Rowan Quinn

More New Zealanders say they're experience psychological distress - but smoking and dangerous drinking is declining, in the lastest snapshot of the country's health.

The Ministry of Health has just… Audio

An Auckland Jewish community centre's fence was vandalised overnight, including an attempt to set it on fire. Pro Palestinian graffiti was also sprayed on the fence of the Beth Shalom centre in Epsom… Audio

A New Zealand-founded company that's started a worldwide push for a shorter working week has been named one of Time Magazines 100 most influential companies.

4 Day Week Global hits the list alongside… Audio

A mental health nurse who was knocked out and dragged by her hair at work says the police have not taken the assault seriously. Her union says that's not uncommon, with many mental health nurses being… Audio

Health workers all over the country - and lots of their patients - have their fingers crossed for a big budget boost. Massive staffing shortages are contributing to huge waits for care - whether it's… Audio

One of the women diagnosed with cancer after breast screening failures in Wellington says they were all harmed, no matter what a review says. Thousands of women were late for their screening from 2017… Audio

Pike River Mine advocate and father Bernie Monk says the news that human remains have likely been found at Pike River is upsetting, but it strengthens his resolve for justice.

It's been more than 12… Video, Audio

Auckland's mayor is awaiting further advice on declaring a State of Emergency.

Wayne Brown said Aucklanders should be on high alert as widespread flooding and torrential rain moves through the… Audio

Doctors say they'll still be slogging it out this winter, with a new government plan likely to make very little difference to overcrowding and huge waits. Health Minister Ayesha Verrall has laid out… Audio

Middlemore Hospital is promising it will be much harder for anyone to fake their way into a medical role, after a bogus doctor saw 80 patients.

31 year-old Yuvaraj Krishnan is starting a prison… Audio

A man who pretended to be a doctor at Middlemore Hospital has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail.

30-year-old Yuvaraj Krishnan pleaded guilty to a series of fraud charges. He faked a… Video, Audio

More than 5000 New Zealand nurses are registered to work in Australia. What's so good about life on the other side of the Tasman? Audio

A group of life-time pass-holders is hoping to crowd-fund millions of dollars to keep Mt Ruapehu's two skifields - Whakapapa and Turoa - in public hands.

Its current operator, Ruapehu Alpine Lifts… Audio

Ten years after the deadliest garment factory disaster, advocates say little has changed for workers.

On this day in 2013 the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed killing more than a thousand… Video, Audio

The Red Cross is defending a slow trickle of funds from its coffers reaching those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle and the flooding.

New Zealanders have donated more than 22 million dollars to the Red… Audio