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‘Can we afford this?’: Patients shocked by $1000 after-hours medical fees
Fees as high as $1000 have been quoted for after-hours appointments.
12-tractor convoy on mission to boost children's mental wellbeing
A convoy of 12 tractors and a Humvee visited schools in the Far North.
Dumbbells, deadlifts and dairy cows: The rural gym with four-legged observers
No gym rats staring here, just livestock.
'Oh heck': Farmer says quad bike accident was a wake-up call
Michael Woodward is urging his peers to take care out on the farm this busy summer season.
Weathering the storm: Rural Support Trust helps farmers in need
'It was set up by a group of like-minded farmers with a passion to help others.'
Rural mental health initiative receives funds
The initiative gets farmers off the farm and into the water.
Surf's up for farmers, thanks to $15,000 grant
'While the concept is simple, the programme has proven to be life changing.'
Getting Through: New Farmstrong resources for farmers after severe weather
Hawke’s Bay farmers share recovery stories in book and website launch.
Meat the Need holds online auction to help Kiwis doing it tough
“Every bid in this auction brings us closer to ... ensuring no one in NZ goes hungry."
Farmer with terminal cancer caught in two-year battle with ACC
The 53-year-old fighting for compensation now has less than a year to live.
New Zealand’s hunt for overseas doctors amps up today
Medical graduates from the UK, Ireland, and Aus can have their applications fast-tracked.
From trauma to teaching: How kids are changing farm safety
A former farmer says farm safety education should go up the family tree, rather than down.
Rural communities need more targeted mental health support - advocates
Rural communities face health inequities say advocates
'Wake-up call': How burnout helped this Tararua dairy farmer
Mike Burmeister says a burnout episode early in his career helped shape his thinking.
'Thought I was invincible': The man who technically died on the rugby field
'If this had happened on the farm I wouldn’t have had a chance.'
Join Team HOPE's 10th birthday bash with Matt Chisholm
Central Taranaki charity Team HOPE is celebrating its 10th birthday in November.
Lena Keenan's week on Mobile Surgery Unit fuels her passion for health careers
The Tairāwhiti rangatahi will take home the skills she learnt at the MSU.
Weedkiller deemed okay in NZ pulled off Australian shelves
'We haven’t taken this decision lightly and are exercising a high degree of caution.'
Opinion: GPs shortage - new solutions needed for sustainable primary healthcare
OPINION: For every $1 spent in primary care, $14 is saved down the line in hospitals.
Winter farming challenges with Sam Whitelock and Paul Walker
Two Farmstrong ambassadors shelter from the rain for a yarn about the winter slog.
'We're so stoic': Josh Kronfeld wants blokes to open up about their health
'Too many of the brothers are leaving us early for... stuff that could've been prevented.'
'I swung': The spider crawling down her windscreen that she couldn't catch
Ailsa Slui, 80, says she would be blind by now if she hadn't sought medical help.
Homeward bound: Rural trust fundraising trek ends in Gisborne today
Hoping to see funds used for Outward Bound experience.
Opinion: Keeping your stock - and yourself - safe in the yards
Opinion: Yards that are fit for purpose are a pleasure to work in.
Why we need more rural health professionals
James Gardiner is doing his rural health training in Dannevirke
'Challenging': 4000-patient clinic has no permanent GP
Sometimes locums cannot be found so practices are running with 'insufficient GPs'.
'I have staff crying regularly': Calls for more rural medical training
Overstretched rural clinicians 'feel at times they are letting the community down'.