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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    A coroner's found mental health care failures, in the lead up to a young man's suicide in a Christchurch park
     2 February 2026
    A coroner's found mental health care failures, in the lead up to a young man's suicide in a Christchurch park
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    Calls for the Government to fund different medication for those with Lou Gherig's disease
    1 Feb: Calls for the Government to fund different medication for those with Lou Gherig's disease... more
    A warning new ADHD prescription rules, won't make diagnosis of the condition any quicker
    1 Feb: A warning new ADHD prescription rules, won't make diagnosis of the condition any quicker... more
    Hopes a new tool will be able to help the fight against vaping
    1 Feb: Hopes a new tool will be able to help the fight against vaping... more
    Scientists have proved ethnicity can be isolated, and directly impact peoples' health outcomes
    31 Jan: Scientists have proved ethnicity can be isolated, and directly impact peoples' health outcomes... more
    Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty if convicted of killing UnitedHealthcare's chief executive
    31 Jan: Luigi Mangione will not face the death penalty if convicted of killing UnitedHealthcare's chief executive... more
    Kiwis travelling to parts of Asia could face Covid-style screening measures - after cases of the deadly Nipah virus
    31 Jan: Kiwis travelling to parts of Asia could face Covid-style screening measures - after cases of the deadly Nipah virus... more
    A new purpose-built forensic mental health facility's opened at Auckland's Mason Clinic - which serves nearly two million people across the Northern Region
    30 Jan: A new purpose-built forensic mental health facility's opened at Auckland's Mason Clinic - which serves nearly two million people across the Northern Region... more
    Health New Zealand has confirmed another widespread technology outage - in upper North Island hospitals - was resolved overnight
    29 Jan: Health New Zealand has confirmed another widespread technology outage - in upper North Island hospitals - was resolved overnight... more
    Agents involved in Alex Pretti killing put on leave as Trump says mayor is 'playing with fire'
    29 Jan: The Trump administration is trying to manage a national uproar over Alex Pretti's killing and officials' subsequent comments about the 37-year-old nurse, who they accused of "domestic terrorism".... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     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 ++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes +++++++++++++
     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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