Health NZ signs long term contracts with Private Hospitals

15 August 2026

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora is spending $300 million on its first long-term contracts with private hospitals to treat backlogs of orthopaedic patients waiting for surgeries in the public health system. Read more

Churchill Hospital delivering for Marlborough patients

8 August 2026

A Marl­bor­ough woman says it’s “so won­der­ful” to have a new knee after she was plucked from the pub­lic wait list for private sur­gery after seven months of wait­ing.

Kraisri Handy was one of 375 people on the pub­lic wait list who were booked into Blen­heim’s private Churchill Hospital by Health New Zea­l­and dur­ing the past year. Read more

Major expansion of Private Hospital facilities
26 June 2026

An expansion of new private hospitals, operating theatres and medical specialist buildings is running at an unprecedented pace. Read more

Medical costs higher than inflation, as pressure on public system grows

24 May 2026

People with health insurance are using it earlier and more often, as pressure on the public system grows and the cost of care increases. Read more

How to build a Hospital without blowing the budget
7 May 2026

Kaweka Health director Colin Hutchison on the lessons he’s learned from building a $120 million hospital in Hawke’s Bay. Read more

Westpac Healthcare Report
10 March 2026

Collaboration will be key to the future success of New Zealand’s health system. Read more

Why Private Hospitals are part of the future of healthcare
16 February 2026

Private surgical hospitals are essential partners in future healthcare planning. Read more

How private hospitals plan to cut backlogs
28 January 2026

NZPSHA CEO Chris Roberts speaks up for private hospitals in the healthcare debate. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

More Kiwis turning to Private Surgery​
27 December 2025

Health insurers say Kiwis are increasingly paying for common health procedures. Read more

Māori health and private hospitals​
31 October 2025

Published by NZ Doctor, a response by NZPSHA CEO Chris Roberts to a recently released report.​​ Read more

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. Read more

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% ​​Read more

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." Read more

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.​​ Read more

$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. ​​​​Read more