Latest News
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Lakes seeks interim medical service manager
05/02/2024Te Whatu Ora Lakes bids farewell to Service Manager Medicine Services Jo-Anne Deane who will take up a new position, Regional Manager Ageing Well – Te Whatu Ora Commissioning. -
Refurbished Perinatal Unit opens for mums
24/01/2024The refurbished Perinatal Unit at Rotorua Hospital has begun welcoming mothers after a complete refurbishment. -
Cultural relationships at forefront of new nurses welcome
23/01/2024This year’s cohort of graduate nurses have been welcomed into Te Whatu Ora Lakes. -
Welcome to new Waiariki Mana Ake staff
18/01/2024The Mana Ake service supports low to moderate level mental health and wellbeing needs of children in kura, schools and their associated communities. -
Bay of Plenty construction company to build replacement mental health facility at Rotorua Hospital
04/12/2023Bay of Plenty construction company McMillan & Lockwood to build mental health inpatient unit -
Taupō Hospital leads the way with neonatal care
22/11/2023Rural babies born struggling to breathe have a better chance of survival if a certain piece of kit is used, a Taupō Hospital study has found. -
Karakia launched for all surgical patients
22/11/2023A karakia before surgical procedures has been launched to provide comfort to patients and their whānau. -
Hospital boss receives Public Service Medal
08/11/2023Alan Wilson, who heads hospital and specialist services for Rotorua and Taupō, awarded top public service award. -
Refurbished Birthing Unit opens at Rotorua Hospital
01/11/2023Mothers and newborn babies in the Lakes district will now enjoy completely refurbished facilities with the opening of the upgraded Birthing Unit at Rotorua Hospital. -
Taupō Hospital outpatients extension opened
04/09/2023Eight new clinic rooms have been officially opened at Taupō Hospital, extending the number of outpatients’ appointments the hospital can now offer by almost double. -
Mac the real life Hairy Maclary
22/08/2023He’s a real-life Hairy Maclary but. unlike his fictional lookalike, Mac hangs out at the Rotorua Children’s Health Hub and his friends are clinicians. -
Research award for Rotorua sonographer
22/06/2023When cardiac sonographer Stacey Neilson swapped the North Shore for Rotorua she realised she was now seeing more cancer patients for scans.
She's won an award for the research that followed. -
Living life to the fullest with Multiple Sclerosis
30/05/2023Taupō man Russell Watts tells his story of living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) -
Greener choices save money for Rotorua and Taupō hospitals
21/04/2023A change in lightbulbs has already contributed to an annual saving of around $60,000 at Rotorua Hospital and there are plenty more to switch over. -
British tourist thanks Rotorua Hospital for saving life
08/03/2023Holly Lee was a "textbook" example of pulmonary embolism when she was brought into the Rotorua Hospital emergency department.