Six months after starting a four-day work week experiment, workers reported better physical and mental health and less ...

Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision ...

Earlier this month the Minister of Health announced the government would introduce legislation for a "suite of amendments" to ...

Noble said Health New Zealand needed to "change the narrative". "That means reframing the way we think about disability in health to become inclusive and accessible for disabled people - to be ...

However, the Business Leaders' Health and Safety Forum is cautious in welcoming some of the changes announced by van Velden. "Some of the changes the Minister has flagged are welcomed by the Forum – ...

New Zealand Health Minister Simeon Brown has announced a new 24/7 telehealth service to expand access to primary care amid the overcrowding of emergency departments. The government will invest in the ...

New Zealand Minister of Health Shane Reti [Photo: Facebook/Shane Reti]. Reti claimed the country’s public health system is headed towards a $1.4 billion deficit by the end of the financial year ...

New Zealand’s public health system faces a rapidly worsening crisis, with growing levels of unmet need and understaffing, as the National Party-led government ramps up its brutal austerity program.

The Hauora Māori Advisory Committee (HMAC) welcomes the Government’s decision to elevate its role to directly advise Health New Zealand and the Minister of Health on Māori health matters.