Councils around the country who are still holding closed workshops have had a nudge from the Ombudsman to open their doors.

“The refusal of this Government to acknowledge public health as an imperative service, and to fund it in kind, has created an artificial crisis, and while Lester Levy has fallen victim to it today, ...

Statement from the Secretary for Māori Development at Te Puni Kōkiri, Dave Samuels, regarding the Whānau Ora RFP Process. Whānau Ora is focussed on whānau wellbeing. Whānau decide which services and ...

This International Women’s Day, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa (NZNO) calls on the Government to honour its pre-election promise to pay all nurses equally by ...

“Screening is an essential tool for prevention and early detection, and expanding access will definitely save lives,” said Hagen Tautari, co-chair Te Tiratū Iwi Māori Partnership Board.

A new $330,000 funding initiative to help prevent and address alcohol-related harm in New Zealand’s Pacific communities was officially launched today by Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey.

Grant Davidson explains the difficulties in getting international graduates approved and how some of these doctors are ...

"Privatisation is never the answer to health - but the Government has embarked on a campaign to run down the public health system so it can justify the pursuit of a privatisation agenda based on a ...

The Health Minister has allocated many millions of dollars in recent days for primary healthcare and bowel cancer, which is very welcome, but so far can’t find anything in the cupboard for the 700 men ...

Labour welcomes Simeon Brown’s move to reinstate a board at Health New Zealand, bringing the destructive and secretive tenure of commissioner Lester Levy to an end. “It’s past time that Lester’s time ...

The Kate Sheppard National Memorial to Women’s Suffrage has been entered on the New Zealand Heritage List Rārangi Kōrero as a Category 1 historic place. The 2.1-metre-high bas-relief sculpture depicts ...

Pinnacle acknowledges today’s government announcement lowering the age of eligibility for free bowel screening to 58 as a positive step toward earlier cancer detection. However, discontinuing the ...