A man whose friends did CPR on him in the playground when his heart stopped as a boy says all schools should teach the life-saving technique. Kenneth Yew has added his voice to calls from the Resuscitation Council for the government to introduce CPR...... Read More

A coroner has called for a ban on bed levers using metal hoops that caused the deaths of three elderly people. Jane Mansfield Lee, who was 74, died of giant cell myocarditis after being asphyxiated by getting her head caught in the hoop of a bed lever...... Read More

Junior doctors ended their third strike this morning but are balloting for what would be an unprecedented fifth strike at public hospitals. The doctors returned to work at 8am after two-day industrial action over their employment agreement. A fourth...... Read More

A Waikato DHB application for a fresh coronial inquiry into Nicky Stevens' death is being driven by concerns about liabilities and is not in the interests of justice, one of the country's leading lawyers has said. The decision by Coroner Wallace...... Read More

Two-hundred people from the Bay of Plenty’s kiwifruit industry yesterday heard Mike King share his mental health challenges as well ways to deal with improving their own wellbeing and that of their friends and colleagues. The talk – ahead...... Read More

Comedian turned mental health advocate Mike King has been crowned Kiwibank New Zealander of the year. Mr King is an outspoken advocate for changing attitudes toward mental illness. Through his work with the Key to Life charity, he led a New Zealand...... Read More

A mother who gives her son medicinal cannabis to treat his violent seizures is terrified they will be without medicine, following what growers call a massive aerial cull of the crop. Advocates and growers say upwards of 1000 plants were poisoned in...... Read More

Toilet paper manufacturer Cottonsoft has been fined $315,000 dollars after a worker's arms were caught in rollers. The worker suffered crush injuries and cuts to his arms, as well as rib fractures, in January 2017. The company was sentenced in...... Read More

Junior doctors are on another two-day strike but DHBs say they are well prepared and confident of progress in resolving the dispute. An estimated 1700 doctors are off the wards from 8am until early Thursday in their row with their employers over proposed...... Read More

A Lower Hutt woman who needs surgery for a debilitating spinal injury can't get it - because she doesn't have a home to go to afterwards. Vanessa is a single mother who's been in emergency housing for a year because there is nowhere for...... Read More