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To Be Or Not To Be? Daily Oral Versus Long-Acting Injectable Medicines For HIV Prevention
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 5:23 pm | CNS
Arguments in favour of long-acting injectable PrEP dwelt upon the current dismally low use of oral PrEP in the Asia Pacific Region - as of end 2023, around 204,000 individuals were actively using PrEP - just 2% of the 8.2 million target set for ... More >>
TELUS Mental Health Index: Significant Savings Gaps And Gender Disparities Challenge The Wellbeing Of NZ’s Workforce
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 4:58 pm | TELUS Health
Two in five workers report no emergency savings, while youth mental health tops parents' concerns, impacting their own wellbeing More >>
Senior Medical And Dental Officers 24-hour Strike In Te Tai Tokerau
Monday, 16 June 2025, 8:04 pm | Association of Salaried Medical Specialists
This district strike is part of an ongoing industrial dispute. More >>
HRT Patches Decision Important For Rural Women
Monday, 16 June 2025, 2:10 pm | Rural Women New Zealand
“We encourage Pharmac to keep working with suppliers to address these issues and improve equity of access for those in more remote parts of the country,” says National President Sandra Matthews. More >>
Australasian-led Clinical Trial In Stem Cell Transplant For Blood Cancers Set To Change 40 Years Of Standard Practice
Monday, 16 June 2025, 1:28 pm | Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group
Results of BM12 trial were published in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at the European Hematology Association 2025 Meeting in Milan, Italy. More >>
Pharmac To Fund Two Brands Of Oestradiol Patches From 1 December 2025
Monday, 16 June 2025, 11:21 am | PHARMAC
People will be able to use either brand of patch, subject to availability. From this date, the other currently funded brands of oestradiol patches will no longer be funded. More >>
Scientists Seek New Tests For A Cancer On The Rise
Monday, 16 June 2025, 7:18 am | University of Auckland
Womb cancer particularly affects Māori and Pacific Island women - Pacific women have one of the highest rates in the world,says Blenkiron, who is head of the University’s Department of Molecular Medicine and Pathology. More >>
Call For More Rural Psychologists To Help Farmers With Mental Health
Sunday, 15 June 2025, 8:34 pm | RNZ
There are disproportionately high suicide statistics in rural areas. More >>
HMAC Welcomes Government Health Changes
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 3:09 pm | HMAC
Chair Parekawhia McLean said the change allows the committee to provide both Minister and Health New Zealand strong and clear advice on Māori health priorities and support to improve Māori health outcomes. More >>
PsychologyCare Expands Support For Men's Mental Health In Melbourne
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 2:46 pm | PsychologyCare
Appointments are available at both Malvern and Prahran locations, with flexible scheduling options including before and after standard working hours, as well as weekends. More >>
Customs Street Dentist Highlights Innovations In Dental Care In Auckland CBD
Saturday, 14 June 2025, 1:07 pm | Customs Street Dentist
The clinic offers active aligns in Auckland, a clear aligner system designed as an alternative to traditional metal braces. More >>
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Signs Agreement With NZ MedTech Veriphi To Boost Medication Safety For Cancer Patients
Friday, 13 June 2025, 4:15 pm | Veriphi
The agreement marks the first commercial hospital contract for Veriphi, which has spent more than a decade developing an innovative analyser that uses laser spectrometry, AI and cloud computing to verify the identity and concentration of IV drugs in real ... More >>
Community And Collaboration Bring New Mental Health Facility Garden To Life
Friday, 13 June 2025, 3:29 pm | Health New Zealand
“It was fantastic to see everyone working together to transform the new facility’s garden into a vibrant and healing space,” says Jesse Jardine, Programme Director for Project Maunga, Health New Zealand |Te Whatu Ora. More >>
Pedal With Purpose: Ride For MS 2025 To Support New Zealanders Living With Multiple Sclerosis
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 8:46 pm | Multiple Sclerosis Society
