Health

$1.3m fund opens for BOP projects

BayTrust is inviting Western BOP organisations to apply for up to $500,000 worth of funding to upgrade or build new community assets - and are particularly keen... Read More

MPI issues new food recall guidance

New Zealand Food Safety has updated its food recall guidance to make it faster and easier for businesses to prepare for and conduct food recalls. "Food businesses... Read More

Brave little Hunter’s time-critical flight

In 2019, weighing a tiny 2.1 pounds, baby Hunter Tyler was born at 27 weeks. At that time, Hunter suffered two significant brain bleeds at just a week old, which... Read More

Local health offices set up as reforms steam ahead

The government will start with nine localised health offices, in efforts to retain a local voice, as it progresses its health reforms. Health Minister Andrew... Read More

Sweet? Nah. Find your lighthouse tour

A group of Kiwi blokes have joined forces leaving Mount Maunganui on the weekend to tour 24 lighthouses throughout New Zealand. Their goal is to raise money and... Read More

Tauranga mum’s kidney disease fight

Friends and family are rallying behind a Tauranga single mum battling a chronic kidney disease. Kylie Poultney was diagnosed with IgA nephropathy in 2019 and... Read More

50 projects fast-tracked under Government scheme

The Government has approved three more projects under the fast-track consenting process, bringing the number of projects that are eligible to apply for resource... Read More

BOP cervical tests drop amid Covid-19 pandemic

The Bay of Plenty District Health Board is reporting a decrease in the number of women opting to take cervical test. Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, several... Read More

Sulphur Point used to house isolation campervans

Four self-contained campervans for Covid-19 isolation purposes will located at Sulphur Point until at least mid-May. The Bay of Plenty District Health Board has... Read More

Kick your food waste habits on Earth Day

Carmel Ireland, the project manager at the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust says Kiwi consumers have a secret dirty habit that emits more tonnes of carbon emissions each... Read More

New chair for Oranga Tamariki board

Children's Minister Kelvin Davis has announced that respected Māori leader Sir (Tā) Mark Solomon has been appointed Chair of the Oranga Tamariki Ministerial... Read More

Pay stalemate: Nurses to consider legal action

The New Zealand Nurses Organisation will soon ask its members if they want to legally challenge an historic pay equity settlement. The union backed out of an... Read More