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Michael J Fox-backed NZ study reveals vital Parkinson's puzzle piece

NZ study backed by Hollywood star's foundation finds promising lead to combat Parkinson's.

Concerns over proposed med school quotas

Caps on Maori and Pasifika admissions could have negative implications for decades.

'The trail is quite cold now': Inside the hunt for the Covid source in Auckland

After nearly 2 weeks, the source of infection for the Auckland cluster remains a mystery.

Auckland principal: Students at school in level 3 puts communities at risk

Auckland principals believe sending year 12 and 13 students to school is unnecessary.

'Patients will die': Fears over colonoscopy delays

Bowel Cancer NZ says Covid's return will worsen already dangerous backlogs.

Covid complacency unmasked: Masks should be mandatory - expert

"This is 99 per cent the Government's responsibility to get right," expert says.

'No magic way around the odds': Statistician's $12 bid for Lotto loot

You have a one in 38 million chance of winning says Dunedin statistician.

First look at Otago Uni's planned Queenstown retreat

University of Otago has applied for consent to build a $12 million retreat for academics.

Cambodian refugee escaped execution, now proud father of GP

How one powerful act of kindness has resounded through the generations.

Choosing childcare: How to decide what's best for your child

Take a checklist when you're choosing daycare, but in the end it's love that counts.

PhD candidate says some post-grad students should be let in as essential workers

Doctoral students from overseas are hoping to be let back in to NZ as essential workers.

Voluntary Covid-19 isolation: 39 people join family in facilities

Health Ministry's special exemption for those wanting to reunite early with arrivals.

'Sleepless nights, nightmares, trauma' as coronial process drags on

A grieving family has waited for a coronal inquest into son's suicide for seven years.

Otago University drops health subjects

Mental health and women's health no longer compulsory at Otago medical school.

Use of BMI to detect heart risk in Māori, Pasifika misleading - doctor

A study found that BMI has no relation to the special fatty tissue around the heart.

Empty class: Inside the foreign student crisis

Decisions on how to let foreign students back next year are needed soon.

Revealed: Auckland rises in university world rankings, second NZ uni tumbles

Auckland University inches up, but Waikato drops out of top 300.

Time to define Covid elimination, Kiwi scientists say

As NZ's Covid-19 case count goes to zero, scientists renew calls to define elimination.