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Emergency housing: Human Rights Commission’s damning report points to rights breaches
Inquiry finds emergency housing system is seriously flawed.
Hospitalisations for Covid jump by 100; 40k new cases, 35 deaths in 7 days
An expert says Kiwis should wear masks in places like bars and restaurants.
Asian health missing from latest report
Health practitioners are concerned that Te Whatu Ora has failed to address Asian health.
Covid-19: 34,528 cases in last week; 418 in hospital as reinfections rise
Covid-19 reinfections now make up at least one quarter of cases, amid worrying unknowns.
Damning review into Malachi Subecz murder finds agencies could have done more
The Government agrees to some changes, but shies away from mandatory reporting of abuse.
Covid-19: Will NZ’s wave peak before summer holidays?
Modeller expects Covid wave to peak before NY - depending on how Kiwis behave before Xmas.
Covid: 58 deaths, 27,076 new cases, 10 in ICU in past week as infections keep rising
The highest number of new cases in months have been reported today.
Dairy owners protest, more Three Waters concerns & health workers in for pay rise | Focus Morning Bulletin: 28 November, 2022
Dairy owners set to stand in solidarity, the 'dangerous' Three Waters provision lawyers are calling out and healthcare pay parity in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
‘Long overdue’: Govt announces $200m for nurse pay parity
It is to ensure workers are paid fairly sectorwide.
Urgent care clinic on North Shore cuts hours because of doctor shortages
Urgent care clinic forced to reduce its hours on four days, and close two days.
'The system is broken': Health Minister's details handed to patients in busy ED
Long waiting times, over-worked staff leave patients vulnerable.
Watch: 'Not out of the woods' - Covid summer wave may hit 11k cases a day
21,595 new community cases have been reported in the past week.
Prime $50m property back on the market - will it be returned to disabled community?
The site was sold last year for $49.5m but a plan for 240 apartments has stalled.
Live: 21,595 new Covid cases, 56 virus-related deaths in the past week
The most recent analysis shows the Omicron subvariant remains dominant.
Govt considering paid placements for nursing students, push for second Harbour Bridge & Republican upset in US | Focus Morning Bulletin: 14 November, 2022
The Government considering paid placements for nursing students, why a second Harbour Bridge could be better than a tunnel & major midterm Republican upset in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
Peter Davis: What health crisis?
OPINION: Professor of population health says there's too much we don't know.
Death with a view: Man’s unique assisted dying request
Kiwis have been dying in their own way - at the beach, or in bed with a dog at their feet.
Smoke in upper floor prompts callout to Health Ministry HQ
A fire at the MOH headquarters has resulted in an evacuation of the building.
Telehealth service will expand access to safe abortions
The phone hotline will provide clinical consultations.
Covid-19: 20,522 new cases in 7 days, rolling average is 2926 per day
A seven-day update from the Ministry of Health is expected to show a rise in subvariants.
Health NZ unveils plan to tackle hospital problems
National meanwhile asks where the 'actions, dates and accountability' is.
More doctors in distress, $100K education website U-turn & Kanye West going broke | Focus Morning Bulletin: 28 October, 2022
Fears more doctors could be lost to suicide, the costly Ministry of Education U-turn and Kayne West’s net worth plummets in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
New Covid infections jump by 1500 in 24-hour period
It is the highest recorded number of new infections since mid-August.
Focus: Hundreds of nurses walk off the job for pay parity
Hundreds of nurses in primary healthcare are striking nationwide, calling for the right to be paid the same as their hospital counterparts. Video / NZ Herald
Revealed: Plan to address surgery waitlists
The recommendations will be implemented this year, beginning in December.
Two new Covid variants detected in NZ, Ministry of Health keeping close eye
"We’re watching the levels of those variants closely."
Focus Morning Bulletin: 18 October, 2022
Renewed concerns over our EDs, could cost of living pressures ease and tensions between the UK's new Finance Minister and Prime Minister in the latest NZ Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald
'He was just a skeleton of a baby': Family moves to Australia to save starving infant
Gideon's body started 'eating itself' to survive - 'He was essentially starving to death.'
Nine new community cases of monkeypox
All of the new cases have been identified as community transmissions.
Doctor well-known in ADHD community faces tribunal
It is alleged Tony Hanne wrote prescriptions without specialist approval.
Impossible to measure impact of nurses' refusal to work extra shifts - union
Nurses are protesting over the end of the winter Covid-19 bonus.
9975 new Covid cases, 33 deaths in last week; nearly 10 per cent reinfections
For three weeks now, Kiwis have been living without the Covid-19 traffic light system.
'Cruel and heartless': $52k annual tax on 'miracle drug' slammed
'We will do anything to keep our boy alive but ... detest having to pay tax to do so.'