The Wellington Hospital gynaecology ward that is losing beds to its Emergency Department in a trial, was already short-staffed more than a quarter of all shifts, figures obtained by NZNO show.

Wellington women are the latest to feel the brunt of health cost-cutting with the loss of cancer services and maternity beds. “First, they tried to cancel toast and milo for new mums on maternity ...

Last year, Hato Hone St John’s more than 5,000 paid and volunteer ambulance personnel responded to more than 450,000 incidents nationwide and Wellington Free Ambulance’s over 200 paramedics and first ...

Winter began on a mild and soggy note across much of New Zealand, according to Earth Sciences New Zealand's (formerly NIWA) ...

As part of a global tribute, Hato Hone St John (HHStJ) and Wellington Free Ambulance (WFA) will unite on 8 July to celebrate International Paramedics Day for the third year running. Created in ...

All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson has named four new caps for the rugby test against France in Dunedin on Saturday.

Commuting to Concordia research station in Antarctica takes days—it’s more remote than the International Space Station.

A person has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after an incident in Southbridge, south of Christchurch, on Wednesday evening.

It was dark, loud and wet. You could be blown up, run over, or drowned. Or you could succumb to drunken misadventure. Some ...