Health New Zealand
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- Measles cases in New Zealand 2025Quiet since 23 Dec 2025
- Northland measles outbreak 2025Quiet since 13 Oct 2025
- Nurses' strikes and pay dispute 2025Quiet since 17 Sep 2025
- Wellington cryptosporidiosis outbreak and poolsQuiet since 24 Mar 2025
- Elective surgery outsourcing to private hospitalsQuiet since 24 Jul 2025
- New Dunedin Hospital plansQuiet since 1 Feb 2025
- Health NZ restructuring and job cutsQuiet since 31 Mar 2025
- Health sector resignations and reviewQuiet since 19 Feb 2025
- Child mistaken for adult mental health patientQuiet since 26 Mar 2025
- University of Canterbury food poisoning outbreakQuiet since 14 Nov 2024
- Middlemore Hospital staff assaultQuiet since 11 Jan 2025
- Wellington Hospital maternity bed trialQuiet since 8 Jul 2025
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October 2026
- Cyber attack causes delays to coronial investigations
- National releases 100-day plan for potential second term
+2 - Child Cancer Foundation calls for staffing plan at Starship Hospital
- Invercargill councillors lean towards maintaining current pokie machine caps
- Starship children's cancer treatments delayed due to nursing shortages
+3 - HDC finds care failures after four-year-old dies of sepsis
- Measles case confirmed in Wellington linked to overseas travel
- Gardeners warned of Legionnaires’ disease risk after 135 hospitalisations
- Doctors fail to stop Auckland Hospital bullying investigation
- Review launched into OmniHealth services following staff resignations
September 2026
- Dannevirke Community Hospital pauses new patient admissions
- Agencies ordered to improve security after major health data breach
- Thousands treated in Christchurch Hospital emergency department corridors
- Whanganui Hospital emergency department reaches 253% capacity during winter surge
- Patient found dead in Waikato Hospital toilet
- Rosmini College student tests positive for meningococcal disease
August 2026
- Patients facing vision loss due to ophthalmology appointment delays
- Over 1200 Auckland home support jobs at risk after Health NZ decision
- New Dunedin Hospital outpatient building officially opens
- Scarlet fever case confirmed at Wellington primary school
- Health NZ used strict hiring controls to meet budget goals
- National promises to complete Christchurch Hospital tower if re-elected
July 2026
December 2025
- Health NZ conditionally approves new doctor-run primary health organisation
- Three new measles cases reported in Auckland and Wellington
- New measles case and two exposure sites identified in Auckland
- Gastroenteritis outbreak affects staff at Canterbury school
- Heat alerts issued as North Island temperatures soar
- Health NZ identifies 11 new measles locations of interest
- Two new measles cases confirmed in Auckland and Queenstown
- Auckland doctor links crowded housing to measles spread+1
- Five new measles cases confirmed across New Zealand
November 2025
- New measles case in Wellington brings national total to 22
- Health NZ criticised over stillbirth care at Waitākere Hospital
- New domestic measles case linked to Auckland Airport
- Antibiotic-resistant superbug outbreaks identified at Christchurch Hospital
- New measles case linked to Wellington College student
- Drug Foundation supports government action plan to combat methamphetamine harm
- Over 10,000 MMR vaccinations administered during National Immunisation Week
- Health NZ warns measles outbreak risk remains very high
- Lifeline Aotearoa reduces hours due to funding shortfall+1
- Measles cases rise to 16 following new detections in Wellington
October 2025
- CCTV released following Whangārei Hospital car park fire
- Nurses and midwives vote for further strike action over staffing levels
- Auckland Grammar School students told to stay home after measles exposure
- Suspected suicide deaths increase while long-term rate falls+1
- Measles outbreak in New Zealand reaches 13 confirmed cases+1
- Women report issues with Estradot oestrogen patches+1
- Two measles cases at Wellington schools prompt isolation orders+1
- Two new measles cases confirmed in Taranaki and Wellington
- Cook Strait ferry passengers potentially exposed to measles+3
- Health NZ warns of rising measles risk after new cases+2
- Girl given Boostrix vaccination at school despite mother refusing consent
- Police assist ambulance with critically ill baby in Awakino Gorge+1
- Northland measles cases rise to 12 following two new infections
- Young man dies from peanut allergy at mental health facility
- Health NZ and Sir John Kirwan launch AI wellbeing chatbot+1
- Measles cases rise to 11 following new Northland infection
- Health NZ proposes cutting alcohol harm reduction staff and campaigns
- Nurses and midwives to join October public sector strike action
- Three new measles cases confirmed in Northland outbreak
- Over 11,500 allied health workers to strike on 23 October+2
September 2025
- Measles cases confirmed in Northland and Queenstown
- Woman charged with murder after fatal car attack in Bay of Plenty
- Woman seeks $350,000 in damages following stillbirth in Taranaki
- Four measles cases identified in Northland
- Measles case confirmed in Bay of Islands linked to overseas travel
- Health NZ to deliver 75,000 extra diagnostic tests under new plan
- Health New Zealand re-checking credentials of staff working with children
- Emergency doctor warns $20m funding boost could lead to cuts
- Thousands face long waits for hospital radiology scans
- Health NZ Southern failed cancer patient, commissioner finds
- Health NZ to expand hospital visiting hours to 24/7 nationwide+4
- Senior mental health nurse fails to win job back after dismissal
- Union rejects minister's call for binding arbitration in doctors' dispute
- Nurses and midwives strike for second day over pay and staffing
- Health NZ apologises to nurses' union over withheld staffing data
- Health NZ acted unlawfully in refusing to release staffing data
August 2025
- Police investigate alleged assaults on Tauranga Hospital staff
- Health Minister criticises nurses' union after Christchurch strike was cancelled
- Waikato mental health patients sleeping on floor mattresses due to bed shortage
