PSA health workers will strike for the second time in four weeks this Friday after mediation has failed, sending a clear message to the Government that they won't back down on issues such as chronic understaffing and under-resourcing.
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PSA
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- Health NZ taking up to 30 weeks to approve starting a recruitment process.
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PSA
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Most New Zealanders – 83% – believe patient safety is at risk because there are not enough nurses, new polling by Talbot Mills Research has found.
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New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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The Government's 10-year digital health plan risks failure unless it changes course on its cuts to the workforce and funding needed to deliver it, says the Public Service Association Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi.
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PSA
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Last week, after delays of more than a year, the Government announced there will be no new prescribing of puberty blockers as of 19 December pending further UK clinical trials.
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Women's Rights Party
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Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
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She couldn't blow out the candles on her 50th birthday cake.
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Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
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Specsavers New Zealand has today released a new limited‑edition range of frames, designed in collaboration with renowned Māori artist Kura Te Waru Rewiri in support of The Fred Hollows Foundation NZ.
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One Plus One
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The decision to ban new prescriptions for puberty blockers will hurt young people, the NZNO College of Child and Youth Nurses (CCYN) Tapuhitia Ngā Mokopuna Mō Apōpō says.
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New Zealand Nurses Organisation
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A year ago the Ministry of Health announced it was considering additional safety measures and further restriction of puberty blockers (GnRH) to treat conditions related to "gender distress" in children.
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Women's Rights Party
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Hāpai Te Hauora is devastated by the latest New Zealand Health Survey, which shows Māori smoking progress has stalled for the first time in more than ten years.
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Hapai Te Hauora
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Vaping is far from under control, with new figures showing a worrying rise in use among teens.
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Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
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Health Coalition Aotearoa says it is an "indictment on our nation" for New Zealand to fall from second in 2023 to 53rd in a global study released today assessing the interference of the tobacco industry.
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Health Coalition Aotearoa
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NZ Business Connect is proud to have Fit IQ as part of its network.
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Media PA
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The latest National Drugs in Wastewater Testing Programme results, released by New Zealand Police, reveal that while some illicit drug use has declined in the second quarter of 2025, the ongoing social and economic harm remains immense.
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digitalstream
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Tauranga — Shape Studio founder Jorgi Lee is leading a quiet revolution in New Zealand’s aesthetics industry — one grounded in science, respect for human physiology, and a belief that true beauty should work with the body, not against it.
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digitalstream
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Greenpeace welcomes a decision by New Zealand Food Safety to maintain maximum glyphosate residue levels on wheat, oats and barley at their current level of 0.1mg/kg, but now calls on NZFS to restart its glyphosate testing programme.
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Greenpeace Aotearoa
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Excellent health is now reserved for just a small minority of working age New Zealanders, as physical health falls and psychological distress climbs, according to new research.
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Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
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Spring is a beautiful time of year, but for many people, it also signals the start of allergy season.
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Media PA
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The Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is concerned by new research showing that household gas stoves may be contributing to thousands of childhood asthma cases every year.
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Asthma and Respiratory Foundation
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Who is Nic Russell? Nic Russell is one of those people whose life story is both harrowing and inspiring.
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EightySix Digital
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