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From our water supply to our polytechnics, we're eschewing regional control for a more centralised approach. Why? Audio

Parliament is considering a major health reform. We outline the symptoms, diagnoses and the treatment plans proposed by the different parties. Audio

A new campaign is urging people with possible symptoms of cancer to get a diagnosis - and never mind the lockdown.  This week two media outlets claimed  'almost half of new cancers' went undetected… Audio

Hundreds of visitors are being allowed to visit Auckland DHB hospitals every day, despite the region being at the highest covid alert level due to the delta outbreak. The Nurses Union says it's absurd… Audio

Burnt-out nurses are being told to seek help from one another because of high demand for external counselling services.

The nurses union says the government has not told them about any plans to boost… Audio

Medical professionals are warning of more trouble ahead with the highly contagious respiratory illness, RSV.

DHBs are scrambling to treat hundreds of young patients battling the disease, as other… Audio

30,000 nurses have just walked off the job in support of their pay claim. They'll be holding pickets and rallies around the country. One of the first is in Christchurch. Kathryn speaks with RNZ… Audio

The government's newly announced health plan heralds a massive change in the system. But commentators say its success depends on what's in the detail. Audio

The new Health and Disability Review is said to be the biggest shake up of the health system in a generation - so what was wrong with it in the first place?  Audio

District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.

One of those proposed agencies would be a Māori Health Authority… Audio

District Health Boards will be overhauled and two new government health agencies created in a massive revamp of the health system.

The government has released its final Health and Disability System… Audio

Some DHBs are concerned the botched Census will reduce funding in some deprived areas, where the data won't be reliable enough. Audio

At the end of the second day of a five day strike by thousands of junior doctors who have walked off the job around New Zealand, we speak to David Munro from the Resident Doctors Association. Audio

It will take months to catch up on the thousands of surgeries and appointments cancelled due to a five day junior doctors' strike that started today. Lisa Owen interviews the district health boards'… Video, Audio