Today the international aid convoy to Gaza, whose three columns have driven from England, North Africa and the Arab East to link up in Syria, leaves land and takes to the waters of the Mediterranean.

Hundreds of patients have added to the backlog of people waiting for images and surgery during a national radiographers' strike.

Auckland, Sept 4 NZPA - Christchurch radiographers have abandoned strike action following a massive earthquake in the South Island this morning.

Wellington, Aug 30 NZPA - Industrial action by hospital workers is expected to affect thousands of patients around the country over the coming weeks as elective surgery is cancelled, surgical bookings postponed, and some emergency services limited.

Waikato DHB will postpone some surgical bookings to cope with next Tuesday's nationwide strike by union staff who provide x-ray, scans and other radiology services.

The strike affects all Waikato DHB hospitals including Waikato, Thames, Tokoroa, Te Kuiti and Taumarunui.

The recently renovated Emergency Department (ED) at Tauranga Hospital includes three resuscitation bays, one procedure room and an isolation room. The renovations are designed to assist the treatment of critically injured people.

Tony Ryall's call for cuts at Wellington DHB, despite the CE's resignation because further cuts will damage health services, shows his contempt for advice from the health sector, the Green Party said today.

A small crash in the mud at Champry, Switzerland has left Maxxis-Rocky Mountain team rider Cameron Cole, 22, with a broken scaphoid in his right hand, derailing his UCI World Cup downhill campaign for 2010.

NZPA - An Auckland chiropractor has been found guilty of malpractice after telling a a woman she had a degenerative spinal problem that needed expensive treatment when she visited him with a sore elbow.

A significant find of cannabis in the vehicle of a visitor to Auckland Central Remand Prison (ACRP) this week should act as a deterrent to other says Prison Manager Grace Smit.