Health
11:45am Mon 04 Jul, 2022
A team of 18 Bay of Plenty doctors, nurses and support staff will form part of a new national health care network which has launched to help reduce waiting times... Read More
09:10am Mon 04 Jul, 2022
Dr Pouroto Ngaropo is a busy man. Even getting a chance to speak with him means catching him in the car between hui. But as he drives across Tauranga back home... Read More
06:30am Mon 04 Jul, 2022
Traditional winter illnesses are circulating in the community are putting significant pressure on all parts of the health system. Health services have been planning... Read More
02:00pm Sun 03 Jul, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 4924 new community cases of Covid-19 and 424 current hospitalisations today. There are seven people in ICU, and there have... Read More
01:00pm Sun 03 Jul, 2022
To most, it's simply a room of people chatting. To speech therapist and AphasiaNZ community advisor Kate Milford, it's success worth celebrating. 'Aphasia is... Read More
01:00pm Sat 02 Jul, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 6460 new community cases of Covid-19 and 423 current hospitalisations. There are 14 people in Bay of Plenty hospitals and... Read More
07:00pm Fri 01 Jul, 2022
The Government has launched New Zealand's first Whaikaha - Ministry of Disabled People, and New Zealand's first Ministry that will have a NZ Sign Language name,... Read More
04:00pm Fri 01 Jul, 2022
The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has faced some 'interesting challenges” in the 22 years since its inception. Today marks the first day of Health... Read More
08:00am Fri 01 Jul, 2022
Today marks the first day of the transition to Health New Zealand. The 20 district health boards which ran services for individual areas around the country are... Read More
08:30am Thu 30 Jun, 2022
A common medicine, Accuretic, taken to manage blood pressure is being recalled after it was found to contain a carcinogen. Pharmac says almost 36,000 New Zealanders... Read More
07:00pm Tue 28 Jun, 2022
Matthew Tukaki (Ngāi Te Rangi) has been appointed as the new Director of the Suicide Prevention Office. Acting Deputy Director-General of Mental Health and Addiction,... Read More
11:15am Tue 28 Jun, 2022
The drug that killed more than 100,000 Americans last year is now thought to be behind 12 overdoses in Wairarapa. Fentanyl has been described by the United Nations... Read More
15-Dec 18:00
Turning animal tricks into teen confidence
15-Dec 17:00
Cool snap hits in final week before Christmas
15-Dec 15:45
Cocaine haul worth $5.6m seized at Tauranga
15-Dec 14:30
Top riders set for Cemetery Circuit showdown
15-Dec 14:13
Former BOP man tells of terror minutes from home
15-Dec 12:26
Thick smoke billows as crews tackle house fire
15-Dec 12:13
Woman in court as police probe Tauranga homicide
15-Dec 11:45
Last week at work brings rain ahead of Christmas
15-Dec 11:45
Tauranga 'Rocketman' tackles Games challenge
15-Dec 10:34
Tauranga homicide: Scene guard remains in place
15-Dec 10:00
Karangahake crash leaves family shattered
15-Dec 08:00
Trainee surgeon shares her life online
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