Ministry Of Health

The government's introducing a 'high-powered task force' to tackle the issue of ballooning waitlists for hospital operations and appointments.

There are 27,000 people who've been waiting four months… Video, Audio

A community health clinic in Auckland says during last year's Delta outbreak, it became the default provider of medical and welfare care for self-isolating patients, because the Ministry of Health was… Audio

Ministry of Health has revealed there's been a surge in the number of positive Covid-19 cases in Pacific communities.

Pasifika people now make up about half of the cases in the Omicron outbreak. And… Audio

Thousands of people are still without vaccine passes, waiting for their overseas jabs to be added to New Zealand register.

When the Ministry of Health was swamped in the weeks leading up to the… Audio

New Zealanders' 'tickets to summer' have been released and they're flying off the digital shelves. The Ministry of Health had processed more than 100,000 vaccination certificates - or 'My Vaccine… Audio

Daily new Covid-19 case numbers are rising in Auckland. The Ministry of Health's worst case scenario could see a peak of 5300 Delta cases a week next year. And that is just in Auckland and the… Video, Audio

How will our hospitals cope with an increase in patients with Covid-19? And how quickly could they become overwhelmed? One hundred extra ICU or high dependency units have been added in the past year… Audio

Importers of medicinal cannabis products say they've been left in the ridiculous position of having to destroy perfectly good stock, while patients needing their usual medicine will - from today -… Audio

Nearly 100 port workers are in isolation awaiting a Covid-19 test, because another ship has been hit by the virus.

This time it is off the coast of Tauranga with 11 of its 21 crew having tested… Audio

How did our media react when a Covid case imported via the trans-Tasman travel bubble compromised this country’s long run without cases in the community? Audio

Joining the Weekend Panel this morning is Heather Roy and Al Gillespie. Among other issues, they'll be discussing trans-Tasman relationships, New Zealand's future in the Five Eyes network, and the… Audio

On the Weekend Panel this morning are the media commentator Josie Pagani and the former leader of United Future, Peter Dunne. They discuss the worth of daylight saving, homelessness in New Zealand… Audio

In New Zealand, hearing loss is already an issue affecting almost one in six Kiwis, and a sense of stigma can delay people from getting help. Clinical audiologist Karen Pullar joins the show to… Audio

A family court judge has ordered a four-year-old be vaccinated against her father's wishes.

The little girl has three guardians. Oranga Tamariki and her mother agreed to her being immunised in line… Video, Audio

Technical problems and not enough people to answer the phone led to some long waits to get through to Healthline, a Ministry of Health review has found.

On Thursday Lisa-Marie told Checkpoint she was… Video, Audio

As the Covid year got longer, we heard about Long Covid, and the people who get through the illness phase okay, but for whom health issues still linger. Entrepreneur Jenene Crossan was one of those… Audio

News of an effective and ready Covid-19 remedy made headlines this week with researchers here playing a big role.  Meanwhile media outlets in Australia - and one here - have backed a drug for headlice… Video, Audio

Journalists are facing a backlash for asking tough questions of Dr Ashley Bloomfield. Are they being too harsh, or is the director general of health’s popularity prompting efforts to shield him from… Audio