In emails, chief medical officer urged Health NZ head to make the call: "There comes a point where we have to recognise that ...

Rotorua is set to showcase its "rich Māori culture" and rongoā as host of the World Indigenous Cancer Conference next year.

The Far North has some of the worst child dental issues in the country but a new programme should help the oral health of ...

Children placed in state care from 1950 to 1999 have had significantly shorter average life expectancies than the wider ...

Gene technology has been earmarked for expansion in New Zealand, but without robust regulation local communities could be ...

We know instinctively that prevention is better than cure – and the evidence is there to back it up as well – but cutting expenditure on population health is invisible. The same goes for not ...

RNZ can reveal artificial intelligence is taking on diverse roles across New Zealand's public service - from surgical risk assessments at Health NZ, to fishing vessel camera monitoring for MPI. Some ...

Rotorua is set to showcase its “rich Māori culture” and rongoā as host of More than 600 international health professionals, ...

A mountain in New Zealand has been granted the same legal rights as a person, becoming the third natural feature in the ...

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon started the year with a relatively bold Cabinet reshuffle, although it only involved ...

Mount Taranaki — now known as Taranaki Maunga, its Māori name — is the latest natural feature to be granted personhood in New Zealand ...

The mountain’s legal rights are intended to uphold its health and ... In 2017, New Zealand recognized the Whanganui River as human, as part of a settlement with its local tribe.