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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    New insight into the risk of being overweight
     10 February 2026
    New insight into the risk of being overweight
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    People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit, as imports from overseas flood the market
    10 Feb: People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit, as imports from overseas flood the market... more
    Hopes a new dialysis unit in Southland improves access to life saving treatment
    10 Feb: Hopes a new dialysis unit in Southland improves access to life saving treatment... more
    A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes
    10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes... more
    A Maori man says a bone tissue transplant without his consent during wrist surgery - went against his cultural and religious beliefs
    9 Feb: A Maori man says a bone tissue transplant without his consent during wrist surgery - went against his cultural and religious beliefs... more
    Concerns from drug testing organisations over extra high-dose MDMA pills
    9 Feb: Concerns from drug testing organisations over extra high-dose MDMA pills... more
    Green turtle released from Taronga Zoo's wildlife hospital after horror injury
    9 Feb: After surviving one of the worst fishing line injuries vet Rebecca Robey had ever seen, Terry the turtle has been set free.... more
    Water warnings along the capital's South Coast are expected to remain for another week, as officials wait for more test results
    8 Feb: Water warnings along the capital's South Coast are expected to remain for another week, as officials wait for more test results... more
    ???1;Women with heart-conditions are at higher risk of complications during pregnancy, if they live rurally
    8 Feb: ???1;Women with heart-conditions are at higher risk of complications during pregnancy, if they live rurally... more
    Researchers say "prehabilitation" could give cancer patients a boost in recovery
    7 Feb: Researchers say "prehabilitation" could give cancer patients a boost in recovery... more

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     18 Jan: Auckland University is taking aim at New Zealand's biggest cancer killer - by opening the country's first lung cancer organoid bank +++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: A word of caution as calls grow to fund weight-management drugs ++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Biosecurity officials hunting Queensland fruit flies in Auckland - have found nothing after another weekend of precautions +++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Drug researchers say the collapsing price of methamphetamine has concerning implications +++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Any weight loss drug roll out in New Zealand - would need to be done carefully ++++++++++++
     18 Jan: Auckland University scientists have received one million dollars to advance skin cancer treatments ++++++++++++
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