- Sixteen businesses caught selling alcohol to minors in targeted stings
- Inquiry finds significant problems in Canterbury mental health services
- Wellington health system deficiencies delayed fatal cancer diagnosis
- Doctors warned as dengue fever cases surge in New Zealand
- Health NZ offers bonuses for senior doctors in short-staffed areas
- Police investigate critical injuries of three-month-old Masterton baby girl+2
- Man considered dangerous found after absconding from Christchurch mental health facility
July 2025
- Nurses go on nationwide strike for better pay and staffing
- Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants strike nationwide+4
- Dargaville Hospital loses its only full-time doctor
- Fewer than half of recent graduate nurses secure hospital roles+1
- Review identifies significant staffing and infrastructure issues at Nelson Hospital
- Woman charged after cannabis-laced cake shared at Hawke’s Bay Hospital
- Three new measles cases confirmed in Wairarapa and Manawatū+1
- Māori health workforce grows in Taranaki through homegrown initiative
- Section of Hutt Hospital classified as earthquake prone
- Loud bang heard across Wellington caused by hospital generator
- Police investigate cannabis cake brought to Hawke’s Bay Hospital lunch+1
- Official alcohol guidelines understate health risks, ministry documents reveal
- Nurses and health workers vote for 24-hour strike at end of July
- Woman arrested after alleged strangling incident at Waikato Hospital
- Doctors warn of rising violence and abuse in New Zealand hospitals+2
- Three measles cases confirmed in Wairarapa linked to overseas travel+1
- Waitākere district nurse finished shift after fracturing ankle at work
- Health NZ cancels trial to repurpose Wellington maternity beds+1
- Wellington Hospital staff oppose proposal to reallocate maternity beds
- Minister briefed on death of baby found in Auckland bin
- Construction resumes on new Dunedin Hospital inpatient building+2
- New 24/7 digital health service launched for New Zealanders
June 2025
- New rules for health officials dealing with alcohol industry lobbyists
- General practices to receive largest funding boost in New Zealand history
- Health NZ directed to give private hospitals 10-year outsourcing contracts
- Review launched into death of young man at Nelson respite facility
- Awanui Labs scraps plan to send Auckland blood tests to Wellington
- IT professionals face pressure in New Zealand job market
May 2025
- Extra funding announced for Taranaki Base Hospital rebuild
- Gisborne Hospital doctors strike over staffing shortages
- Outsourcing elective surgeries may limit future surgeon training+4
- Health New Zealand reveals bed cuts for new Dunedin Hospital
- Security increased at Christchurch Hospital birthing unit after midwife attack
- Seventy-eight people in quarantine following Auckland measles case+1
- Government funding cuts to remove kaiāwhina healthcare roles+1
- Minister's office withheld warnings regarding surgery outsourcing risks+2
- Health NZ to outsource elective surgeries to private hospitals
- New measles case confirmed in Auckland linked to ferry crew member
March 2025
- Health NZ prioritises reducing specialist wait times
- Health New Zealand halts restructuring in three areas+2
- Swimmer poisoned by toxic algae in Ashburton's Lake Hood+1
- Malicious actor downloads private Health NZ staff information+2
- Dr Corina Grey appointed as director of public health+2
- Child given antipsychotics after being mistaken for an adult
- Prime Minister criticises Health NZ over mistaken identity incident
- Police misidentify 11-year-old girl as adult mental health patient+2
- Cryptosporidiosis cases increase in Wellington following public pool visits
- Health New Zealand apologises to woman after medical mishaps
- Wellington stomach bug outbreak linked to Hutt City pools
- Government to expand Napier overnight urgent care service
- Cryptosporidiosis cases more than double in Wellington
- Wellington gastric illness outbreak linked to swimming pools
- Cancer patient lacked hot water at Auckland City Hospital ward
- Health warning issued after spike in legionnaires' disease cases+4
- Health Minister to reinstate Health NZ board
+5 - Health NZ apologises to survivor over ignored sculpture complaint
- Survey finds most health workers believe cuts are damaging services
February 2025
- Wellington law firm defends letter sent to gender affirming care providers
- Inquiry finds Health NZ left sensitive data unsecured
- New taskforce to review Health NZ performance
- Christchurch Hospital ED plea caused by high demand, not staffing shortages+4
- Three high-level health officials resign amid New Zealand health sector crisis
- Dr Diana Sarfati resigns as director-general of health
- Union criticises Health NZ plan to cut data and digital roles
- No arrests over assault on woman near Christchurch supermarket
- Margie Apa resigns as Health NZ chief executive+3
- Lab workers strike for pay parity with public hospital staff
January 2025
- Announcement expected regarding the future of the new Dunedin Hospital
- Union says decision on proposed Waikato medical school is delayed
- Infant death from whooping cough highlights healthcare system failures
- First fatality recorded during New Zealand whooping cough epidemic+1
- Security to increase at Middlemore Hospital emergency department
- Government accused of withholding information regarding new Dunedin hospital
- Uncertainty grows over future of new Dunedin Hospital as costs rise
- Man charged after alleged assault on Middlemore Hospital staff member
- Nurses reluctant to test for Covid-19 due to sick leave fears
- Health warning issued for Selwyn River due to faecal bacteria
November 2024
- Healthy Homes scheme improves health and schooling for thousands
- Proposed Health NZ restructure could result in significant job losses
- Up to 1500 Health NZ roles face potential cuts
- Government funds 50 new senior doctors and specialist health staff
- Chicken dish contamination caused mass illness at University of Canterbury
- Measles case confirmed on Waiheke Island following travel to Asia
- University of Canterbury investigates suspected food poisoning among students