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Judge orders Covid jab for kids, bans dad from contact until they're vaccinated

Doctor: Children with pre-existing conditions have the most to gain from being vaccinated.

Live: Grim Covid milestone 'could have been far worse'; how NZ's mortality rate compares

Health officials reported 7592 cases, 640 hospitalisations and 11 deaths yesterday.

Third death considered to be linked to Covid-19 vaccine, says ministry

All three cases are currently with coroners to determine the cause of death.

NZNO to initiate legal review of pay equity settlement and process

NZNO chief executive said members showed significant dissatisfaction with back pay.

Specsavers failed to spot woman's glaucoma for years

She was seeing halos and flashing lights, they gave her prescriptions for new glasses.

Medsafe warning after quack Covid 'cure' puts person in ICU

Drinking Miracle Mineral Solution is dangerous and it doesn't cure Covid, Medsafe says.

GP's biopsy without consent 'very concerning': HDC

Informed consent is at the heart of the Code of Rights for New Zealand patients.

Matt Heath: Fat chance of outrunning Covid-19

COMMENT: Fit people don't worry about the health system nearly as much as obese people do.

Plunket to cut parenting programmes due to lack of funding

'Like any charity that relies on donations and grants, we have limited resources.'

'New generation coming into agriculture': Cannabis farm gets $32m grant

The Government has given a cash injection to NZ's largest medicinal cannabis grower.

'He is dying': Tearful mother faces losing second child

But a 'miracle drug' she can't afford could save him.

Big Read: Violent talk and fake news - how extremism went mainstream

David Fisher enters a landscape of mainstream extremism and conspiracy theories.

Caution in traffic light decision urged despite easing pressure

Case numbers dipped slightly below 10,000 yesterday.

Covid, kids and coping: Pippa Wetzell's year of change

With milestones to celebrate, the Fair Go presenter is making up for lost time.

The 140kg woman who lost nearly half her body weight

Kate Cormack's weight loss took her from 140kg to 75kg.

Vaccine resistance has roots in negative childhood experiences, study finds

THE CONVERSATION: The findings are some of the latest from the long-running Dunedin Study.

Covid-19: First case of Deltacron detected in Australia

Deltacron is a mix of Delta and Omicron BA.1.

Covid-19 Omicron: Bay of Plenty hospitalisation numbers peaking

The number of people aged over 65 contracting the virus is also rising in the region.