7:00am Wednesday 29 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... Read More
11:15am Tuesday 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... Read More
3:00pm Monday 27 Jun, 2022
The College of GPs warns that requests for medical certificates are adding to the pressure on already-stretched general practices. It says if organisations... Read More
1:00pm Monday 27 Jun, 2022
Children aged 3-12 years and people with serious mental health or addictions needs will now be eligible for free flu vaccinations. From Friday, July... Read More
10:45am Monday 27 Jun, 2022
A drug expert says there is no evidence to suggest widespread underground fentanyl use in Aotearoa. A dozen people have been hospitalised due to suspected... Read More
6:45am Monday 27 Jun, 2022
A dozen people have been hospitalised over the weekend due to suspected fentanyl overdoses, all in the Wairarapa region. The drug information website... Read More
1:15pm Sunday 26 Jun, 2022
Today the Ministry of Health is reporting 4,429 new community cases of Covid-19, 332 current hospitalisations, and six deaths. There... Read More
1:00pm Saturday 25 Jun, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 8638 new community cases of Covid-19 and 24 deaths for the past two days. There are 316 current hospitalisations... Read More
7:00am Friday 24 Jun, 2022
Stomach flu, also called gastroenteritis, is being reported across the Western Bay of Plenty, resulting in diarrhoea, cramps, nausea, vomiting and fever. There... Read More
1:21pm Thursday 23 Jun, 2022
People are being warned of an increase in severe acute respiratory infections this winter. The warning comes in the Ministry of Health daily Covid... Read More
1:15pm Monday 20 Jun, 2022
The Ministry of Health is today reporting 4024 new community cases of Covid-19, 391 current hospitalisations, and nine deaths. Two of the deaths are... Read More
9:10am Monday 20 Jun, 2022
There's no room for stigma when it comes to GPs prescribing a safe sex drug commonly used by gay men, a leading doctor says. Pre-exposure prophylaxis... Read More
1:15pm Sunday 19 Jun, 2022
The Ministry of Health is today reporting 3235 new community cases of Covid-19, 356 current hospitalisations, and five deaths. There are five people... Read More
7:00am Sunday 19 Jun, 2022
The Government has delivered on its commitment to roll out the free methamphetamine harm reduction programme Te Ara Oranga to the eastern Bay of Plenty,... Read More
1:20pm Saturday 18 Jun, 2022
The Ministry of Health is reporting 4,404 new community cases of Covid-19, 356 current hospitalisations, and 11 deaths. Three people are in ICU. There... Read More