Health

Anyone consuming a trio of popular seasonal fruit and vegetables should do so in moderation, experts say.

Some women in the Indian community are turning to Ayurvedic postnatal care after childbirth.

New Zealand is on alert for measles after a case was identified in Auckland over the weekend. Audio

A potential labour mobility scheme with the Cook Islands could see Solomon Islands nurses and doctors employed in the New Zealand realm country.

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Cases of the flu in Niue and dengue in Tonga and Fiji are being monitored.

The country's health ministry is urging the public to "destroy mosquito breeding places" amid a nationwide surge in dengue fever cases.

Explainer - With the national flu immunisation programme starting on 1 April, there's still a little confusion about what may or may not be needed.

"There should not be these deaths occurring so young in these families; there must be a genetic driver," says Otago University researcher Dr Pritika Narayan. Audio

A Wellington-born Tongan researcher wants to see more Pasifika included in clinical studies in Aotearoa New Zealand.

The country's health ministry says that just over half of cases are from Vava'u.

Tongatapu has the most confirmed cases (33), with the rest from Vava'u (28) and 'Eua (12).

The government has proposed axing the only two jobs working on a national strategy for palliative care.

Research involving about 1000 participants by the University of Auckland has highlighted an urgent need to improve mental health services in the Pacific.

Fiji's minister for health and medical services has declared an HIV outbreak.

Thirty-eight per cent of all cases have had hospital care.

A whooping cough outbreak was declared in the country in November last year.

A new study has shown Pasifika living in Aotearoa have higher psychological distress rates compared to those living in their homelands.