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An Ōpōtiki woman who had an emergency caesarean section at Whakatāne Hospital says she fears for others, now the service is ...

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has wrapped up a record-breaking year, responding to 568 emergency missions in 2024 – almost ...

Two-thirds of Māori births in the Bay of Plenty are “high risk”, prompting concern from local iwi about Whakatāne Hospital ...

At midday on Saturday there's a protest in Whakatane to demand action over the closure of the hospital's obstetrics unit. Now ...

A Rotorua doctor says proposed Health New Zealand cuts are “deeply disappointing” and has warned access to palliative care in ...

The Aerocool Rescue Helicopter has concluded another successful year, carrying out a total of 568 missions in 2024. That’s almost a 10% increase on the number of missions performed in 2023.

Any patient requiring intervention – such as an emergency caesarean – would have to go to Tauranga Hospital. A dedicated ambulance was available for these transfers. Health NZ has acknowledged ...

New Health Minister Hon Simeon Brown visited The Doctors Welcome Bay, Tara Road Medical Centre, and Tauranga Accident and HealthCare yesterday as part of his first engagement in the region since ...

Midwives in Whakatāne and its surrounding areas are stepping forward to ensure that the whānau in their community continue to receive the right maternity care, in the right place, at the right time.