The costs of groceries have risen at historically high rates over the past six years, making it virtually impossible for families on benefits to feed children healthily, new research finds.

A specialist locum who has been working in the Far North for nearly a decade had his clinic cancelled by Health New Zealand with no warning - and no plan to support his 100 patients.

A specialist locum who has been working in the Far North for nearly a decade had his clinic cancelled by Health New Zealand with no warning - and no plan to support his 100 patients.

Telehealth has been touted as one solution to New Zealand’s ongoing health-care crisis, which is particularly stark in rural regions.

New Zealanders looking after disabled family members say the long hours and lack of support is pushing them to the brink.

Doctors working in rural communities say their patients are dying at higher rates from preventable causes simply because of where they live.

An independent review panel has released their report into two waitlist prioritisation tools initiated by Health New Zealand’s Te Toku Tumai Auckland, and Southern Region.

An independent review panel has released their report into two waitlist prioritisation tools initiated by Health New Zealand’s Te Toku Tumai Auckland, and Southern Region.

A new virtual Centre for Rural Health cements the University of Otago’s place as a leader in rural health education and research.

Health NZ will stop using an equity adjustor tool that prioritised ethnicity as one of five factors in non-urgent surgical waitlists, after a review found it was "legally and ethically justifiable" but didn't follow "best practice".