Explainer - The government has changed regulations on several medications. Here's what you need to know about melatonin, ADHD ...

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is keen to simplify New Zealand’s health and safety rules. This ...

Health and Safety experts say the Government need to consider people's lives as they set to change scaffolding regulations.

Workplace Relations and Safety Minister Brooke van Velden is consulting on proposed changes to health and safety regulations to better support ...

Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision ...

There's calls for law changes among experts after a 2-month-old baby died after she was allegedly given medication at an ...

New Zealand's health system is even worse for Māori, who - at the end of May - had told the Waitangi Tribunal that the health system was failing them.

Officials at Health NZ Te Whatu Ora investigated the costs and practicality of sending patients needing treatment from a ...

Research shows rainbow communities experience violence, family rejection and social exclusion. But a lack of population data ...

Recent compliance checks on vape retailers across Auckland found that while the majority were compliant, just under 10 per cent failed to adhere to new laws restricting the promotion of vapes. A ...

A group in New Zealand has called for action to tackle Campylobacter in fresh chicken meat. The Public Health Communication ...

National’s funding cuts have forced the closure of mental health facility Segar House – cutting jobs and leaving those with ...