18 Aug: A 77-year old man died after significant blood loss during an operation - done by an inexperienced neurosurgeon, helped by surgeon not employed by Health NZ Southern... more
15 Aug: Hopes Health New Zealand will boost staffing at Christchurch Hospital's Trauma Admitting Service, on the back of a study in today's New Zealand Medical Journal... more
RUGBY All Blacks Patrick Tuipulotu and Anton Lienert-Brown will be absent due to respective head and nose knocks this week against Argentina in Buenos Aires - prop Tamaiti Williams and loose forward Wallace Sititi are poised to return More...
BUSINESS New Zealand's population has reached a record high - of more than 5.3 million people More...