Minister Watts praised Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton, councillors, and council staff for their leadership, vision, and swift ...

The Health New Zealand Board will take over from the current Commissioner and Deputy Commissioners, who were appointed last ...

New Zealand already has one of the worst occupational health and safety records, per head of population, among OECD nations.

The New Zealand government has announced a series of reforms aimed at ensuring the country's work health and safety legislation is fit-for-purpose for businesses. Workplace Relations and Safety ...

IHC New Zealand says specific, targeted health policies are necessary to bridge the life expectancy gap between people with intellectual disability and the rest of New Zealand.

When New Zealand's new government announced it was scrapping the country's world-leading tobacco laws, it came as a particularly hard blow to Māori people. With the Indigenous community having ...

Like other countries, New Zealand had already had anti-smoking measures in place for years: excise increases on cigarettes, a Quitline phone service, and mass media campaigns carrying health warnings.

Multiple problems in the health sector are worsening while the Government’s flagship reforms grind into gear, sector leaders say. The $11 billion overhaul of ...

New Zealand’s health system has been plagued by short-term thinking for decades. The latest reforms need to address key issues if the government wants to future proof our key health services.

Although the new system - Health New Zealand - will mean Chandler's role will end,he said the health reform "paves the way" to rethink how healthcare is designed to meet the community's needs.

Life on social welfare can feel ‘soul destroying’. The May 20 Budget could start to fix that — but an unemployment insurance scheme isn’t the right solution.

New Zealand’s government has agreed to reform the country’s gun laws in the wake of last Friday’s massacre at two mosques, in which 50 people were killed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ...