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What does the government’s new women’s health

WEB1) The overarching theme of building a health system that works for women, by eliminating gender and cultural biases as well as racism, and creating a space where …

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The Māori Health Authority is all but gone – what will replace it

WEBTe Aka Whai Ora, the Māori Health Authority (MHA) will cease to exist, with the final reading of the bill to disestablish it planned for this morning. Stewart Sowman …

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What access to puberty blockers means for trans young people …

WEBIn Aotearoa, we have been waiting for some time for the Ministry of Health to release an evidence brief about the safety, reversibility, and mental health and …

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The toilet bill is designed to outrage but that doesn’t mean we can

WEBThe bill opens the door to hate. It’s our collective job to shut it, writes Anna Rawhiti-Connell. Just over 11 years ago, most of the country was basking in the …

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Recovering whakapapa: How tikanga aids Māori mothers in a …

WEBThe concept of whakapapa is an important one. Our sense of connection to those that have gone before us is galvanising: the names of our tīpuna fortify our sense …

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Is the health star system past its use-by date

WEBNew Zealand and Australia’s food ministers have agreed to jointly fund the system until mid-2026, but noises made by Shane Reti late last year suggest change …

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Thousands of New Zealand students have to work for free each …

WEBDemanding work placements on top of having to attend lectures and do assignments can make it difficult or impossible to have a paid part-time job as well. …

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Asians aren’t as healthy as you think The Spinoff

WEBAdditionally, the last major review of Asian health in New Zealand was done in 2016, which included data from 2002-03, 2006-07, and 2011-13. Over that time, the …

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How ketamine is offering hope to sufferers of severe mental illness

WEBPreheat the oven to 160ºC. Put all the dry ingredients, except the baking soda, in a large bowl. Melt the butter and golden syrup in a large pot and bring to a boil …

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Why NZ is at risk of a severe measles outbreak

WEBA measles vaccination has been part of the routine immunisation schedule in New Zealand since 1969. Two doses of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) …

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‘Your agency is taken away’: When endometriosis treatment …

WEBImage by Tina Tiller. In 2019, an Auckland woman woke up from surgery to find that she had undergone a treatment she didn’t consent to. She tells Alex Casey …

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Election 2023: The health policies in two minutes The Spinoff

WEBMental health. According to the recent baseline wellbeing report, one in four New Zealanders (and nearly one in three women) have poor mental health.. The Green …

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What’s been done – and what’s left to do

WEBAs part of its 100-day plan, the new coalition government started to break it up in December, intending to launch eight or so polytechs in its place. “The council of Te …

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Strike Force Raptor 3.0

WEBA year later, in 2020, Bridges’ replacement Judith Collins unveiled a new “gang unit”, which she specified was “not Strike Force Raptor because that’s an …

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‘Eat the bugs’: a short history of yet another global conspiracy

WEBWhen the Dutch government announced the need for “drastic measures” to address the crisis, including a plan to purchase and disestablish farms, the response …

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Matt Doocey: From National’s ‘toxic’ years to a mental health …

WEBMade possible by. National’s hopeful mental health minister Matt Doocey (Image: Getty, additional design Tina Tiller) The senior National MP is in line for the new …

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With or without Te Aka Whai Ora, the mahi will continue

WEBDr Mataroria Lyndon (Ngāti Hine, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua, Waikato) is a senior lecturer in medical education at the University of Auckland, co-founder of Tend …

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Scale of public service job cuts becomes clearer as restructure …

WEBMinistry of Health staff will get details of a proposal to cut jobs by 25% today as reports surface of job cuts at the Ministry for Social Development

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The Bulletin: Health worker arrested over Covid vaccine data breach

WEBA 56-year-old Te Whatu Ora staff member has been arrested in connection with a mass privacy breach of Covid-19 vaccination data and will appear in Wellington …

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Te Aka Whai Ora deserved so much more than its rushed death

WEBThe Māori Health Authority was disestablished just 18 months after it was launched. Gabrielle Baker reflects on what could have been. Yesterday afternoon I …

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Emotions run high in parliament over dismantling of Māori Health

WEBAs the government attempted to rush through a bill to scrap Te Aka Whai Ora before an urgent Waitangi Tribunal inquiry into the proposal could take place, …

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Preventing an avoidable health crisis The Spinoff

WEBPreventing an avoidable health crisis. Opioid overdoses have killed tens of thousands worldwide. (Phil Walter/Getty Images) For years the government has faced …

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