Health

Sweeten up winter days with a perfect health snack

Grey skies and cold temperatures can leave us all feeling a bit low over the cooler months, so this winter the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust are encouraging Kiwi families... Read More

NZ‘s first Monkeypox case in isolation at home

The Ministry of Health is reporting the first case of Monkeypox in New Zealand. The person is in their 30s, lives in Auckland and has recently returned from... Read More

Bay of Plenty’s sleep crisis revealed in new study

Nocturnal wakefulness and worry - all is not well across New Zealand. In the Bay of Plenty, 65 per cent of adults are having trouble sleeping through the night. Just... Read More

Looming crisis: BOP health staff on a mission

On the sidelines of a women's rugby game at Tauranga domain, two healthcare workers huddle in blue ponchos under a white tent. It is pelting with rain, and freezing... Read More

St John revels first international paramedics day

St John will be celebrating the work of our paramedics and first responders - both paid staff and volunteers - on the inaugural Australasian International Paramedics... Read More

Worry illnesses may hit harder next term

Schools close for holidays at the end of the week and principals are worried that severe disruption from winter illnesses and Covid-19 will be even worse when... Read More

Multimedia bowel screening campaign launched

A national multimedia campaign encouraging people to take part in the Government's lifesaving bowel screening programme is being launched. Associate Health Minister... Read More

Mental health: Sir John makes Tauranga stop

Mental health advocate and former All Black Sir John Kirwan is on a mission to discuss the mental health of children. He stopped by Tauranga's Bellevue School... Read More

Covid-19: Why a second booster?

Why get a second booster? This is a question many are discussing as the face of the Covid pandemic changes due to new variants of the virus. The Pfizer vaccine... Read More

New health system to improve health for all Kiwis

The rollout of the new nationwide health system continues with the launch of the country's first national public health system to fight disease and promote healthy... Read More

Local hospitals urging visitors to wear masks

Tauranga and Whakatāne hospital staff are asking visitors to wear masks and follow other public health requirements to keep patients safe from Covid-19 and the... Read More

Two new Te Arawa health boards begin change

Te Rōpu Hauora o Te Arawa has handed over the baton in what has been described as one of the biggest system transformations in decades. A pōhiri was held... Read More