Health

[ad_1] From suicides to family crises to anxiety and isolation, the mental health of Asian New Zealanders is deteriorating and Covid is making it worse, says an advocacy group calling for a mental health strategy targeting the country’s diverse Asian communities. For years, the family of an elderly woman witnessed …

[ad_1] This year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry is a historic first for women. Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna won the chemistry award for developing the CRISPR method of genome editing. It was the first time that a Nobel Prize in science had been awarded to more than one woman, but …

[ad_1] By RNZ More than 6,000 employer complaints have been filed with the government since the beginning of March. That’s more than 10 times more than during the same seven-month period last year. The data, published by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) to RNZ, records people who …

[ad_1] Dave Moore / Stuff The so-called highway is an agricultural race used to herd cattle or drive tractors, says Andrew Stewart. This story was first published on RNZ.co.nz and is being republished with permission. A West Coast farmer was puzzled to find a farm track on his property that …

[ad_1] Should you consider giving your vote to someone other than the “big two” of National or Labor? Tune in to the second of Newstalk ZB leaders’ breakfasts this morning to hear from NZ First leader Winston Peters, Green Party co-leader James Shaw and Act Party leader David Seymour. Mike …

[ad_1] Former Prime Minister Sir John Key has spoken out against the cannabis referendum, saying it was “nonsense” to think that marijuana legalization would spell the end of gangs. And he has defended national leader Judith Collins, telling Mike Hosking of Newstalk ZB today that he was doing “really, really …

[ad_1] Two “heinous” abandoned Christchurch properties that attract squatters, vandals, rats and possibly fire bugs have neighbors in the coastal suburb living in fear. The houses, which stand side by side on Marine Parade in New Brighton, have broken windows, are covered in graffiti and are littered with dead animals …

[ad_1] People have been obsessed with cleanliness during the Covid-19 pandemic. Supermarkets were forced to impose limitations on sales of hand sanitizers, and in some cases they sold out completely, meanwhile Trade Me even restricted prices. Earlier in the year, officials told us to wash our hands well and that …

[ad_1] Protecting the right of Maori Tamariki to live in a world free of racism in all its forms is a key ambition outlined by the country’s first Maori Assistant Commissioner for Children. Glenis Philip-Barbara, a mother of seven children, including three Whāngai, has been appointed to the newly created …

[ad_1] Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson says Labor’s climate action promises are too weak to meet the Paris target of limiting warming to below 1.5 ° C. And he has criticized New Zealand’s public order policies, released today, calling them a desperate move by a low-voting party. Today, Labor leader …