Christchurch residents may need help to recover from the traumatic shootings at two Christchurch mosques on Friday, a mental health expert says. The Canterbury District Health Board said it plans to begin to offer support soon. However, others working......
Canterbury GPs are having to turn patients away who aren't a priority for the measles vaccine, as the region's outbreak spreads to Dunedin. Authorities are scrambling to trace nearly 50 people who've been in contact with two people - a......
A visiting British woman considered illegally importing drugs bought online to avoid paying more than $2000 to legally access two abortion pills. The 27-year-old, who we've agreed not to name, has been in New Zealand since December on a working holiday......
Crusaders rugby fans are being urged to stay away from Forsyth Barr Stadium if they are sick this weekend, after a second case of measles was confirmed in Dunedin. Southern District Health Board (SDHB) medical officer of health Marion Poore said the......
A union believes health workers are owed more than $45 million for years of underpayment of leave and shift allowances by district health boards (DHB) that are still carrying on. But the health boards do not accept underpayments have been proved, even......
Elderly care sector unions are calling on the government to review staffing standards for residential aged care. The call was made at a summit in Wellington arranged by the New Zealand Nurses' Organisation (NZNO) and the E tū Union. The organisations......
Some dentists say it is time for a stocktake of the oral health problems adults are facing and what actually needs to be done to solve them. A South Auckland emergency clinic is seeing more patients with serious problems with their teeth and welfare......
Auckland District Health Board says demand for public dental care is increasing, and it has had to make changes to stop patients lining up for hours outside its South Auckland emergency dental clinic. The DHB has traditionally run a drop-in clinic......
Parents at a north Canterbury school have ignored a warning to keep their unimmunised children at home. Rangiora Borough School had one confirmed case of measles out of the 25 confirmed so far in the wider Christchurch area. Its principal asked......
