Latest News

• NZNO nurses’ strike: Tuesday 3 December, 11am-7pm  

  19/11/2024
  Nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants (HCAs) who belong to the New Zealand Nurses Organisation (NZNO) union are planning to strike on Tuesday 3 December, from 11am to 7pm.

• Hato Hone St John looking for more volunteers in Rotorua Hospital ED

  11/11/2024
  Rotorua Hospital needs more volunteers to join Friends of the Emergency Department (FEDS) to support patients in the Emergency Department.
  
  
  
  

• New state of the art CT scanner for Lakes

  27/05/2024
  State of the art CT scanner will be much faster, allowing more patients to be scanned, and produce high quality images.

• Friday Positivity

  10/05/2024
  The Friday Positivity newsletter features positive news from across our district.
  

• Celebrating Nurses @Lakes-Celeena Sunil

  09/05/2024
  International Nurses’ Day and Rotorua Hospital nurse Celeena Sunil share a birthday – they both turn 50 this year.

• Celebrating Nurses @ Lakes-Adelle Fleming

  09/05/2024
  Introducing Taupō community mental health nurse Adelle Fleming

• Celebrating Nurses @ Lakes-Jacqui Guyton

  09/05/2024
  Critical Care Nurse Jacqui Guyton has been nursing for 30 years and still loves it.

• Lakes seeks interim medical service manager

  05/02/2024
  Te 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

  24/01/2024
  The  refurbished Perinatal Unit at Rotorua Hospital has begun welcoming mothers after a complete refurbishment.

• Cultural relationships at forefront of new nurses welcome

  23/01/2024
  This year’s cohort of graduate nurses have been welcomed into Te Whatu Ora Lakes.

• Welcome to new Waiariki Mana Ake staff

  18/01/2024
  The 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

  04/12/2023
  Bay of Plenty construction company McMillan & Lockwood to build mental health inpatient unit

• Taupō Hospital leads the way with neonatal care

  22/11/2023
  Rural 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

  22/11/2023
  A karakia before surgical procedures has been launched to provide comfort to patients and their whānau.

• Hospital boss receives Public Service Medal

  08/11/2023
  Alan Wilson, who heads hospital and specialist services for Rotorua and Taupō, awarded top public service award.