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EPISODE · Jul 23, 2026 · 7 MIN

Two part failures to blame for IT outage at Waikato Hospitals

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Two part failures are to blame for a wide spread IT outage at multiple Waikato Hospitals. It left several hospitals offline for almost 12 hours, meaning they couldn't access the data centre, patient information and test results. Te Whatu Ora, Health NZ chief information technology officer Darren Douglass spoke to Lisa Owen.

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