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".

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".

The Health Minister admits the public health system is still in “crisis” as rural hospitals struggle with staff shortages and Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora’s financial position comes under further scrutiny.

The final report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care challenges the coalition government with its call to honour te Tiriti o Waitangi amid a backdrop of systemic racism and historical abuse.

Survivors travelled to Parliament to see the report revealed, five-and-a-half years after its terms of reference were announced, and decades after survivors first advocated for redress.

Health services struggle to provide affordable and nondiscriminatory healthcare to Māori, Pacific, disabled, and rainbow whānau, according to the latest NZ Health Survey.