NZ’s right-wing government is exploiting the crisis of unmet need, caused by decades of underfunding of public healthcare, to divert tens of millions of dollars to private hospitals.

"Without fundamental system-wide changes," it says, "stopgap measures will only delay an inevitable deeper crisis in New Zealand's primary healthcare system." Check out how to listen to and follow The ...

New Zealand has eased its lockdown after a month of stringent measures leading to low daily cases and few deaths from COVID-19. But one healthcare worker says the waiting game has taken its toll.

The Children's Commissioner has called the situation "untenable, inequitable and inadequate".

An acute shortage of radiography staff at Taranaki Base Hospital means patients are waiting months longer than they should be ...

He said his proposal was in response to the current health system crisis and was announced at ... what input the group would have with Health New Zealand – Te Whatu Ora.

Winston Peters, New Zealand’s deputy prime minister and leader ... science-based public health policies, and other constraints on corporate profit. Peters trumpeted NZ First’s bill to remove ...

In some respects, New Zealand looks more vulnerable to a housing-led financial crisis than the U.S.: New Zealand (NZ) exhibits higher household indebtedness (debt to disposable income: 160% in NZ ...

Lance Burdett is one of the most recognisable names from the New Zealand Police this century. During his 22 years on the ...

The New Zealand Health, Work and Retirement Study is a longitudinal study of people in New Zealand aged 55 years and over – looking at issues such as health, work, retirement and housing. The New ...