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The Cannabis Clinic, New Zealand's premier healthcare provider dedicated to pioneering advancements in plant-based medicine, proudly announces the launch of its first-ever “420 Day” nationwide billboards. Read more...

Family First NZ is calling for an urgent pause on the use of puberty blockers, and for a full inquiry into the long term effects and potential harms of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones on vulnerable young people. There have been significant developments ... Read more...

The Women’s Rights Party is calling on the Ministry of Health to ban the use of puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for children and young people experiencing gender-related distress. In March the National Health Service England banned the ... Read more...

The consequences of dangerous drinking are regularly seen in the ED with people presenting with injuries from alcohol use, or clinical intoxication. People also present with medical conditions from long-term alcohol misuse. Read more...

"Governments of the past 15 years have ignored the evidence and neglected the aged care sector. We are now at a point where over half of all aged care facilities are making a loss." Read more...

Home and Community Health Association is pleased to see greater recognition of the vital function that home and community care offers to alleviate unsustainable pressure on aged care residential facilities and the health system. About 80,000 older people ... Read more...

Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora has lifted its algal bloom health warning issued for the Hae Hae Te Moana River at Te Moana Gorge. This was issued on 21 November 2023. Recent cyanobacteria surveys of the Hae Hae Te Moana River have shown the cover ... Read more...

Schools and youth services in the Wellington region will be the first in the North Island to benefit from an innovative programme supporting the mental health of young people aged 11 to 18 years old. On May 20, Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Aotearoa ... Read more...

We need a fully integrated continuum of care for New Zealand’s ageing populations - a continuum that recognises that most older people, including those with dementia mate wareware, live at home. Read more...

The Court of Appeal's just-released decision that family carers of disabled people are not employees of Whaikaha, the Ministry of Disabled People, shows policy in this area must be fixed, says New Zealand Disability Support Network CEO Peter Reynolds. Read more...