How private hospitals plan to cut backlogs
28 January 2026

NZPSHA CEO Chris Roberts speaks up for private hospitals in the healthcare debate.
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Mobile Health gets long term surgery contract
27 January 2026

Mobile Health has welcomed news of a three-year public surgery contract for its Mobile Surgical Unit.
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Hospital ‘bursting at the seams’ is stuck waiting for approval to expand
17 January 2026

Blenheim’s private hospital has been trying to expand for four years but is stuck waiting on approval from Health New Zealand.
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More Kiwis turning to Private Surgery​
27 December 2025

Health insurers say Kiwis are increasingly paying for common health procedures.
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Māori health and private hospitals​
31 October 2025

Published by NZ Doctor, a response by NZPSHA CEO Chris Roberts to a recently released report.​​
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Southern Cross Healthcare speaks to Radio NZ
23 October 2025

Reducing surgery wait times is a major focus for the government, and means surgeries are regularly being outsourced to the private system. Chris White is the CEO of Southern Cross Healthcare and spoke to Radio New Zealand's Morning Report programme.
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Report Card on Health NZ Elective Surgery
30 September 2025

The Minister of Health has released a Quarterly Report Card on the Elective Surgery Health Target. The target is 95% of patients waiting less than four months for elective surgery, and this is to be achieved by 2030. In the April-June 2025 quarter, the best performing region was Mid-Central at 81.4%.
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Thousands going private due to long colonoscopy waitlists
25 August 2025

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Surgeons get a helping hand from robots in NZ hospitals
11 August 2025

Robotic surgery is on the rise in New Zealand. Wakefield Hospital surgeon Rodd Studd said it had changed the game with "more precision" and "smaller cuts" in open surgery. "That leads to a faster recovery for patients, less pain, less bleeding."
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Hamilton's private Braemar Hospital performs 159 free surgeries in one year
8 July 2025

A private hospital has provided 159 free surgeries in one year to needy patients who may not have otherwise been eligible for the surgery in a public hospital.​​
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$100m Hospital extension opening in Hastings
5 July 2025

The final stage of Kaweka Hospital in Hastings opens on 14 July.

Envisaged by a group of clinicians who invested their own funds and attracted local investors, the $100 million project will provide healthcare to over 10,000 patients a year. ​​​​
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