Stories by Stephen Forbes

The annual event which was scheduled for 25 September has now been postponed until 6 November due to the alert level 4 lockdown.

A nurses' union says it should have been notified sooner about a positive Covid-19 case at a south Auckland hospital.

At least 24 staff at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department have been stood down from duties because of potential exposure to Covid-19, a healthcare worker at the department claims.

The teams working on two of Auckland's biggest infrastructure projects have had to adapt to some major challenges as a result of the latest alert level 4 lockdown.

Auckland's district health boards (DHBs) are trying to contain the effect of the latest Covid-19 alert level 4 lockdown, having cancelled a large number of non-acute operations and procedures since…

Auckland councillor Desley Simpson says modelling by the council shows a 14-day alert level 4 lockdown due to Covid-19 would cost the supercity's economy $1.4 billion.

Medsafe's approval of a new drug for type 2 diabetes could dramatically change the lives of thousands of people, including many in South Auckland registered as having diabetes, according to Diabetes…

Rough sleepers and beggars are causing problems for at least two South Auckland business associations.

The Ministry of Health has launched a new working group to tackle the spread of sexually transmitted and blood-borne viruses and diseases, including syphilis, HIV and hepatitis C.

As Auckland Council looks at its urban development guidelines, an Auckland councillor says the supercity needs to stop allowing wealthier suburbs to hang on to low-density zonings and heritage…

International demand for skilled workers is adding to the pressures faced by two of the country's biggest infrastructure projects.

Community backlash has prompted the Counties Manukau District Health Board to review its decision not to fund an after-hours emergency clinic.

Ratepayer money looks set to settle an expensive legal fight between Auckland Council and former Māori Party co-leader John Tamihere.

If Auckland pulls out of the Government's Three Waters reforms it could threaten the whole process, according to National Party local government spokesman Christopher Luxon.

Health Minister Andrew Little is refusing to take up a nurse's challenge to spend 10 hours or more in Middlemore Hospital's emergency department to see the pressure frontline health workers are under.

A new $145 million Watercare water treatment plant in Tuakau will from tomorrow provide Auckland with up to 50 million litres of water a day from the Waikato River.

The new $69m Puhinui Station Interchange has been a challenge for project leaders, battling Covid-19 lockdowns and international supply chain issues to get it completed for this month's unveiling.

Poverty, deprivation and poor access to healthcare are driving premature deaths in south Auckland, experts say.

A surge in viral winter illnesses is creating havoc in Auckland emergency departments - with concerns on the frontline things will only get worse.

Shirley Corles-Davis is still angry at being asked by a property developer if she wanted to sell her house just 24 hours after it was damaged in the Papatoetoe tornado.

Ratepayers could be landed with the bill to plug a $1 billion funding hole for a massive South Auckland development.

The AT-led project is expected to officially open on 26 July and will allow people to transfer between services at the joint bus and train station.

Auckland Deputy Mayor Bill Cashmore says the city is locked in negotiations with Waka Kotahi over a $364 million funding shortfall for the supercity's transport services and infrastructure.

Pharmac's decision to fund only limited access for two new drugs to treat Type-2 diabetes could see up to 140,000 people miss out, a doctor says.

South Auckland's Middlemore Hospital was the worst affected with numbers increasing from just 13 patients seven years ago, to 367 in 2019/2020.