The department has updated the policy, after reports of women handcuffed to hospital beds.

It says restraints will no longer be used on women more than 30 weeks pregnant, in labour, or staying in hospital after giving birth.

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Soccer:
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Auckland:
A person has died after a vehicle hit a parked car and flipped in the Auckland suburb of Hillsborough yesterday evening 8:27

Health & Safety:
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