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Gen Z is outsourcing hard conversations to AI – Why it matters
Source: Radio New Zealand Around 2am on a Monday, Emily received a text from a fellow student, Patrick, whom she had gone on a blind date with two days earlier....
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5% pay rise agreed for some junior doctors
Source: Radio New Zealand STONZ president Jordan Tewhaiti-Smith Supplied / STONZ * A previous version of this story included the one-off payment towards a total increase of nearly 6 percent....
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Organic Week returns with online events on soil, food and health
Source: Soil & Health Association of New Zealand 29 April 2026. New Zealanders are invited to take part in Organic Week 2026, a nationwide series of online events running from...
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Funding to Māori Health Providers 2020/21 to 2024/25
Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 30 April 2026 This report shows information on funding to Māori health providers by the Ministry of Health, Health New Zealand, and...
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Junior doctors vote to accept settlement
Source: New Zealand Government Health Minister Simeon Brown has welcomed the ratification of a new 26-month collective agreement for members of Speciality Trainees of New Zealand (STONZ), who represent Resident...
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Funding boost for SunSmart cancer prevention programme
Source: New Zealand Government The Government and the Cancer Society have jointly agreed to invest $1 million each to expand the SunSmart programme, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. Expanded SunSmart programme to...
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Experts warn malnutrition causing Kiwi children to go blind
Source: Radio New Zealand A public health poster. Amy Williams/RNZ Eyesight experts warn there are children in New Zealand who have gone blind due to malnutrition, including a boy who...
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Green MP Kahurangi Carter’s overdose bill passes first hurdle
Source: Radio New Zealand A member’s bill by Green MP Kahurangi Carter passed its first hurdle on Wednesday night. VNP / Phil Smith The mother of a young man who...
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Elections – Cancer NZ – NZ falling behind on cancer – Next Govt. can save lives and money by choosing to act
Source: Cancer Society NZ Cancer Society Election Manifesto lays out plan to tackle our biggest killer National skin cancer prevention strategy low cost winner Eliminate cervical cancer with screening and accelerating...
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Mother of baby who suffered serious injuries desperate for answers
Source: Radio New Zealand The baby was taken to Christchurch Hospital with serious unexplained injuries. RNZ / Nate McKinnon The mother of a five-month-old baby on life support after suffering...
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Person hurt as blaze tears through large industrial building
Source: Radio New Zealand One person has been seriously injured. Supplied / Ken Cox Firefighters have extinguished a fire that tore through a Timaru industrial premises this morning. One person...
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Health Provision Failures – Heartbreaking tragedies were avoidable – NZNO
Source: New Zealand Nurses Organisation Analysis by a media outlet, published today, finding health care staff shortages were contributing factors in the deaths of 11 babies is a national and avoidable...
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High Court dismisses Tony Gibson appeal
Source: Maritime New Zealand The Auckland High Court has upheld the initial guilty finding and sentence of former Port of Auckland Chief Executive, Tony Gibson, after stevedore, Pala’amo Kalati, was...
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Government cracking down on large nitrous oxide canisters as misuse continues to grow
Source: Radio New Zealand Canisters of nitrous oxide left in a South Auckland car park (file image). RNZ / Rose Garratt Large nitrous oxide canisters will automatically be classed as...
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Cracking down on nitrous oxide misuse
Source: New Zealand Government The Government is taking further steps to tighten controls on nitrous oxide to reduce harm and curb its illegitimate use, Health Minister Simeon Brown and Police...
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HIPC Rule 3A: Notification requirements for indirect collection of health information
Source: Privacy Commissioner IPP3A is about an agency’s obligations when it collects personal information indirectly (collecting from someone other than the person themselves). Under IPP3A, if an agency collects someone’s...
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PSA – Police pause on mental health withdrawal must be start of wider backdown
Source: PSA A decision by Police to pause the fourth stage of their withdrawal from mental health support is a welcome but damning admission that this reckless programme has failed workers...
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Police delay final phase of withdrawal from mental health call-outs
Source: Radio New Zealand Police said they will progress with the final phase when it is safe to do so. 123RF The final phase of police’s withdrawal from mental health-related...
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Support to lift cultural status of vocational training to equal a university education
Source: Radio New Zealand “A tradie can earn as much as a policy analyst,” says Michael Johnston. Supplied/ Unsplash – Josh Olalde There’s increasing support to lift the cultural status...
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Universities – Scientists welcome new blood donation policy – UoA
Source: University of Auckland – UoA University of Auckland research has helped inform a change in blood-donation policy. TUESDAY 28 APRIL: Population health researchers are excited to have helped inform...
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Police investigate after baby suffers unexplained injuries at Christchurch property
Source: Radio New Zealand Police are at an address on Barbadoes Street, Christchurch. Louis Dunham / RNZ A police investigation is under way after a baby suffered unexplained injuries at...
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Kaitaia Hospital boosts access to specialist care
Source: New Zealand Government People in Kaitaia and across the Far North are benefiting from improved access to specialist health services, with new and expanded facilities now in place at...
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Awards – Nurse of the Year shines a light on leadership in aged care
Source: Aged Care Association The Aged Care Association (ACA) has named Bini Mathew, Clinical Nurse Manager at Brightwater Home, Enliven, as its 2026 Nurse of the Year. Now in its second...
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CTU launches Roving Health and Safety Representatives policy on Workers’ Memorial Day
Source: NZCTU The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi has today launched our Roving Health and Safety Representatives policy at the Workers’ Memorial Day commemoration in Wellington,...
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Government consults on biosecurity changes to safeguard beef exports
Source: New Zealand Government New Zealand’s ruminant protein regulations are under review to protect the country’s $4.9 billion beef export sector, Biosecurity Minister Andrew Hoggard says. “The review of the...
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Parents take Kmart to Disputes Tribunal over play sand containing asbestos
Source: Radio New Zealand The Kmart 14-piece Sandcastle Building Set, Blue Magic Sand, Green Magic Sand, Pink Magic Sand were found to contain asbestos. Supplied / MBIE Parents whose children...
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Ascott Star Rewards Expands Airline Partnerships, Offers Free Nights and Richer Stay Experiences to Mark 8-Millionth Member
Source: Media Outreach SINGAPORE – Media OutReach Newswire – 27 April 2026 – The Ascott Limited (Ascott), the lodging business unit wholly owned by CapitaLand Investment (CLI), is celebrating the...