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Fatal plane crash near Lake Hawea
Source: New Zealand Police (National News) Police can confirm one person has died and another person is critically injured following a light plane crash near Lake Hawea yesterday. Emergency services...
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Employment – 1000 days since landmark pay equity deal expired – workers losing $145 a week
Source: PSA Today marks 1000 days that 65,000 mainly female care and support workers have waited for the Government to fund their pay equity claim, meaning they have missed out on...
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Diabetes Association Unveils T-CaReMe Taipei Declaration at the Asia Diabetes International Conference
Source: Media Outreach In an effort to achieve a target of 80% of patients controlling the three highs and protecting kidney health within eight years, Taiwan leads the international trend...
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Road closed after serious crash, Horsham Downs
Source: New Zealand Police (District News) One person is in a critical condition after a serious crash at Horsham Downs. The single-vehicle crash happened shortly before 7:20pm on Bankier Road....
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Health and Politics – Workforce legislation review another attack on health workers – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation The Government’s reviewing of health workforce legislation represents another attempt to attack health professions and the health workforce, New Zealand Nurses Organisation Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o...
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Education – Ara graduation speaker shares triumph over ‘tricky times’
Source: Ara Institute of Canterbury Jessica Westley and Shaun Raddock signed up for matching qualifications during Covid lockdowns while raising four “wonderful, energetic, neurodiverse children” then aged 3 to 13. Four...
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Message to Health Minister – hear the voice of health unions if you want a better health system – PSA
Source: PSA The PSA is urging Health Minister Simeon Brown to work closely with unions to ensure the health system delivers the better patient outcomes he constantly talks about. “We agree...
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Rhenus Group expands Management Board to drive transformation and growth
Source: Media Outreach Rhenus Group expands Management Board from four to seven members to reflect the Group’s significant transformation and growth ambition, elevating crucial roles to the highest level of...
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ACT welcomes moves to take ideology out of healthcare, recognise overseas qualifications
Source: ACT Party ACT Health spokesperson Todd Stephenson is welcoming a review of health workforce regulations, including 1) a review of complex cultural requirements, and 2) the progress of an ACT...
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Putting Patients First: Modernising health workforce regulation
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health The Government is reviewing health workforce regulation to improve New Zealanders’ timely, quality access to healthcare. We have an opportunity to put patients at...
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Te Pāti Māori Call for Mandatory Police Body Cameras
Source: Te Pati Maori In recent weeks, disturbing instances of state-sanctioned violence against Māori have shed light on the systemic racism permeating our institutions. An 11-year-old autistic Māori child was...
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Health – KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) Now Registered to Treat Certain Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma, Biliary Tract Carcinoma and Merkel Cell Carcinoma1
Source: Merck & Co Auckland, New Zealand, March 28th, 2025 – MSD (tradename of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE: MRK) announced today that KEYTRUDA is now registered...
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Reducing red tape to put patients first
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is reviewing New Zealand’s health workforce legislation to ensure the focus is on putting patients first, Health Minister Simeon Brown says.Reviewing health workforce legislation...
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Revolutionary Treatment Introduced in Hong Kong to Combat 2.4-Year Diagnosis Delay and Emotional Struggles in Vitiligo Patients
Source: Media Outreach HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 27 March 2025 – At today’s press conference, members of the education expert panel on vitiligo, including Dr Johnny...
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GAZA – Oxfam: Humanitarian operations in Gaza severely hampered; famine risks increasing
Source: Oxfam Aotearoa Restoring ceasefire deal vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes, aid and power blockades, and renewed mass forced displacements. Oxfam and partners’...
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Universities – AI leads to breakthrough in knee surgery – UoA
Source: University of Auckland (UoA) A combination of robotic surgery and AI has facilitated to a breakthrough in knee-replacement surgery, which a study shows gets better results for patients with...
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Government Cuts – Cuts will ramp up pressure on Corrections staff – PSA
Source: PSA Proposed job cuts at the Department of Corrections in response to the Government’s programme of cutting public services will see a reduction in vital roles that support Corrections Officers,...
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Tech and Security – Latest privacy breach at Health NZ should be a wake-up call to reverse IT cuts – PSA
Source: PSA The Government must urgently reverse the proposed deep cuts at Health NZ’s IT workforce in the wake of the latest privacy breach at the organisation. Health NZ today confirmed...
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Esyms and DHL eCommerce partner to change medicine distribution in Malaysia
Source: Media Outreach The collaboration supports Esyms’s focus on medication delivery, enhancing accessibility and convenience for government hospital and clinic patients across Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach Neswire...
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Release: Bar still too high for small mental health providers
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Small mental health providers will still be locked out of co-funding from the Mental Health Innovation Fund despite a lower threshold. “Though the $100,000 threshold...
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Speech to KangaNews Debt Capital Markets Forum
Source: New Zealand Government OpeningGood afternoon. I’m excited to be here at the KangaNews Debt Capital Markets Forum. It’s a pleasure to be here with all of you – investors, financial...
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Regional Tourism Boosts drive international growth
Source: New Zealand Government Autumn and winter international visitor numbers are being boosted by six new regional initiatives, taking tourists beyond traditional hot spots to see more of New Zealand. ...
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Speech: Navigating the New World (Dis)order in Turbulent Times
Source: New Zealand Labour Party Special thanks to Diplosphere for helping organise this event. Tena kotou katoa. Mexican poet Homero Aridjis wrote “There are centuries in which nothing happens and...
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Funding limit change win for mental health sector
Source: New Zealand Government Minister for Mental Health Matt Doocey says smaller Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) will now be able to benefit from the Government’s Mental Health Innovation Fund following a...
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Case Study Highlights INDIBA 448 kHz Radiofrequency’s Role in Visceral Fat Reduction and Prevention of Fat Accumulation
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 26 March 2025 – A revolutionary case study and scientific research have revealed that INDIBA 448 kHz monopolar radiofrequency technology offers...
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Dream becomes a reality for EIT Auckland Valedictorian | EIT Hawke’s Bay and Tairāwhiti
Source: Eastern Institute of Technology – Tairāwhiti 7 minutes ago When Mai Nguyễn first arrived in New Zealand in April 2023, she could only dream of one day standing on...
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Universities – Searching for the missing link to heart disease in NZ’s Fijian population – Otago
Source: University of Otago Researchers at the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke, are looking to genetics to understand why Fijian New Zealanders are at higher risk...