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An urgent stop water notice risked further disruption to flood-stricken Tairāwhiti just as medical practices got back up and running in the wake of deadly Cyclone Gabrielle 

Power and internet blackouts have closed primary care centres and are hampering rescue efforts in Gisborne and Hawke’s Bay

A cultural safety training plan is set to be embedded in the curriculum of medical specialist training in New Zealand, in what is believed to be a world first

Pasifika Medical Association’s Debbie Sorensen tells Patrice Dougan about the organisation’s growth and its five-year contract to provide healthcare to Pacific Island nations

Medical centres and emergency response teams are preparing for the worst as Cyclone Gabrielle heads towards Coromandel 

A world-first cultural safety training plan for medical specialists was announced this morning 

The 15-minute GP appointment is a 20th-century relic, general practice professor Tony Dowell says, speaking about new research highlighting the need for a primary care funding overhaul

The 15-minute GP appointment is a 20th-century relic, general practice professor Tony Dowell says, speaking about new research highlighting the need for a primary care funding overhaul

A definition of “commissioning” has emerged as the health system reforms aim to move away from standard procurement of services

GPs and nurses warned to vaccinate against polio amid concerns at international outbreaks