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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Today in History, January 11: Smoking link to cancer announced in groundbreaking report
     11 January 2026
    In 1964, a major scientific report laid bare the deadly risks of smoking, at a time when the tobacco industry had a stronghold on the public and government coffers. Delve into the ABC Archives to discover how Australians reacted.
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    Health New Zealand's providing support for Northland victims of the Manage My Health cybersecurity breach
    11 Jan: Health New Zealand's providing support for Northland victims of the Manage My Health cybersecurity breach... more
    Ice Paks sold at Kmart are being recalled over toxin fears
    9 Jan: Ice Paks sold at Kmart are being recalled over toxin fears... more
    Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a newborn baby boy in Auckland
    9 Jan: Police have launched a homicide investigation following the death of a newborn baby boy in Auckland... more
    Health portal Manage My Health is still working to notify users affected by last week's major cyber breach
    9 Jan: Health portal Manage My Health is still working to notify users affected by last week's major cyber breach... more
    Expressions of interest close today for a new Primary Care Pathway for medical graduates
    9 Jan: Expressions of interest close today for a new Primary Care Pathway for medical graduates... more
    Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday
    9 Jan: Biosecurity teams are ramping up controls in Auckland - after catching a single male Queensland fruit fly in a Mount Roskill surveillance trap on Tuesday... more
    Hopes new meth-contamination statistics will quell concerns
    8 Jan: Hopes new meth-contamination statistics will quell concerns... more
    Parents are being warned to be vigilant about specific Nestlé baby formula batches - being recalled globally over possible toxins
    8 Jan: Parents are being warned to be vigilant about specific Nestlé baby formula batches - being recalled globally over possible toxins... more
    New figures show there's been a significant rise in the number of frontline mental health and addiction workers
    7 Jan: New figures show there's been a significant rise in the number of frontline mental health and addiction workers... 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 +++++++++++++
     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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