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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Ethnicity is a powerful indicator of health needs – cutting it from a new GP funding formula is a mistake
     12 August 2025
    Even after poverty is taken into account, Maori and Pacific people have a shorter life expectancy and higher cancer rates compared with people from other ethnic groups.
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    A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain
    12 Aug: A wave of winter illnesses has hit Christchurch - with schools, early childhood and the city's medical centres feeling the strain... more
    An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths
    11 Aug: An urgent need to stop Kiwis dying of heart disease - currently responsible for 20-percent of all deaths... more
    Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September
    11 Aug: Pharmac is opening up access to two covid-19 antiviral medicines, from September... more
    A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer
    11 Aug: A man has died - after doctors repeatedly missed opportunities to detect his cancer... more
    Recruitment needs to ramp up as new data for heart health paints a grim picture
    11 Aug: Recruitment needs to ramp up as new data for heart health paints a grim picture... more
    New research is a step towards better treating chronic stress
    10 Aug: New research is a step towards better treating chronic stress... more
    Some cancer patients in Taupo will now have easier access to treatment, closer to home
    9 Aug: Some cancer patients in Taupo will now have easier access to treatment, closer to home... more
    Researchers are worried about growing levels of drug-resistant pathogens in our environment
    9 Aug: Researchers are worried about growing levels of drug-resistant pathogens in our environment... more
    A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate
    7 Aug: A display of kotahitanga or unity from Iwi Maori Partnership Boards - standing up for their equitable health mandate... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     05 Aug: A Dunedin pub has been banned from selling alcohol for two days, after running social media giveaways promoting the sale of alcohol +++++++++++++++
     27 Jul: Fire and Emergency is reassuring strike action by unionised firefighters will not reduce or impact the services +++++++++++++++
     26 Jul: General practice owners say they're delighted about changes to the funding systems +++++++++++++++
     29 Jul: Bargaining efforts don't appear to have dissuaded nurses from walking off the job at 9am tomorrow ++++++++++++++
     18 Jul: Health officials have identified six new locations of interest in Feilding as they confirm three further measles cases, linked to recent cases in the Wairarapa +++++++++++++
     25 Jul: Potential good news in Marlborough for the small town of Havelock. +++++++++++++
     26 Jul: More capacity for Auckland's North Shore Hospital - with a quicker pathway to gynaecological cancer diagnosis +++++++++++++


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