The bowel screening age for Māori and Pasifika people will finally be lowered from 60 to 50 years old next year – a move that Bowel Cancer New Zealand says is going to save lives.
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Dr Rawiri Jansen tells whānau to prepare for 'bumpy winter'
Winter is just around the corner, and Aotearoa is being told to prepare for the second wave of Covid-19 as immunity wanes among people who have already had the virus.
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$579m Māori health and wellbeing package revealed
The government will invest almost $600 Million in Māori Health and wellbeing over the next 4 years.
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$350 payment for 2.1 million people, in Budget attempt to tackle inflation
People earning less than $70,000 a year are set to receive $350 as part of the government’s 2022 budget, the pūtea is designed to hedge against soaring costs of living, amid Aotearoa’s 30-year-high 6.9 percent inflation.
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'Not expecting surprises' from Budget 2022- Dr Lara Greaves
University of Auckland Public Policy Institute political analyst Dr Lara Greaves (Ngāpuhi) says she’s expecting a “fairly conservative budget” with no surprises, as Finance Minister Grant Robertson
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Ikin wants whānau to know their worth at hauora expo
“He tū rongo koe! You are worth it!” That’s the rallying cry for Maniapoto whānau as they journey to the Te Nehenehenui Hauora expo this Sunday.
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Waitākere hospital build stalled until Health NZ takes over
The Ministry of Health has paused funding on plans to build a dedicated Child, Women and Family complex at Waitākere Hospital.
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Game-changing cardiac screening programme to reach all Māori across Waikato
Cardiac disease is one of the five biggest killers of Māori, who on average die seven years earlier than non-Māori.
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Calls for new South Auckland hospital as Middlemore turns 75
There are calls for a new hospital in South Auckland as its existing facility, Middlemore, gets set to celebrate 75 years.
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Māori, Pasifika cancer diagnosis drop 'concerning'- Te Aho o Te Kahu
A drop in the number of Māori being diagnosed with cancer is not a good thing, the government monitoring body, Te Aho o Te Kahu, says.