Health
Nurses walk off the job to protest threats to patient safety
About 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants have walked off the job on Tuesday over what they say are critical threats to patient safety. Reporter Felix Walton spoke to Charlotte Cook. Audio
Concerns as teens promote new sunbathing trend
With an exceptionally hot summer on the cards, experts are sounding alarm bells.
Bird flu in NZ: What you need to know
Explainer - Can we still eat NZ eggs? And are our native birds safe? As 80,000 birds are to be killed on an Otago farm, here's what we know so far.
Morning Report Essentials for Tuesday 3 December 2024
On today's episode, the Prime Minister says unemployment is still expected to increase before it comes down and more work needs to be done if the government is going to meet its target to reduce the… Audio
Covid-19: 1719 new cases, seven deaths
Covid-19 cases rose slightly again last week, with just over 1700 new cases reported in the week to Sunday.
Union on potential job losses at Auckland Hospital and Greenlane Clinical Centre
A team of 40 hospital support workers who make beds, tidy wards and help patients get to the bathroom at Auckland Hospital and Greenlane Clinical Centre could lose their jobs. E Tū union director Mat… Audio
Nurses go on strike across the nation today
About 36,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants are walking off the job for eight hours over what they say are critical threats to patient safety. Audio
Professor of infectious disease on bird flu outbreak
A professor of infectious disease says if bird flu on the infected Otago farm has been identified early, there's a good chance the outbreak can be contained. Professor Nigel French from Massey… Audio
Health NZ on Nurses strike
Nurses, midwives, health care assistants, and kaimaho hauora will strike around the country. The Nurses Organisation says they're worried about safe staffing levels and indications that any settlement… Audio
Nurses set to strike over staffing levels
Thirty-six-thousand nurses, midwives, health care assistants, and kaimaho hauora will strike around the country on Tuesday. Nurses Organisation's Chief Executive Paul Goulter spoke to Corin Dann. Audio
Auckland Hospital support staff may lose jobs
A team of front-line hospital staff who make beds, tidy wards and help patients get to the bathroom have been told their jobs could be gone next year. Lauren Crimp has more. Audio
Bird flu found on farm in North Otago
Farmers are on high alert after high pathogenic avian influenza - otherwise known as bird flu - was found on a free range chicken farm in North Otago. Otago Federated Farmers' provincial president… Audio
Te Whatu Ora uses wrong job titles in restructure plans
Letters sent to IT employees at Te Whatu Ora Waikato - which outlined a proposed restructure and possible disestablishment of their jobs - included the wrong job titles.
Waimate water: 'We've just got to work through the system as best we can'
The Waimate District mayor says it's not known when nitrate levels, which prompted a do not drink notice, will come down.
Welsh man runs a 75 mile penis on GPS for Movember
Welshman Terry Rosoman wanted to do something spectacular for Movember, so he went for a run in the mountains - armed with a GPS unit, and a sense of humour. Audio
A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu found in New Zealand, should we be worried?
A 'high pathogenic' type of bird flu was confirmed in an Otago egg farm over the weekend.
To help us understand what's happening now we're joined by University of Otago virologist Jemma Geoghegan. Audio
Pharmac to reconsider HRT decision
Associate Health Minister David Seymour has confirmed Pharmac will review its decision to fund Mylan-branded HRT and cut Estradot.
The Panel with Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou (Part 1)
Tonight on The Panel, Wallace Chapman is joined by panellists Ali Jones & Shane Te Pou to discuss: President Biden pardoning his son Hunter, and Avian Flu outbreak in Otago and news from the Labour… Audio
'Systemic changes need to happen:' Baby dies after becoming stuck during birth
A baby died during birth after the midwife failed to act quickly enough when his shoulders got stuck, the health watchdog has found.
Bird flu found in chickens on Otago egg farm
At least 40,000 chickens are being culled from an Otago egg farm after some birds tested positive for a strain of bird flu. The farm is currently locked down with a 10 kilometre buffer zone around the… Audio
