Health

[ad_1] COMMENTARY Credit where credit is due. National cannot be accused of not taking this election seriously with politics. Name me the latest Labor policy and when it was announced. At least National is pumping it. And put aside whether you agree or not, at least it’s there, at least …

[ad_1] By RNZ New Zealand’s largest women’s prison has a “punitive culture” where guards are too quick to use force and women’s health needs are unmet due to understaffing, according to an internal review by Fixes. The Auckland Region Women’s Correctional Center (ARWCF) in Wiri has also broken the law …

[ad_1] LAST VIRUS* 116 active cases in New Zealand, with four people in hospital; worldwide there have been just under 27 million cases and 880,000 deaths* Father of four dies of Covid – tributes from friend to Americold worker* Six months after Covid: the story of a woman* Latest economic …

[ad_1] Maori and Pacific New Zealanders will not be screened for 50 bowel cancer due to pressure on colonoscopy services, despite the ministry’s own expert advisory groups wanting change. The decision has dismayed experts who say it sends a message that “Maori and the Pacific have to ‘wait’ for fairness.” …

[ad_1] Landlords should wait to see if National wins the October election before spending money to recondition their rents to new heating standards, says a lobbyist for landlords. Comments from the NZ Property Investors Foundation have been called “deeply disappointing” by the Labor Party and questioned by the Real Estate …

[ad_1] Tom Lee / Stuff Letticia Pevy’s passenger seat was deemed a health and safety hazard. A Hamilton woman was left in tears after failing a full driver’s license test as soon as the testing officer opened the passenger door. Letticia Pevy, 38, has had her license restricted for the …

[ad_1] Ethnic groups Of all the COVID-19 cases recorded in New Zealand, 1,091 (62 percent) are European or other, 277 (16 percent) are Asian, 175 (10 percent) are Pacific peoples, 169 (10 percent) 52 are Maori (3 percent) are Middle Eastern / Latin American / African and the rest are …

[ad_1] There are four new cases of Covid-19 in the community today, and one case in managed isolation. The Health Ministry has also confirmed that there is no positive case of Covid-19 in Christchurch, after launching an investigation and issuing a statement last night. The latest update was provided by …

[ad_1] The Government today introduced a series of operational changes to ensure that people tested for coronavirus at the New Zealand border comply with the new requirements. It occurs when all air, sea, and managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) workers are required to have had a second round of testing …

[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. Time is running out for more than 300 yachts in the South Pacific that have been denied entry to New Zealand to seek shelter from the cyclone season. The Ocean Cruising Club has been lobbying the government since …