Taking place from 3 - 10 November 2025, this once-in-a-lifetime cycle through Cambodia invites Kiwis to get on their bikes and explore the rich history, culture, and beauty of Southeast Asia. More >>
Health Reforms Raise Fears Of Two-Tier System And Workforce Shortages
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 3:06 pm | ANZCA
Dr Graham Roper, chair of ANZCA’s New Zealand National Committee, says the outsourcing plans will negatively affect the training of anaesthetists, who are critical for operations to proceed, and see existing specialists move from public hospitals to ... More >>
No Pregnancy Warning Labels On Alcohol
Wednesday, 11 June 2025, 10:02 am | Alcohol Healthwatch
The report has some worrying findings, chief among them that over a third of alcohol products still do not have the correct pregnancy warning label. Just under half (44%) of the 400+ products audited either had no label, or had the label hidden on the ... More >>
Opportunities Identified To Strengthen Equitable Access To Midwifery Continuity Of Care
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 6:50 pm | NZ College Of Midwives
“The Kahu Taurima policy work being undertaken by Health NZ offers a critical opportunity to reimagine maternity funding and workforce strategies,” says Alison Eddy, CE of the College of Midwives. More >>
No One-Size-Fits-All For Migraine Treatments: Survey
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 7:41 am | Migraine Foundation Aotearoa New Zealand
A survey conducted by researchers from the University of Otago, Wellington – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka, Pōneke, has just been published in the Journal of Clinical Medicine. More >>
Health Warning Lifted For Algal Bloom In Lake Forsyth Te Roto o Wairewa
Monday, 9 June 2025, 8:10 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Dr Annabel Begg, Medical Officer of Health for the National Public Health Service, says Environment Canterbury’s sampling of Lake Forsyth Te Roto o Wairewa will continue on a monthly basis. More >>
Commission Criticises Dentist After Woman Suffers Tooth Infection For Eight Months
Monday, 9 June 2025, 7:26 pm | RNZ
The woman still suffers pain and headaches four years later. More >>
Men’s Health Week: Supporting Kiwi Dads For Strong Family Futures
Monday, 9 June 2025, 1:11 pm | Triple P
Triple P Founder and Psychologist Professor Matt Sanders said that in New Zealand, males are more than twice as likely to die by suicide than females yet are the least likely to seek help. More >>
Prevent You And Your Loved Ones Getting Life-Threatening Listeriosis
Monday, 9 June 2025, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Food Safety
Listeriosis is rare in New Zealand and cases are usually not connected, whereas cases recorded in other countries are predominantly due to outbreaks. More >>
New Zealand Blood Service Needs New Blood - Call Out To Gen Z To Activate Their Superpower And Start Saving Lives
Monday, 9 June 2025, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Blood Service
New Zealand currently has just over 130,000 blood and plasma donors – less than 4% of the eligible population. More >>
What's Protein, Why Do We Need It, And How Do You Get More?
Saturday, 7 June 2025, 5:02 pm | RNZ
An expert explains the secret power of protein. More >>
New Breast Screening Campaign Launched To Empower Pacific Women
Friday, 6 June 2025, 2:41 pm | BreastScreen Aotearoa
Pacific screening rates remain below the national average. As of April 2025, the national screening target for eligible women stands at 70 per cent, but for Pacific women, coverage is only 68 per cent nationally, and even lower in some regions. More >>
Oceania Opens New Dementia Care Centre At Meadowbank Village
Friday, 6 June 2025, 9:49 am | Oceania
A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Wednesday 4 June to mark the occasion, attended by The Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Desley Simpson, along with prospective residents, their families, and Oceania staff. More >>
S.L.U.T.S Might Be The Answer To Ending Syphilis Outbreak
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 8:10 pm | Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
“We hope that by flipping a sex-shaming term on its head, we can celebrate these people as heroes for taking responsibility for combatting our syphilis outbreak,” says Burnett Foundation Interim General Manager Alex Anderson. More >>
June Is Aphasia Awareness Month … But Do You Know What Aphasia Is?
