Parents resort to petitioning Starship for 'better care of their children'

Concerned parents are sending a petition with a strong message to Starship Hospital: they are tired of waiting for basic, standard-of-care treatment of their children with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis (Inflammatory Bowel Disease or "IBD").

Covid-19 immunisation starts for 5 to 11-year-old tāmariki

More than 120,000 doses of the child (paediatric) Pfizer vaccine have been delivered to over 500 vaccination sites around New Zealand as health providers prepare to start immunising 5 to 11-year-olds tamariki from today, 17 January. 

'Top Trade Me listings of 2021 revealed'

A half-eaten loaf of Vogel’s bread, a cardboard Lamborghini, and a $5 note rescued from the waves at Sumner Beach, came out on top as Trade Me’s most popular marketplace listings of 2021.

Dr Jane Thomas: Pharmac's first female, Maori Chair of expert advisory committee

Pharmac’s Chief Executive Sarah Fitt has announced today the appointment of Dr Jane Thomas as Pharmac’s new Chair of the Pharmacology and Therapeutics Advisory Committee (PTAC).

Asthma education goes online to fight health inequity

The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ (ARFNZ) today launched the Sailor Digital Classroom, a brand-new free online tool to teach primary school children about asthma.

Why do fewer Maori, Pasifika babies survive severe heart defects?

Families of babies born with severe heart defects will tell their stories in project that just got HRC funding

Liggins Institute researchers will travel the country to listen to families whose babies were born with severe and sometimes fatal heart defects.

Police acknowledge sentencing in child abuse case

Attribute to Detective Inspector Bridget Doell:

Police acknowledge the sentencing today for a 34-year-old woman from Auckland who was sentenced to two years and seven months imprisonment in the Auckland District Court on child abuse-related charges.

The untold stories of New Zealand’s bravest hearts

Each week 12 New Zealand babies are born with a heart defect

Investigation underway after baby sustains injuries

An investigation is underway to determine how a 3-week-old baby sustained injuries in Hamilton earlier this week.

The baby girl is in a critical condition in Auckland's Starship Children's Hospital.

Newborns with vitamin D 'more likely to be hospitalised for respiratory infections'

New University of Auckland research has found that newborns with lower levels of vitamin D are twice as likely to be admitted to hospital with acute respiratory infections during infancy.