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The hardest thing about COVID-19 is maintaining clear and consistent public health messages that don’t downplay the severity but also aren’t all doom and gloom, says academic Rachelle Martin

Waimate GP Sarah Creegan’s practice is gearing up for cases of COVID-19, with a newly installed Portacom, scrubs made out of bedsheets, and working with the town’s other general practice over mobile testing for potential cases

Reporter Zahra Shahtahmasebi is working from home in Christchurch for the period of the lockdown but is starting to miss all of the quirks of being in the office 

Health minister David Clark hints at redeploying GPs in acute response effort

As New Zealanders hunker down in preparation for a nationwide lockdown, Auckland GP Marcia Walker has sent her family away so she can continue to work

Community midwives will continue their work in the community, despite the risks of COVID-19 and a lack of access to personal protective gear 

More than 200 doctors and medical students have pledged their support to a new initiative to help New Zealand cope with the COVID-19 pandemic

Residents of Te Kūiti and surrounding rural areas shared their optimism for the future as they celebrated the first anniversary of the town’s whānau ora centre

It was 4pm as I made my way back to Auckland from a work trip to Te Kuiti

Auckland GP Thaya Ashman wants to see caring and protecting one another emerge as the main theme of the international response to COVID-19