New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered in the Western Firth of Thames region due to the presence of paralytic... Read More

They're a group of breast cancer 'thrivers” - not survivors - eager to share their love of dragon boating. The Boobops Bay of Plenty Dragon Boat Club... Read More

A sexual health medicine specialist says he will be the only one working in Bay of Plenty and Lakes hospitals from next week, when his colleague retires. Dr... Read More

Hato Hone St John has won the Business Impact Award at the Veeam Software Data Resilience Awards in San Diego for its work protecting and maintaining the organisation's... Read More

A Rotorua Hospital anaesthetist who suffered burnout at work says the health system is 'perennially stretched” and 'getting quietly worse”. Association... Read More

The lifesaving sound of a rescue helicopter's chopper blades will be used to encourage New Zealanders to give generously this Chopper Appeal Month. Last year,... Read More

A growing appetite for one of New Zealand's rarest and most unusual fruits can now be satisfied as growers are busy harvesting a bumper crop of persimmons. Persimmon... Read More

Movement controls have been lifted from Mainland Poultry's Hillgrove Farm in Otago, after the successful eradication of H7N6 strain of high pathogenic avian... Read More

A Rotorua factory worker says his life changed forever after two fingers were amputated in a workplace accident. WorkSafe said the man's fingers were... Read More

Cheaper and more available methamphetamine is likely why the drug's use has surged 65% in the Bay of Plenty in the last year, agencies say. New wastewater... Read More

Researchers have uncovered a link between eye health and dementia using data and scans from the Dunedin Longitudinal Study, which could help identify the cognitive... Read More

The Medical Council is concerned doctors working at medicinal cannabis clinics may not be following proper medical practices. The council said it was investigating... Read More