A Rotorua doctor says proposed Health New Zealand cuts are 'deeply disappointing” and has warned access to palliative care in the Lakes region will... Read More

Hundreds of patients from the central North Island will be supported at Waikato's new renal facility, which officially opened on Sunday, Health Minister Simeon... Read More

Pastor Patrick Rounds is like the Pied Piper of pancakes. He makes them, and suddenly there's an audience. During school term, the aroma of heavenly pancakes... Read More

Amelia Branson, 27, was diagnosed with a 'rare” and 'aggressive” Grade 3 meningioma brain tumour in September 2021. The Rotorua woman is going... Read More

Nearly a third of schools receiving free lunches from the School Lunch Collective have contacted the Ministry of Education with queries and complaints. The... Read More

School's back, and with it, the need for packing lunch boxes again. Instagram foodie and recipe developer Olivia Moore has supplied some healthy and simple... Read More

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has wrapped up a record-breaking year, responding to 568 emergency missions in 2024 - almost 10% more than in 2023, according... Read More

It is time for a neurodiversity revolution in Tauranga, Bay Paediatrics clinical director Freddie Bennett said. Bennett and his wife, Dr Sarah Moll, will... Read More

A mass group walk up Mount Maunganui last Saturday wasn't just a show of respect and support for a local woman battling cancer but also to raise awareness of... Read More

Tauranga boy Riaan Hamilton has cystic fibrosis - the 3-year-old often gets sick, has been hospitalised several times, and is at risk of permanent lung damage. Children... Read More

A young Ōpōtiki couple feel "lucky" that an obstetrician happened to be on duty at Whakatāne Hospital last month when they needed an emergency caesarean to... Read More

'Right, what are we going to do with the cats?” Along with concern and uncertainty, that was one of Jen Agnew's first reactions when test results... Read More