Health & Wellbeing

Taupō people will now be able to donate plasma as well as blood with the introduction of NZ Blood Service’s first mobile plasma bus.

When Debra Gretton started nursing 50 years ago, 65 was considered too old to go into the Intensive Care Unit and smoking in the wards was perfectly acceptable.

People are being warned to prepare well if they intend to drift down the Waikato River in Taupō this summer.

Four members of Cherie O’Carroll’s family will be competing in the Special Olympics this week, but she can’t make it this time.

A global trout-fishing movement for those undergoing treatment or living with cancer is providing relief for Kiwi men.

It only takes two hours a week to make a big difference in someone’s life, but a local mentoring initiative is struggling to find male role models to make it happen.

Superpowers are not cheap but the crew of Greenlea Rescue Helicopter really want to see in the dark.

A service on Sunday for 19-year-old Jed Walker who died last month from what his family believe was a seizure will be an opportunity to remember his life and the many things he was involved in.

Troy Taylor is tackling mental health one angler at a time.

A husband and wife team is about to open the doors to a new medical centre in Taupō.

Age has proved no barrier to learning for 76-year-old Tūrangi woman Cathy Le Vaillant.  

supporting the Lake Taupō Cycle Challenge as a volunteer group has become something meaningful for Te Hapori Ora, says Brendon (Hākuwai) Eriksen-Downs, chief executive of Te Hapori Ora - The Village of Wellbeing.

Grownups shouldn’t stop learning and that’s what the Festival of Adult Learning Ahurei Ākonga is all about.

Nurses are on strikes on September 2 and 4, from 7am-11pm. Taupō Hospital registered nurse Jo-Anne Gibb explains why.

A Taupō teenager is designing an app that will help those in wheelchairs and mobility scooters to identify the best and worst aspects of accessibility in the towns they live in.

Health insurance in New Zealand is designed to complement the public system, not replace it

A boil water notice for Mapara has now been lifted and the Taupō District Council has confirmed there is no E.coli present.

Taupō residents have vowed to fight to improve the town's hospital, which has faced dire workforce shortages.

A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato as part of the Government’s plan to build a stronger health workforce, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Universities Minister Dr Shane Reti say.

Dr Muhammad Awais, who is originally from Pakistan, and Dr Marjolein Peters from the Netherlands have recently moved to Taupō to take up their new roles.

Contingency measures drawn up by concerned Taupō Hospital clinicians include plans to move patients to Rotorua Hospital if staff shortages forced Taupō's clinic to close.

The old Ebbet car yard on the corner of Ruapehu and Paoroa Hapi Street came alive on Monday this week as a house-building fundraiser got underway for Lake Taupō Hospice.

Lying trapped and alone under his tractor Mangakino farmer Peter (Rupert) Pembroke thought ‘maybe this is it”.

Taupō Hospital patients are tuning into the outside world thanks to the donation of 16 new televisions.

Timaru District Council's Seadown water supply has been crowned the best tasting tap water in New Zealand in the 2025 IXOM National Water Taste Test competition.

Taupō, Tūrangi and Mangakino are in line for better access to emergency and after-hours medical care, says Taupō MP Louise Upston.

The Greenlea Rescue Helicopter carried out 30 life-saving missions across the Central Plateau and Lakes region in April.

Hundreds turned out to the Greenlea Rescue Helicopter open day at its base at Taupō Airport on Sunday to see the new H145 helicopter, take part in activities and chat with representatives from emergency services on site.

The clinical lead at Taupō Hospital is heading home to the US but has provided an insight into the issues facing the medical sector in New Zealand.

A letter from Hospice to the Taupō community.