Stories by Natalie Akoorie

Major surgical cases have been delayed in some places because of a strike by lab workers at public hospitals in Wellington, Palmerston North, Tauranga, Rotorua, Whakatāne, Nelson and Dunedin.

Stu Edmondson has pleaded not guilty to murdering a hunter and attempting to kill another.

There was no evidence VJ Tutai's death was at the hands of drug dealers over a possible debt.

New Zealand branch of international mining company OceanaGold is proposing further development through the Waihī North and Martha Open Pit projects.

The printer arm moves around building up layers, says one of those involved in the country's first 3D printed show home.

Music lovers are spoiled for choice when it comes to summer festivals across the motu, but rising production and artist costs - along with dwindling ticket sales - are proving challenging for…

A source inside Waikato Hospital said the acute demand had increased significantly.

The valuations were due in October last year.

Former policeman Stephen Parsons bought a 1990 Mitsubishi V3000 and set about transforming it into a replica of a Ministry of Transport Traffic Safety Service vehicle.

At least one elective surgery was postponed at Auckland Hospital last week and it is feared other surgeries could be affected because of a reduction in staff booking them.

The school aimed at producing more GPs to plug dire shortages, particularly in rural and regional areas.

An application to extend the contracts has been approved - with conditions requiring a definite end to the homeless accommodation.

Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a man in Thames Hospital overnight.

Teachers are in prime position to notice signs of child abuse or have a child confide in them, but it is not mandatory for them to know how to respond or report it.

The man who escaped custody has been named as 48-year-old Damon Anderson.

A prisoner who escaped the custody of Corrections staff at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton was there for "medical oversight".

The man suffered a dislocated shoulder in the incident at Kaitaia police station in April and complained he had been pushed at the top of the stairs and punched in the face.

A former National MP and incumbent Hamilton City Councillor has been hired by the University of Waikato to advocate for its proposed third medical school.

The driver escaped largely unscathed today, after the car went up a bank, through a metal fence and crashed into a parked car, before finally coming to a halt on its side.

The survivors and their families will get the first private viewing of the design for a memorial proposed to honour the dead.

Letters sent to IT employees at Te Whatu Ora Waikato - which outlined a proposed restructure and possible disestablishment of their jobs - included the wrong job titles.

Instead the elite cyclist, left vulnerable from bullying within Cycling New Zealand, was considered at low risk of suicide.

The three-vehicle crash, including a bus carrying 11 tourists, resulted in one death and put 14 people in hospital.

Olivia Podmore was never referred for a detailed psychological assessment after she scored poorly on a mood test that indicated she found life meaningless and did not believe in her own self-worth.

An inquest into the cyclist's suspected suicide heard she was burned out nd presenting as having severe anxiety and depression before her death.