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Health New Zealand on hazardous drinking in Tairāwhiti
Latest figures show Tairāwhiti has the highest hazardous drinking rate in the country.
The report published by Alcohol Healthwatch points out nearly half of those who drink alcohol in the region can… Audio
Covid-19: Rural communities could lose local medical services
Rural communities could lose access to local medical services when Omicron hits.
Staffing is precarious in many small towns, and doctors, nurses and key admin staff will have to stop working if they… Audio
Covid-19: Confirmed case in Gisborne
A person in Gisborne has tested positive for Covid-19.
The local district health board Hauora Tairawhiti confirmed the news this morning.
Local public health officials are following up with close… Audio
Covid-19: Tairawhiti DHB CEO on sixth positive wastewater result
A sixth positive detection of Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti's wastewater has got health officials in a bind.
The latest sample taken on Tuesday adds to a string of positive results recorded over the past… Audio
Covid-19: DHB CEO on mystery over Tairāwhiti wastewater results
The mystery continues as to who may have Covid-19 in Tairāwhiti.
Symptomatic Gisborne residents are being urged to get tested after the detection of the virus in wastewater samples.
Health… Audio
Covid-19: Tairāwhiti DHB using ute to entice vaccinations
If you live in Tairāwhiti and get double-vaccinated by 12 December, you'll be in the draw to win a shiny new double-cab ute.
The DHB, Hauora Tairāwhiti, is offering the sweetener as it aims to reach… Audio
Midwives strike: DHBs criticise strike
The country's district health boards are criticising the midwives' decision to strike before voting on the latest pay and working conditions offer.
DHBs spokesperson Jim Green spoke to Susie… Audio
Midwives in Auckland and Northland start week of strikes
Midwives in Auckland and Northland will be the first to walk off the job today, as consecutive days of rolling strikes around the country kick off.
Over the coming week about 1500 hospital midwives… Audio
DHB spokesperson on taking nurses to the Employment Court
The DHBs are taking nurses to the Employment Court, accusing them of not doing enough to guarantee safe staffing levels during a planned strike this month.
Nurses have formally declared they will… Audio
DHBs surprised nurses voted down latest offer
The country's district health boards are surprised nurses have voted down the latest pay offer.
The Nurses Organisation says while the DHBs made promising moves on pay, the offer contained "too many… Audio
DHBs on nurses' new strike action
Nurses are set to resume strike action at public hospitals throughout the country in a bid for better pay and conditions.
Last month 30,000 nurses walked off the wards in hospitals when employment… Audio
Nurses on heading back to negotiations after strike
Nurses and district health boards will touch base today to work out what happens from here after thousands took part in yesterday's nationwide strike over poor pay and staff shortages.
Glenda… Audio
DHBs promise to get back to negotiations with nurses
District Health Boards are promising to get back around the table with nurses following an eight-hour strike by nurses yesterday over pay.
Tens of thousands of DHB-employed nurses and their… Audio
DHBs prepare for nurses strike
Tens-of-thousands of nurses will walk off the job tomorrow, asking for more money, and safer staffing. Hospitals will remain open, and there will still be essential, life-saving services. The… Audio
DHB workers have to wait until after election for pay offer
After more than two and a half years of negotiating for pay equity, thousands of District Health Board office workers say they've been told they will have to wait until after the election.
The PSA… Audio
Coronavirus: East Coast calls for more testing
The East Coast has only one confirmed case of Covid 19, but but locals say more testing is needed to see if that's the true picture of what's going on.
The Director General of Health, Ashley… Audio
Midwives strike ‘will be difficult for women and their babies’
DHBs spokesperson Jim Green says the midwives' strike will be very disruptive to mothers and babies, and will likely result in inductions and caesareans being postponed. He spoke with Lisa Owen. Video, Audio
District health boards confident in finding new nurses
The long-running hospital nurses' pay dispute is over but there is scepticism about how fast hospital staffing levels will improve. One emergency department nurse, who wants to be identified as Julia… Audio
Nurses return to work after nationwide strike
Nurses around the country are about to return to work. Yesterday 30-thousand nurses walked off the job for 24 hours after their union and DHBs failed to reach agreement on pay and conditions. Our… Audio
Emergency departments relatively quiet despite nurses’ strike
While Hawke's Bay Hospital had to call on an emergency agreement to get four extra nurses on wards today, other DHBs said they were relatively quiet despite the strike. Video, Audio