Waikato

Poverty targets are mostly on track nationally and for Pākehā children but, if they are to be met for Māori, Pacific and disabled children, much more focused efforts will be needed, says children’s commissioner Frances Eivers

The Health Ministry has made a $45 million-a-year data deal to help protect hospitals from cyber attacks

Five per cent of Waikato DHB’s workstations were running out-of-date software susceptible to viruses and malware shortly before a cyberattack paralysed services at its five hospitals in May

Many health workers may be asked to forgo holidays over Christmas–New Year if Waikato’s COVID-19 outbreak tracks according to a model presented by Midland region DHBs 

Primary health network Pinnacle is going a step further than the Ministry of Health in publicising communities’ COVID-19 vaccination status 

Working with high-energy entrepreneurs has reignited John Macaskill-Smith’s mojo for the New Zealand health system, after a period of burnout.

Working with high-energy entrepreneurs has reignited John Macaskill-Smith’s mojo for the New Zealand health system, after a period of burnout.

Auckland should remain in alert level 4 and Waikato should also go into lockdown after three new cases were identified in the region, the National Māori Pandemic Group says

There’s a sense of familiarity that comes with the lockdown this time around, says Waimate GP Sarah Creegan.

General practice in the Coromandel Peninsula have been working hard to continue swabbing and delivering the COVID-19 vaccine throughout the latest lockdown