News and media releases

  • Privacy Breach Public Notice

    Published Thursday 27 Mar 2025

    In October 2024, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Central region was subject to an IT security incident that resulted in a malicious actor gaining unauthorised access to some local organisational information.

  • Backpack chemo pumps transforming cancer care

    Published Friday 21 Mar 2025

    Taking cancer inpatients out of hospital with mobile chemotherapy pumps is a win-win for everybody. They give those patients more freedom to get out and about and free up beds for others needing them.

  • New state-of-the-art High Dependency Unit at Wellington Regional Hospital now open

    Published Thursday 20 Mar 2025

    The 12-bed unit, installed with the latest in critical care equipment, will be ready for patients by the end of March 2025.

  • Peer support service to help people at ED with mental distress

    Published Tuesday 4 Mar 2025

    Anyone arriving at Wellington Hospital’s Emergency Department with mental distress will soon be able to get help from people who have experienced their own mental health issues.

  • New wellness clinic in Lower Hutt

    Published Friday 28 Feb 2025

    Our Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disabilities Services (MHAIDS) team yesterday officially opened a new wellness clinic in Lower Hutt, joined by Mental Health Minister Hon Matt Doocey and Hutt South MP Chris Bishop.

  • A healthy heart gives new lease on life

    Published Thursday 27 Feb 2025

    February is Heart Health Awareness Month and we caught up with one of our patients who had life changing heart surgery here in Wellington.

  • New Procedure Suite takes pressure off operating theatres

    Published Thursday 16 Jan 2025

    The new suite at Hutt Hospital has been good news for the community, as it has enabled nearly three times as many procedures to be performed at the site since the suite opened in April 2023.

  • NZNO nurses’ strike action: December 2024

    Published Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

    The New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union has issued further strike notices for its nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants (HCAs) employed by Health NZ.

  • Hīkoi on Tues 19 Nov – allow extra time to get to hospital appointments

    Published Friday 15 Nov 2024

    There's been no change to scheduled appointments, but expect the hīkoi to cause congestion on the roads.

  • New x-ray machines first for Asia-Pacific

    Published Friday 8 Nov 2024

    We’re delighted to share the news on World Radiology Day, 8 November, that two new x-ray machines – the first of their kind in Asia-Pacific – were recently installed at Wellington and Kenepuru Hospitals.

Last updated 26 March 2020.