Stories by Stephen Forbes

Counties Manukau District Health Board has been grappling with the potential legal and ethical ramifications of dealing with staff who refuse to be vaccinated against Covid-19, a new report shows.

Auckland Transport is getting set to unveil the country's first hydrogen fuel cell bus this month as it moves towards an emission-free fleet by 2040.

Counties Manukau Health and the National Hauora Coalition are warning the public about false information being spread about fictional Covid-19 tests in South Auckland schools.

A proposed 5 percent rates rise and increased water charges will be too much for many South Auckland residents, a councillor says.

A prominent Auckland golf club is looking to rezone its 80-hectare course in Papatoetoe in a bid to stave off future development.

Urban sprawl looks set to eat up to 31,270 hectares of Auckland's most productive land over the next 35 years.

With a number of armed incidents in South Auckland making headlines, the Counties Manukau District Health Board is reviewing its emergency lockdown plans to deal with such events.

A mothballed dam in the Hūnua Ranges will start supplying six million litres of water a day to the Auckland network from next week as part of a $68 million dollar Watercare project.

South Auckland GPs and medical practices are still feeling the pressure after the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, according to a new report.

Its proposal to build a regional service centre in Manukau appears to still be on the table - it says it'll make an announcement in the next three months.

Despite Watercare's financial difficulties, the supercity has no plans to relinquish assets as part of the government's three waters reforms, Mayor Phil Goff says.

The way the country's councils are funded and operate desperately needs an overhaul, with outdated legislation among a long list of problems, a new briefing paper to the minister of local government…

A group of Drury residents say they are frustrated at the lack of NZTA consultation over the $1.35 billion Mill Rd project and its possible impacts on properties and businesses.

Pressures on hospital emergency departments and problems accessing primary health care show a health system needing major reform, the Health minister says.

Staff shortages, overcrowding and poor access to GPs are being blamed for a plea by Middlemore Hospital for non-urgent patients to avoid its emergency department, a nurses college says.

Pharmac's decision to delay approving funding for two new drugs for the treatment of diabetes has highlighted the shortcomings of how the agency decides which medicines to fund, according to an…

An Auckland lawyer's position as a District Licensing Committee chairperson has led to a complaint to the Ombudsman due to her previous legal work for clients in the liquor industry.

A decision by Pharmac to defer the approval of two new drugs for the treatment of diabetes until next year is "worse than disappointing", National Hauora Coalition's clinical director says.

The SFO says an investigation into Auckland Mayor Phil Goff's election expenses is still a work in progress and it's not giving much away about exactly what it is looking at.

Auckland Council development agency Panuku's annual report shows 100 employees received $100,000 or more in 2019/2020, up from 78 recorded the previous year.

Auckland mayor Phil Goff's proposed 10-year Recovery Budget will not do enough to address the massive growth pressures the city is facing, councillor Daniel Newman says.

Aucklanders' uptake of public transport is low and despite growth in recent years, the car remains their preferred means of getting to and from work, a new study shows.

In 2009, the royal commission which helped set the groundwork for the creation of the supercity recommended having three Māori seats on the Auckland Council.

Diabetes Foundation Aotearoa is calling on drug funding agency Pharmac to release the submissions it received over plans to fund two new drugs to treat type 2 diabetes.

Auckland Council should avoid making drastic cutbacks to plug a projected billion-dollar hole in its finances, an economist says.