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 8:06 pm | Aphasia NZ
June is Aphasia Awareness Month, but if you don’t know what aphasia is, you are not alone. More >>
Hato Hone St John Introduces Samoan Language To Caring Caller Programme
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 2:56 pm | Hato Hone St John
This Samoa Language Week, Hato Hone St John is announcing the introduction of Samoan language to their popular Community Health programme: Caring Caller, with new volunteer callers fluent in Samoan joining the team. More >>
Pharmac Urged To Widen Access To Covid Vaccines
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 11:41 am | Aotearoa Covid Action
Pharmac’s current proposal would fund only the Comirnaty vaccine, with alternative brands available solely through its Exceptional Circumstances framework. ACA believes this creates an exclusionary barrier that may prevent some people from getting vaccinated ... More >>
NZNO Backs People’s Pay Equity Select Committee
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 5:35 pm | NZNO
NZNO Primary Health Care Nurses College chair Tracey Morgan says it was devastating to the 5000 primary health care members that their claim was scuppered without warning or legitimate reason. More >>
Multiple Sclerosis Prevalence On The Sharp Increase: Study
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 3:40 pm | University of Auckland
The study found the MS prevalence rate had climbed to 96.6 per 100,000 people as of June 2022, an increase from 72.4 per 100,000 in 2006., Lead author Dr Natalia Boven, a postdoctoral fellow from the University’s COMPASS Research Centre, says. More >>
Healthline Celebrates Its 25-Year Anniversary Of Trusted Service And Impact - And Launches a GP Booking Initiative
Wednesday, 4 June 2025, 2:40 pm | Whakarongorau Aotearoa
An estimated 3.45 million people have contacted Healthline since it launched 25 years ago. The Healthline service has grown from an initial 16 nurses managing 20,000 calls in its first year, to over 150 nurses and paramedics managing 400,000 contacts annually ... More >>
Hospice West Auckland Announces Groundbreaking Palliative Care Initiative: He Whare Korowai – Home From Home
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 1:05 pm | Hospice West Auckland
The ground floor of Hospice House is being transformed to accommodate this new model of care, with renovations including the creation of a communal dining room and living space in a warm and comforting home environment. More >>
Broken Promise, Lost Lives: Government’s Bowel Cancer Screening Pledge 98% Undelivered
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 11:20 am | Bowel Cancer New Zealand
Bowel cancer screening is a $30 test that prevents an $80,000 cancer. The human cost of delay is tragic – and the economic case for early detection couldn’t be clearer. It is indefensible for more Kiwis to continue losing their lives to this preventable, ... More >>
Hato Hone St John Seeking $4.5m To Fund New Ambulance Stations
Tuesday, 3 June 2025, 8:20 am | Hato Hone St John
Money raised from this year’s Light the Way Annual Appeal will go towards 10 new builds and three major repairs of Hato Hone St John Ambulance stations. More >>
Sudden Arrivals: NZ Ambulance Crews Describe What It’s Like When Babies Are Born Out Of The Blue
Sunday, 1 June 2025, 3:49 pm | The Conversation
Ambulance staff face a unique and demanding situation when attending unplanned out-of-hospital births. New research shows just how crucial training and support can be. More >>
Run It And Brain Injuries: What You Need To Know
Sunday, 1 June 2025, 3:37 pm | RNZ
Explainer - A 19-year-old died playing a version of the controversial violent 'Run It' contest. Just how dangerous is it? More >>
Innovative Report Shows Collaboration To Improve Māori Health Would Increase Regional Productivity By $122m Annually
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 7:15 pm | HBREDA
The research only further highlights the importance of Māori health to Hawke’s Bay’s future. This issue is not going to go away, especially as the working age population of Māori is expected to grow to 43,540 within the next two decades. More >>
Broken Promise
Saturday, 31 May 2025, 6:37 pm | Rob Crozier
Just 15 Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia patients p/a are expected to benefit from the funding largesse,” said Dr Ruth Spearing, “and of these 15, 5 approvals are for Bendamustine — a derivative of nitrogen mustard, which was originally developed ... More >>
Health Professionals Concerned At Further Delays To Gender Affirming Healthcare Guidelines
Friday, 30 May 2025, 8:18 pm | PATHA
This is clear evidence of ideological interference in an operational, professional frontline medical resource that is being requested by the health sector. We reiterate our call for the Government to allow Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand to publish these ... More >>
NBS Dancing For A Cause 2025 Raises Record $670,000 For Nelson Tasman
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:21 pm | Nelson Tasman Hospice
The $670,000 raised will help Nelson Tasman Hospice continue to provide specialist palliative care to approximately 210 patients and their whānau/families every month. More >>
Unmasking The Appeal: TSANZ Releases New Vaping Cessation Guidance For Health Professionals On World No Tobacco Day
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:19 pm | Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
The TSANZ Guidance is a practical, evidence-informed resource designed around common clinical scenarios More >>
Fixed Physio Highlights Key Recovery Services For Local Sports Injuries
Friday, 30 May 2025, 10:44 am | Fixed Physio
Fixed Physio provides sports physio in Christchurch for individuals recovering from athletic injuries or managing long-term biomechanical issues. The service includes assessment, strength reconditioning, mobility programming, and return-to-sport planning. More >>
