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    Police have selected the detection device they'll use for new roadside drug testing - picking up on cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine
     14 November 2025
    Police have selected the detection device they'll use for new roadside drug testing - picking up on cannabis, methamphetamine, MDMA, and cocaine
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    Cases of VRE have triggered infection prevention measures to be put in place at Christchurch Hospital
    14 Nov: Cases of VRE have triggered infection prevention measures to be put in place at Christchurch Hospital... more
    Christmas is coming early for some Kiwis, with Pharmac confirming five new approved treatments for conditions including cancer - from December
    12 Nov: Christmas is coming early for some Kiwis, with Pharmac confirming five new approved treatments for conditions including cancer - from December... more
    A new Bill aiming to speed access to medicines has passed its third reading
    12 Nov: A new Bill aiming to speed access to medicines has passed its third reading... more
    Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees
    12 Nov: Otago University students are facing back to back increases to their tuition fees... more
    Tongan league coach Kristian Woolf remains committed to his hospitalised player Eli Katoa
    11 Nov: Tongan league coach Kristian Woolf remains committed to his hospitalised player Eli Katoa... more
    It's been found shortcomings in nursing care at Taranaki Base Hospital, directly contributed to a 78-year-old man's fatal fall
    11 Nov: It's been found shortcomings in nursing care at Taranaki Base Hospital, directly contributed to a 78-year-old man's fatal fall... more
    A woman with horrendous pain for years whose bowel cancer wasn't diagnosed in multiple GP visits - only got a diagnosis through follow-up for an unrelated melanoma
    10 Nov: A woman with horrendous pain for years whose bowel cancer wasn't diagnosed in multiple GP visits - only got a diagnosis through follow-up for an unrelated melanoma... more
    A measles case has popped up in Nelson, with currently no known links to previous cases
    10 Nov: A measles case has popped up in Nelson, with currently no known links to previous cases... more
    Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic
    9 Nov: Kiwis finances are giving them a headache - much more than during the pandemic... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     05 Dec: A Christchurch school at the centre of this week's mouldy lunches debacle, has launched an internal inquiry ++++++++++++++++
     23 Nov: Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users' mental health +++++++++++++++
     30 Nov: Doubts the health system would be able to cope with Labour's election promises ++++++++++++
     05 Dec: Warnings not to collect and eat shellfish along the Bay of Plenty coast - with unsafe levels of toxins that could cause paralysis, respiratory failure and, in severe cases, death +++++++++++
     06 Dec: Kindercare daycare says it's shocked that children entrusted in their care were harmed at a Christchurch centre yesterday afternoon ++++++++++
     30 Nov: Youth vaping is dropping amongst some age groups ++++++++++
     23 Nov: Calls for farmers to get on top of worm treatment for their dogs - to stop the spread of C-ovis or sheep measles ++++++++++


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