,”... Read More
06:50am Sun 06 Oct, 2024
After Kawerau woman Kaaren Dunn gave birth to her daughter at age 19 in 1965, she was coerced into agreeing to adopt her out. Now, the 78-year-old wants the... Read More
04:00pm Sat 05 Oct, 2024
Te Whatu Ora's quarterly accounts raise serious questions about the Government's claimed financial challenges in the health sector, according to New Zealand... Read More
09:00am Sat 05 Oct, 2024
For World Meningitis, a 'chain of light” lights up today at landmarks across New Zealand. Gerard Rushton, chair of the Meningitis Foundation Aotearoa... Read More
06:00pm Fri 04 Oct, 2024
Content note: This story contains discussion of medical procedures. Complications not misadventure caused death. ‘Dirty' drug protamine caused adverse... Read More
04:00pm Fri 04 Oct, 2024
'I got to say to the crew ... 'you doing your job, to the best of your ability, has helped save my life,'” says a thankful Geoff. Geoff and his wife... Read More
08:30am Fri 04 Oct, 2024
Census data has revealed one in 20 New Zealand adults identify as LGBTIQ+ - or part of the rainbow communities. For the first time ever, the 2023 Census collected... Read More
08:00am Fri 04 Oct, 2024
It came out of the blue, leaving one Mount Maunganui family in the dark. Now Ella Weatherall, a local lifeguard and teenager at Mount Maunganui College,... Read More
05:00pm Thu 03 Oct, 2024
New data shows despite a 35% fall in the total number of meningococcal disease cases compared to the same period the previous year, Māori infants and toddlers... Read More