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Iwi Māori partnership boards are yet to flex their muscles, says Hikitia Ropata, executive chair of Āti Awa Toa Hauora iwi Māori partnership board  

Legal action will likely follow the Te Puni Kōkiri Ministry of Māori Development tender process that saw all three whānau ora commissioning agencies lose their contracts

Vaccination programmes must reincorporate the lessons of COVID-19 to reduce the impact of childhood respiratory diseases

The failure of multiple governments to address inequities in bowel cancer screening has led to “the potentially avoidable death of thousands of New Zealanders”, says a New Zealand Medical Journal editorial

A new dermatophyte species has rapidly emerged in the Indian subcontinent over the last decade, and a New Zealand study shows it has now arrived here

Mary Miller’s session at the 2025 Goodfellow Symposium could have been sub-titled, ‘Physician, heal thyself’  

A crying woman lifted herself from a pool to deliver a stillborn baby into her husband’s hands as he “prayed loudly” and awaited the return of the midwife who’d driven away to get coffee and find a toilet  

The Government has revealed the names of the six-member Health Assurance Unit, a panel sitting outside of healthcare and charged with helping the health minister meet his targets

GP experiences with COVID vaccinations and PPE equipment are being sought for phase two of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic response

The removal of contracts from all three whānau ora agencies was a 'political decision', says Pasifika Futures chief executive Debbie Sorensen, and the behaviour of Te Puni Kōkiri has been ‘rude and appalling’