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No compensation for privacy breach

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog The parents of a profoundly disabled boy took a case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal [2020 HRRT 13] on their son’s behalf...

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Home DNA tests and privacy

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Reviewed for relevance April 2025. Since 2007, companies like 23andMe.com and Ancestry.com have made at-home DNA testing kits accessible to the masses. Through...

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Massey author wins British Psychology Society Book Award

· August 5, 2025

Source: Massey University Professor Sarah Riley from the School of Psychology has won the Monograph award at the 2021 British Psychology Society Book Awards. The academic monograph category celebrates a...

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Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2029

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health Publication date: 17 June 2025 Document download Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2025–2029 (pdf,849.4 KB) View all files and formats The strategic direction for preventing...

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Office of the Privacy Commissioner

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Privacy Commissioner – Blog Jess Ducey argues that protecting people’s privacy means not just our secrets or personal data – but our self-determination and bodily-autonomy. It can...

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Penalties rise over conveyor belt deaths

· August 5, 2025

Source: Worksafe New Zealand 9 July 2025 Courts have imposed more than $800,000 in penalties since mid-March, in response to workers being killed on unsafe conveyor belts in the manufacturing...

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Shot kea released after lengthy recovery

· August 5, 2025

Source: NZ Department of Conservation Date:  10 July 2025 The young male kea was found with a shattered leg bone in Golden Bay’s Ligar Bay in February. It was caught by...

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Update: Man critically injured in Stokes Valley

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police Please attribute to Detective Inspector Haley Ryan: A man has been taken into custody, and is assisting Police with further enquiries after a man was critically...

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Work-related health newsletter – August 2025

· August 5, 2025

Source: Worksafe New Zealand 5 August 2025 Check out our latest guidance and resources to help you ensure a healthy and safe work environment for you and your workers. In...

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Better urgent care services for Lower Hutt

· August 5, 2025

Source: New Zealand Government Health Minister Simeon Brown, alongside Hutt South MP Chris Bishop, today officially opened the new premises of the Lower Hutt After Hours Medical Centre on Connolly...

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One in court following incident in Hawke’s Bay

· August 4, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police Attributable to Hawke’s Bay Area Commander Detective Inspector Martin James: A woman is before the courts following an incident resulting in a hospital and nearby schools...

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Fatal crash – Canterbury

· August 4, 2025

Source: New Zealand Police One person has died following the crash last night on State Highway 1/Rakaia Highway. The two-vehicle crash was reported to Police around 7:20pm. One person died...