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Ex-league player Paul Whatuira helping rangatahi face mental health issues

'I would love this programme to be able to visit all regions of the country.'

‘Meno-washing’: Are midlife women being scammed?

Telegraph: Menopause has come out of the shadows. So have the snake oil merchants.

Some psychiatrists have started prescribing Ozempic. Others are worried

New York Times: 'These medications were not studied well or designed for this population.'

Psychiatric assistant indecently assaulted patient in mental health unit

The worker called the patient for four days after his discharge.

'The cancer is now not survivable': Man had to wait 20 weeks for MRI

The MRI was deemed urgent and meant to happen within 31 days.

13,000kg-plus dino-shaped nuggets recalled after metal pieces found

One report of "minor oral injury associated with consumption of this product".

Will the Māori Health Authority be scrapped?

The parties who will form the next government plan to scrap the Maori Health Authority.

'Acute toxicity': US kids' fruit pouches urgently recalled after illnesses linked to lead

Analysis of multiple lots of a puree product detected 'extremely high' lead levels.

Family of 8-year-old with incurable brain cancer told to ‘prepare for the worst’

About 25 children are diagnosed with brain cancer per year.

Steven Joyce: Rolling back regulation will be new Govt's first mission

OPINION: And the other tasks new Government needs to get to work on.

'My lungs collapsed... I thought I was going to die': Mum's horror health ordeal

'I couldn't get off the bed - I was [spending] 16 to 18 hours in bed. I can barely walk.'

70 deaths a day: The disease wreaking havoc in an island nation

A New Zealand nurse is using a space-age tool to combat an old foe.

Editorial: Alcohol and sport sponsorship call - will new Govt be game enough?

OPINION: Our editorial on tackling alcohol sponsorship of sport and community events.

What women with endometriosis want you to know

The condition affects millions of women, so why do few feel comfortable talking about it?

US nurse accused of killing 4 patients, injuring many others with high doses of insulin

One of the patients that Heather Pressdee is accused of killing was a 104-year-old.

Patient needing urgent care waits 10 hours to be treated at Waikato ED

The couple’s experience comes after Waikato had one of its worst days ever in July.

'A Pacific academy would be game-changing for the region’

A science academy in the Pacific would help unite Pasifika scholars with unique knowledge.

Breakthrough NZ cancer therapy shows promising results for killer disease

A NZ-developed cancer therapy is safer than its overseas counterparts in early trials.