07:45am Sat 05 Sep, 2020
Two Bay of Plenty doctors have received recognition for their work teaching and mentoring the next generation of health professionals. Tauranga Hospital... Read More
07:00pm Fri 04 Sep, 2020
The Cancer Society of New Zealand has received a one-off funding boost to continue delivering its highly valued driving and accommodation services. The government... Read More
05:44pm Fri 04 Sep, 2020
A man in his 50s linked to the Auckland cluster has died at Middlemore Hospital today, the Ministry of Health has confirmed. The death toll from Covid-19 in New... Read More
11:45am Fri 04 Sep, 2020
A private Bay of Plenty hospital will not be able to perform surgery for 24-hours if a proposed anaesthetic technicians strike goes ahead. Anaesthetic technicians... Read More
11:45am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
Local GPs and medical centres will be open as usual on Thursday, as primary healthcare nurses and administration staff take strike action. Up to 3200 nurses... Read More
10:41am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
The Health Committee is resuming today after political pressure for it to assess the response to the pandemic. Watch the Health Committee meeting here National... Read More
09:15am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
There are tears in Arlene Olson's eyes as she describes the past few years she's been through. 'My mother died, then my sister and brother in law died, I got... Read More
08:30am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
Pharmacy workers at Bay of Plenty District Health Board who are members of APEX are set to go on strike this week, in an effort to advance negotiations of their... Read More
06:35am Wed 02 Sep, 2020
A Tauranga runner is on a mission to raise the profile of pancreatic cancer in New Zealand. Andy Kirk will compete in the 2020 Auckland Marathon in November... Read More
05:00pm Tue 01 Sep, 2020
A world-wide gourmet trend has hit our shores and may be the answer to shedding lockdown kilos. Many people joked last lockdown that they exercised twice as much,... Read More
10:14am Mon 31 Aug, 2020
Countdown has issued a recall on three brands of baby food pouches after a comprehensive investigation found mice are the likely cause of damaged baby food... Read More
09:10am Mon 31 Aug, 2020
An exciting opportunity to grow and develop youth mental health services is how a move off-campus for three of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board's youth... Read More