Rowan Quinn

Fake rubber arms, dozens of needles and syringes and some deep breaths have been part of the training for a brand new batch Covid-19 vaccinators.

They are members of a whole new immunisation… Video, Audio

A consent botch up has delayed work on a desperately needed upgrade to Middlemore Hospital's babies' unit - just as the winter rush hits.

Work was underway for a month with no building consent before… Audio

There are more than 20 babies in Wellington hospital's children's ward, many on oxygen, as the spread of the potentially deadly RSV virus escalates.

There is a warning the flu-like disease has yet to… Audio

Sick babies are being cared for in a playroom at Middlemore Hospital because it has run out of space in the regular wards.

Bed numbers have been slashed for both babies and older children because… Audio

Critical Covid-19 test results are due out today after thousands of Wellingtonians rushed to get swabbed for the virus.

People in bars, restaurants and at Te Papa at the same time as the Sydney man… Audio

Health officials are looking into an indeterminate Covid-19 test result in Stewart Island. Given the relative isolation, they believe it's probably not a case, but as a precaution, a local childcare… Audio

It's been 107 days since there was Covid-19 in the community - four days longer than the country's previous record.

But as the virus takes off in other countries once held up as shining lights of… Audio

Nurses and district health boards say they'll make plans today to resume negotiations after strikes and rallies all over the country.

Nurses walked off the job for eight hours, instead venting their… Audio

Nurses have taken to the streets around the country demanding more pay and a safer place to work.

They say they were gutted by the government's call to freeze the pay of most public service workers… Video, Audio

Nurses have gone on strike, and are protesting against what they say are low pay offers that do not address major issues for the sector. Max Towle speaks to RNZ's reporters in Auckland, Hamilton… Audio

Exhausted doctors and nurses are in the dark about when they will get back to life as normal at Waikato DHB Its been more than two weeks since a cyber attack crippled most of the technology used… Audio

Nurses are considering a late pay offer from District Health Boards making a last minute attempt to avoid a massive nationwide strike.

Around 30,000 members of the Nurses Organisation are planning to… Audio

Campaigners say people with rare illnesses have been put on the "losers list" and left to die because Pharmac hasn't been funded enough.

The government has boosted spending for its drug buying agency… Audio

The Covid-19 vaccine rollout has hit a major hurdle in Canterbury - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July - months behind schedule.

Under the government's plan almost… Audio

Older Cantabrians are ready and keen to get the Covid-19 vaccination.

But the rollout has hit a major hurdle in the region - there is not enough vaccine to start injecting the over 65s until July -… Audio

An Auckland vaccination centre says it may have to cut the number of days it operates unless it gets more vaccinators.

Each nurse at the Otara site is delivering about 100 injections a day and it… Audio

More details are emerging of people in small towns getting Covid-19 vaccinations more quickly than originally planned under the government's priorities list.

Whanganui DHB says it plans to offer jabs… Audio

Health workers at the frontline of fighting terrible rates of cervical cancer among Māori say a new, easier test, will save lives but isn't a one-stop fix.

The government will introduce a type of… Audio

Doctors are being inundated by over 65s who thought they could get their vaccine from this week - but can't.

The government's roll out plan says over 65s who don't fall into earlier high risk groups… Audio

Antivaxxers are being warned not to sabotage the hard work of westies as Auckland's latest mass vaccination clinic opens.

Te Whānau o Waipareira is running the new clinic, in Henderson, for the… Audio