Stories by Rowan Quinn

An Auckland vaccination clinic is doing about half the numbers it was before the lockdown - but is relieved to be back up and running.

Nurses have call off strike action set for 19 August following a community case of Covid-19 in Auckland and a nationwide lockdown.

The huge spike in the respiratory virus RSV that has been overwhelming hospitals has eased, but there's a warning further surges can be expected.

Less than a quarter of those sent initial invitations to the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event booked a slot.

Vaccinators will inject one person each a minute at the country's first mass Covid-19 vaccination event - if all goes to plan. Audio

Psychologists are turning away as many as 60 clients a month because they have no space to see them.

Work to upgrade Middlemore Hospital's baby unit was under way for a month with no building consent.

New Zealand doctors, nurses and medical staff are being canvassed about a possible deployment to Fiji.

Wellington Hospital has more than 20 babies in its children's ward, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.

Since a surge in sick children about three weeks ago, the hospital has set up 11 beds in the playroom to help cope with already full wards.

The first of the crucial day five test results are expected today, after Wellingtonians turned out in their thousands to be swabbed for Covid-19 yesterday.

Auckland District Health Board committed $650,000 to clear a waiting list for urgent dental care by June, but figures show there are still 1999 children on the list.

Exhausted doctors and nurses are still in the dark about when life will be back to normal more than two weeks after a massive cyber attack.

Nurses are considering a late pay offer by district health boards attempting to avoid a massive nationwide strike.

A shortage of Covid-19 vaccinators is a threat to the success of Auckland's roll-out - and staff safety, according to a DHB report.

Australians have been unlawfully charged for managed isolation stays in New Zealand because of an error in what the National Party is calling a shoddy law.

The government's massive overhaul of the country's health system will cost more than half a billion dollars - just to get started.

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a major hurdle in Canterbury - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July - months behind schedule.

Major doubts about whether everyone will be vaccinated for Covid-19 by the end of the year have been raised by the auditor-general.

An Auckland vaccination centre may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.

Small settlements along the Whanganui River are in line to get their Covid-19 vaccinations in one go, possibly before the end of the month, as more details of how rural areas will be vaccinated…

Health workers at the frontline of fighting high rates of cervical cancer among Māori women say a new, easier, test is promising but it isn't a one-stop fix.

Doctors are being inundated with requests from over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but cannot. Audio

Anti-vaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.

New Māori Health Authority, DHBs scrapped and new Public Health Agency announced in major health system restructure.