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Police face a deepening crisis of trust
Source: Radio New Zealand POOL A week after a bombshell IPCA report raised allegations of high-level cover-ups and triggered accusations of corruption, the fallout continues to grow, with public trust...
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Sharing advisory group recommendations faster
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is trialling a new process to publish provisional outcomes from advisory committee meetings within 30 business days. Pharmac works closely with our Pharmacology and Therapeutics Committee (PTAC), specialist advisory...
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New Zealand’s National Statement at COP30
Source: New Zealand Government Mr President, colleagues. Tēnā koutou katoa. It is an honour to address you today on behalf of New Zealand. When the Paris Agreement was adopted ten...
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Welcoming Natalie McMurtry, Chief Executive of Pharmac
Source: PHARMAC In September Natalie McMurtry joined Pharmac as our new Chief Executive. We spoke with her about her background, what drew her to Pharmac, and what she hopes to...
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Valuing Life: New Zealand Medicines Access Summit 2025
Source: PHARMAC The Medicines Access Summit was a great opportunity to hear first-hand from patient advocates, suppliers, clinicians and others and make connections, says Pharmac Chief Executive, Natalie McMurtry. “I...
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First 90-Day Plan completed in the Reset Programme
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac’s Consumer and Patient Working Group, in collaboration with Pharmac staff, has successfully completed the first 90-day action plan of the 12-month Reset Programme. The Reset Programme is...
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Future of national medical device procurement
Source: PHARMAC In late September the Government announced changes to the procurement of hospital medical devices in New Zealand to reduce costs, duplication and confusion. Pharmac and Health NZ will...
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$604m budget boost: How your feedback shaped our decisions
Source: PHARMAC Pharmac is focussed on being a more outward-focused and transparent organisation; and one of the ways we are doing that is by improving how we share information. “We’ve...
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Samoa do it the hard way to qualify for 2027 Rugby World Cup
Source: Radio New Zealand Samoan rugby players lay down their challenge. RAUL ZAMORA/PHOTOSPORT / AFP Samoa have clinched a place at the 2027 Rugby World Cup after a dramatic finish...
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Weather: Auckland bearing the brunt of heavy rain
Source: Radio New Zealand Heavy rain warnings in the North Island as of 6am Wednesday. Supplied / MetService Central Auckland is bearing the brunt of the rain this morning, MetService...
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Health New Zealand says another 10,000 immunised against measles
Source: Radio New Zealand Health New Zealand has the target of 95 percent of two year olds being fully vaccinated. 123rf Health NZ says another 10,000 people have been immunised...
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At-risk yellowhead mohua returned to Matukituki Valley after long absence
Source: Radio New Zealand A mohua settling into its new home in the Matukituki Valley. RNZ/Katie Todd Fifty tiny, yellow songbirds have been released in a corner of Mount Aspiring...
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Graduating nursing students nervous about delays to job offers
Source: Radio New Zealand Advanced Choice of Employment hints at more nursing employment opportunities after the delay. Adobe Stock A nursing student says he’s “disappointed, but not surprised” by delays...
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All Blacks fail to make World Rugby Player of the Year list
Source: Radio New Zealand Ox Nche of South Africa Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz No All Blacks have been named among the finalists for World Rugby Player of the Year. Richie McCaw, Dan...
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What’s all the buzz about this retro keychain camera?
Source: Radio New Zealand A finger-sized camera with a resolution that wouldn’t hold a candle to your average smartphone is selling out at official stockists in New Zealand. The Chamera...
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15 years on, Pike River families still pushing for criminal charges
Source: Radio New Zealand Smoke coming out of the Pike River Mine. Credit: NZ Police Pike River families are still waiting to hear if police will lay criminal charges, as...
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Taumata Arowai intervention over Kaeo water supply was ‘about time’
Source: Radio New Zealand Anna Valentine has been one of those affected by Kāeo’s water drama. RNZ / Peter de Graaf A resident of a Far North town says it...
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Good vocational pathways ‘capped and trapped’ – tradie trainers
Source: Radio New Zealand Students in Years 9-10 should be able to enrol in a trades academy or similar programme to gain basic vocational skills, say experts. File photo. Supplied/...
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Jesse Ryder makes comeback for T20 Black Clash
Source: Radio New Zealand Jesse Ryder goes on the attack for the CD Stags in 2022. Photosport Following his departure from the international cricket scene, former Black Cap Jesse Ryder...
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30 with Guyon Espiner: Economist Gary Stevenson on why New Zealand should tax the rich
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand should be a rich country, but instead inequality is growing and the middle class are on the way out, British YouTuber, economist and trader...
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Christmas without food and presents? More families struggling, expected to go without
Source: Radio New Zealand An Auckland mother of three says it makes her sad to see her children accepting there could be no presents this Christmas. Anau Fangupo’s two teenagers...
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Prisoners design dozens of pairs of canvas shoes
Source: Radio New Zealand The art medium of “acrylic paint and glitter on canvas shoe” doesn’t easily fit with the hardened stereotype of a New Zealand prisoner. But that is...
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Former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura visited Jevon McSkimming after charges laid
Source: Radio New Zealand former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura. RNZ / REECE BAKER Two members of the police’s senior leadership team, including former Deputy Police Commissioner Tania Kura, visited...
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Calls for corporate manslaughter law 15 years after Pike River tragedy
Source: Radio New Zealand An explosion at the Pike River Mine killed 29 men in 2010.. Supplied / Pike River Recovery Agency Unions are calling on the government to support...
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New Zealand slumps again in climate-change league table
Source: Radio New Zealand New Zealand’s backflip on emission targets earned it ‘Fossil of the Day’ at the COP30 summit in Brazil. AFP / Ludovic Marin New Zealand has tumbled...
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All heart: Michael Campbell’s massive achievement, 20 years on
Source: Radio New Zealand [embedded content] Michael Campbell is looking fit and healthy, and he’s feeling it too. At least, he’s feeling an awful lot better than he was earlier...
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Hessian Minister President Boris Rhein presents the Broermann Medical Innovation Award
Source: Media Outreach Dr. Carl June and Dr. Michel Sadelain honored for groundbreaking CAR-T cell research in cancer therapy One of the world’s most highly endowed medical prizes, with €1...