Stories by Stephen Forbes

Job cuts by the Auckland Sexual Health Service in 2017 are being blamed for its struggle to fight a syphilis outbreak in the city.

South Auckland was already hammered in this year's Emergency Budget and a projected $1 billion hit to its revenue is hard to take, a Manukau Ward councillor says.

Increasing numbers of professionals, working families and older people are being shut out of the Auckland housing market, a new report says.

With over 20,000 people on the national housing waiting list and an out of control housing market, the new government has to act, Monte Cecilia Housing Trust chief executive Bernie Smith says.

Auckland Council says it will oppose plans by developers Kiwi Property, Fulton Hogan and Oyster Capital to redevelop Drury unless they can reach an agreement by next year to fund a $1 billion…

Pharmac is expected to decide next week whether it will fund two new medicines to treat type 2 diabetes.

New Zealand needs to change how it fights the scourge of diabetes, which is costing the country millions every year to treat, a Middlemore Hospital specialist says.

Auckland Council has voted to keep its sinking lid policy for pokie machines in the region.

Auckland Council is expected to vote this week to maintain its sinking lid policy for pokie machines in the region.

A doctor who sees the impact of diabetes in South Auckland on a daily basis says the increasing numbers of people with the disease is staggering and he describes the Counties-Manukau area as New…

Auckland Council has been warned not to cut the staff needed to plan for the region's growth.

Private plan changes proposed for the redevelopment of Drury, in rural south Auckland, will ultimately be decided by the courts, Auckland Council chief of strategy Megan Tyler says.

A plan to build a regional state services hub in the heart of Manukau now appears to be one step closer.

Monte Cecilia Housing Trust chief executive Bernie Smith says south Auckland is at the epicentre of the country's poverty and housing crisis.

Auckland councillor Efeso Collins says money from council asset sales and redevelopment work in South Auckland should be ring-fenced and reinvested back into the area.

Construction projects could be developed over some council facilities in South Auckland, two agencies say.

Auckland Council will consider budget cutbacks that mean there will be no money for infrastructure upgrades at several South Auckland regional parks.

The NZ Nurses Organisation has criticised Middlemore Hospital's emergency department for its use of vouchers to get non-acute patients to go to private accident and emergency clinics.

Middlemore Hospital is giving non-urgent patients up to 500 free vouchers a month to encourage them to go to private accident and emergency clinics instead.

Counties Manukau DHB is looking nationally and internationally for qualified midwives amid a global shortage.

New figures released by Counties Manukau Health under the Official Information Act show its Mental Health and Addiction department has a staffing shortage of 121 positions.

Public submissions on three massive private plan changes which are expected to transform Drury over the next 30 years are now being accepted and will close on 22 October.

An organisation which supports Māori living in urban environments says it has been flat out trying to keep up with demand for food parcels during the latest lockdown.

Auckland Council development agency Panuku's ability to finance its work beyond 2025 is under threat unless a more stable source of funding is found, according to a review.