NZ’s right-wing government is exploiting the crisis of unmet need, caused by decades of underfunding of public healthcare, to ...

The Children’s Commissioner describes the current situation as “untenable, inequitable and inadequate”, writes Anna ...

Our son died with the people who loved him best, comfortable and with the care he needed. Yet this happened in spite of, not ...

Nurturing Families, a prominent Auckland charity providing essential goods and support to vulnerable families, has issued an urgent appeal for community funding after experiencing an unexpected ...

The agency said it was advertising for a specialist doctor for dying children, but there were no ads online until after the shortage was revealed publicly.

Photo / 123rf A mother who lost a child previously to unexplained circumstances said she panicked as her new 4-month-old baby ...

New Zealand's only publicly-funded paediatric palliative care specialist is on extended leave until April. It's understood general paediatricians at Auckland's Starship Hospital are reluctant to fill ...

Marley Joseph was awarded the top GP prize at graduation but still needs at least two years on-the job training.

Starship hospital informed senior doctors in February ... Study: Dying kids missing out on ‘basic rights’ A recent Auckland ...