Stories by Stephen Forbes

Health NZ says Middlemore Hospital's under-pressure emergency department is continuing to adapt after a patient's death last month and a surge in patient numbers due to winter illnesses.

The former chairman of the now defunct Counties Manukau DHB says Health NZ is now responsible for dealing with an investigation into a patient's death at Middlemore Hospital last month.

Manukau Urban Māori Authority is welcoming the government's health reforms as an important first step to improving Māori and Pasifika health in south Auckland.

National Party health spokesman Dr Shane Reti says Counties Manukau DHB should release its preliminary findings into a patient's death at Middlemore Hospital this month.

Counties Manukau Health has started a review of a free GP visits scheme in South Auckland after a two-week trial designed to ease pressure on Middlemore Hospital's emergency department.

The flu season could last until the end of August in a worst case scenario, according to Counties Manukau District Health Board.

The public should still have confidence in Middlemore Hospital's emergency department, despite a continuing investigation into a patient's death at the hospital, Counties Manukau DHB says.

Auckland Council is waiting for the government to sign off on plans to reallocate $874 million originally earmarked for the Mill Rd project and Drury as part of the NZ Upgrade Programme.

The government needs to show up with a plan for replacing an earthquake-prone building at Middlemore Hospital, National's Shane Reti says.

The Manukau Urban Māori Authority (MUMA) is seeking to ramp up a scheme to get South Auckland families out of their gas guzzlers and into hybrid vehicles.

Auckland Council will appeal a decision giving three of New Zealand's biggest developers the green light to rezone 330 hectares of land in Drury.

Market gardeners in rural South Auckland say the growing loss of land in the area to developers is impacting on where they can grow crops, as urban sprawl continues to eat up the city's most…

A new $16.4m roundabout in rural South Auckland is being hailed by local residents who have raised concerns about a dangerous stretch of road between Pukekohe and Drury for years.

Vegetable growers in Auckland's rural south say drought conditions are playing havoc with their day-to-day operations and will only add to increased prices for consumers.

An Auckland councillor says any plans to introduce congestion charging in Auckland will unfairly affect people in lower-socioeconomic areas like South Auckland.

Three of New Zealand's biggest developers were last week given the green light to rezone 330 hectares of land in Drury, which would turn the small, semi-rural town south of Auckland, into a new…

There are calls for a new hospital in South Auckland as its existing facility, Middlemore, gets set to celebrate 75 years.

National MP and transport spokesperson Simeon Brown says proposed safety upgrades to Auckland's Mill Rd announced last year are going nowhere and the government needs to deliver on its promises.

There's no quick fix for a massive backlog of operations and appointments cancelled or postponed due to Omicron, Counties Manukau DHB says.

A new round of budget cuts are on the cards as Auckland Council grapples with a $900 million fall in revenue due to Covid-19 and a blow out in transport costs.

Violence against hospital workers is a widespread problem, but there has been little effort to address it, a nurses' union says.

A leading epidemiologist says we have no idea how many community cases of Covid-19 there are in New Zealand because so many people aren't recording their rapid antigen test results.

Key privacy issues were at stake over a legal battle with Whānau Ora over data on unvaccinated Māori, the ministry says.

Counties Manukau District Health Board says South Auckland healthcare providers appear to be caught in a "seemingly impossible catch-up phase" as they try to tackle declining child vaccination rates.

Auckland Council will start formal consultation with iwi and urban Māori from next month on the creation of Māori seats in time for the 2025 election.