A total of 21 “serious adverse events” have been reported by the Rotorua based Lakes District Health Board (DHB) over the 2017/18 period. The DHB has reported 11 deaths through inefficiencies. The deaths were registered in the areas of...... Read More

For an unprecedented fourth time in six years the New Zealand recipient of a prestigious award has come from the Bay of Plenty District Health Board. BOPDHB Allied Health, Scientific and Technical Executive Director Martin Chadwick has just been announced...... Read More

Landowners in Manawatū on sites contaminated by firefighting foam are dismayed at the big bill for a water scheme. The estimate from the Manawatū District Council of $12.8 million is much more than Ohakea deer farmer Andy Russell expected. It is...... Read More

Middlemore Hospital is keeping 58 administration jobs unfilled as it struggles to save $18 million this year. The Counties Manukau District Health Board said not filling those jobs would save it $2.2m a year. None of the deliberately-unfilled jobs...... Read More

Dozens of influential New Zealand women have signed a letter to the government demanding action to stop violence against women, following the killing of British tourist Grace Millane. The 50 signatories include former Prime Ministers Helen Clark and...... Read More

Organisations working with people addicted to synthetic cannabis are backing the government's plan to take a less punitive and more health-based approach towards them. Over the past year more than 50 people have died as a result of taking synthetic...... Read More

A Wellington pharmacy has won an expensive legal battle with the government over the right to sell kombucha. WellWorks co-owner Ben Latty has won a legal battle with the government to sell kombucha at his pharmacy. Like any pharmacy, Wellness Works...... Read More

Organisations working with people addicted to synthetic cannabis are backing the government's plan to take a less punitive and more health-based approach towards them. Over the past year more than 50 people have died as a result of taking synthetic...... Read More

The NZ Drug Foundation has welcomed the Government’s response to synthetic drug deaths. The response strikes a balance between giving law enforcement the tools they need to target criminal networks and changing drug law to make it easier for...... Read More

People in working class communities are most concerned about the effects of drug abuse and the housing crisis on their neighbourhoods. The Salvation Army said these social problems are holding back communities from thriving and it's calling on...... Read More