Rowan Quinn

The lights are on, the beds are ready, but no patients have stepped inside a brand new $320 million surgical hospital built on Auckland's North Shore.  Audio

A huge North Shore hospital surgical centre sitting unused could be treating more than 15,000 patients a year.

The brand new, 150-bed facility is physically ready but doesn't have enough staff or a… Audio

Thousands of psychologists are rebelling against rule changes that many fear will make it even harder for patients to get help.

The registering body, the Psychologists Board, is proposing changes… Audio

Newshub, one of the key media companies in New Zealand, is to close its newsroom in New Zealand on 30 June.

Staff were told of the closure at an emergency meeting on Wednesday morning.

Reporter… Audio

A frustrated nurse says she'll be looking over her shoulder for years after her name was published online in an unauthorised leak of Te Whatu Ora data.

She is one of 12,000 vaccinators who had their… Audio

Public health experts say it's almost certain New Zealand will have significant measles outbreak this year - and it could be fatal.

Britain has had hundreds of cases since October, there has been a… Audio

More New Zealanders say they're experience psychological distress - but smoking and dangerous drinking is declining, in the lastest snapshot of the country's health.

The Ministry of Health has just… Audio

An Auckland Jewish community centre's fence was vandalised overnight, including an attempt to set it on fire. Pro Palestinian graffiti was also sprayed on the fence of the Beth Shalom centre in Epsom… Audio

A New Zealand-founded company that's started a worldwide push for a shorter working week has been named one of Time Magazines 100 most influential companies.

4 Day Week Global hits the list alongside… Audio

A mental health nurse who was knocked out and dragged by her hair at work says the police have not taken the assault seriously. Her union says that's not uncommon, with many mental health nurses being… Audio

Health workers all over the country - and lots of their patients - have their fingers crossed for a big budget boost. Massive staffing shortages are contributing to huge waits for care - whether it's… Audio

One of the women diagnosed with cancer after breast screening failures in Wellington says they were all harmed, no matter what a review says. Thousands of women were late for their screening from 2017… Audio

Pike River Mine advocate and father Bernie Monk says the news that human remains have likely been found at Pike River is upsetting, but it strengthens his resolve for justice.

It's been more than 12… Video, Audio

Auckland's mayor is awaiting further advice on declaring a State of Emergency.

Wayne Brown said Aucklanders should be on high alert as widespread flooding and torrential rain moves through the… Audio

Doctors say they'll still be slogging it out this winter, with a new government plan likely to make very little difference to overcrowding and huge waits. Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has laid out… Audio

Middlemore Hospital is promising it will be much harder for anyone to fake their way into a medical role, after a bogus doctor saw 80 patients.

31 year-old Yuvaraj Krishnan is starting a prison… Audio