Te Roopu Tupeka Kore Launches Powerful New Documentary On Māori Tobacco Control
Friday, 30 May 2025, 8:38 am | Hapai Te Hauora
Told through the voices of Māori tobacco control leaders, the documentary is a snapshot of decades of advocacy, offering a deeper understanding of the movement and the passion driving it. More >>
Smokefree 2025: A Promise Gone Up In Smoke
Friday, 30 May 2025, 8:29 am | Asthma and Respiratory Foundation of New Zealand
As the globe marks World Smokefree Day this Saturday, 31 May, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation NZ is reminding Kiwis that this was the year New Zealand was meant to become smokefree. More >>
Experts Examine Climate Impacts On Pacific Health
Friday, 30 May 2025, 7:31 am | University of Auckland
Dr Roannie Ng Shiu, a director of the university’s Te Poutoko Ora a Kiwa – Centre for Pacific and Global Health, says the symposium will not only examine the health impacts of climate change in the Pacific, but share potential solutions. More >>
Warning: Fake Videos Targeting People With Type 2 Diabetes
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 8:46 pm | New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes
The New Zealand Society for the Study of Diabetes (NZSSD) is warning people with type 2 diabetes to be cautious about health advice on social media, especially videos that appear to be from New Zealand doctors. More >>
KCDC Support For Improved Health Services In Kapiti Welcomed
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 4:58 pm | Kapiti Health Advisory Group
With this initiative, Kapiti Coast District Council hopes to lay the groundwork for a future where accessible and locally provided healthcare is no longer a distant hope but a tangible reality. More >>
New Data Shows Strain On Addictions Services
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 12:54 pm | NZ Drug Foundation
NZ Drug Foundation Executive Director Sarah Helm says this data shows the addiction services sector needs significant investment, especially in light of a recent doubling of methamphetamine consumption. More >>
Organ And Tissue Donation Helped Save And Improve The Lives Of Hundreds Of People In 2024
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:29 am | Organ Donation NZ
The report summarises deceased organ and tissue donations facilitated by Organ Donation New Zealand (ODNZ) in 2024, and shares insights on how donation can have a powerful and lasting impact on individuals, whānau and communities. More >>
National Campaign Returns This June—Raising Awareness And Support For New Zealanders Living With Motor Neurone Disease
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 11:25 am | Motor Neurone Disease Association NZ
Throughout June, the campaign will spotlight real stories from people living with MND and their whānau — highlighting the urgency of timely equipment, the emotional and physical load carried by carers, and the courage of those navigating the unknown. More >>
Global Study: COVID-19 And Adenoviral Vaccines Tied To GBS Risk, Not MRNA Vaccines
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:56 am | Global Vaccine Data Network
GBS is a rare but serious neurological condition that can cause progressive limb weakness and eventual paralysis, with an annual incidence of 1 to 4 cases per 100,000 people worldwide. It has been linked to various infections, including Campylobacter ... More >>
Chiropractic Services At The Healing Centre Address Posture And Pregnancy Needs
Thursday, 29 May 2025, 10:13 am | The Healing Centre
The clinic maintains that its services are not medical care, and it recommends that individuals consult with their healthcare providers before beginning chiropractic treatment. More >>
Providers Named After Failing To Meet HDC Recommendations
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 7:48 pm | Health and Disability Commissioner
In October 2024, Mr Stoneman and NZDAT were found to have breached the Code and not provided Mr A and Mrs B with an appropriate standard of service. More >>
Dental Today Highlights Access To Braces And Hygiene Care In Auckland
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 4:52 pm | Dental Today
Dental Today sees patients from suburbs across South and Central Auckland, including Royal Oak, Mangere, and Mt Wellington. The team emphasises personalised care, patient education, and a preventive approach that supports both cosmetic and health-focused ... More >>
Teen Dies After Controversial Tackle Game – Expert Reaction
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 3:30 pm | Science Media Centre
"We must treat these impacts with the same seriousness as we do car crashes,” says Professor Patria Hume, Professor Human Performance, AUT. More >>
Auckland Theatre Nurses Begin One-Month On-Call Strike
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Nurses Organisation
NZNO delegate and Starship perioperative nurse Haim Ainsworth says the month-long on-call strike follows rolling two-hour strikes by Auckland theatre nurses on 1 May. More >>
Health Agencies Highlighting Changes Limiting Promotion Of Vapes
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 1:28 pm | Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
Director of Public Health Dr Corina Grey says, three weeks out from these significant series of changes coming into force, today’s reminder focuses on one part of the changes, the new restrictions on product advertising and promotions. More >>
Pharmac Seeks Feedback On Potential Brand Changes From Annual Medicines Tender
Wednesday, 28 May 2025, 12:21 pm | PHARMAC
Pharmac is now consulting on the potential impact of brand changes from this year’s tender. Pharmac is inviting feedback from people who take these medicines, and those who support them including prescribers, dispensers, and caregivers. More >>
