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![First dog death at Coromandel beach](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
First dog death at Coromandel beach
A dog which died after visiting a Coromandel beach tests positive to the same toxin thought to have killed five dogs in Auckland.
![Victim: Sex-abuse rule will cost lives](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Victim: Sex-abuse rule will cost lives
A man raped by a relative at the age of 7 says the Government will have 'blood on its hands' if it introduces proposed new rules for sex abuse counselling.
![Waitakere Hospital refuses patients](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Waitakere Hospital refuses patients
Patients needing urgent medical care are being turned away from Waitakere Hospital as the hospital struggles with staff shortages.
![Beaches still risky, health officials warn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Beaches still risky, health officials warn
Public health officers are warning parents to closely watch children - and look out for toxic sea slugs - on Hauraki Gulf beaches.
![Diabetic's death sparks inquiries](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Diabetic's death sparks inquiries
Auckland District Health Board and the Coroner are investigating the death of a 68-year-old woman's hospital death which has left her family mystified.
![Flesh-eating bug cases treble in NZ hospitals](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Flesh-eating bug cases treble in NZ hospitals
The number of patients in New Zealand hospitals attacked by "flesh-eating" bugs has trebled since 1990.
![DoC looked at delaying poison drop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
DoC looked at delaying poison drop
The head of the Department of Conservation said rat poison drops on two Hauraki Gulf islands should be delayed over public concerns.
![Labtests staff not cleared to work](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Labtests staff not cleared to work
Five of the pathologists listed on Labtests' website are not fully registered to practise medicine in NZ.