A university admissions scheme aimed at building the Māori and Pacific medical workforce has found itself at the centre of a political debate.

Four senior physicians have criticised Simeon Brown’s handling of Medical Council appointments, while the Health Minister says the Government is putting patients ahead of ideology.

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Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care prioritises politics and ideology over decades of expert clinical guidance and patient safety evidence.

Oranga Tamariki apologises to the family of a teenager: “There were failings in how we cared for you”

Latest stats show 72 percent of Māori under-fives are vaccinated, compared to 82 percent for the whole population.

Thursday 16 October: From 2026, the Waipapa Taumata Rau (WTR) courses will no longer be a core requirement for a number of programmes.

“In this 50th anniversary year, the Tribunal and Te Tiriti are under a sustained attack from perhaps the most anti-Tiriti government that we’ve seen since the Tribunal was established.” — Carwyn Jones...

Academic Ritesh Shah wonders if universities staying neutral on human rights abuses in Gaza achieves the opposite of their desired preservation of academic independence.

It is hard to keep the mind sharp when the body is thin and dehydrated, but solidarity is teaching starving students their thoughts still matter

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“We defeated a well-funded, bad-faith attempt to turn our country against our founding agreement.” — Kassie Hartendorp.

Special report: Five years on from the first lockdown, Newsroom reads the entire 716-page Royal Commission into the Covid-19 response and examines the findings.

'This child has basically had to be taken to A&E ... quite upset and in a bit of pain'.

Health Minister Simeon Brown said the change would come from redirected funding of $36 million over four years.