Press Release – St John Youth
Twelve St John Youth competitions teams will tackle the first aid section of the St John National Youth Festival and Competitions this weekend. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
The Government is giving an extra $2million to improve elective services at Counties Manukau DHB. The money will be used to put in place a range of initiatives over three years to improve access to and quality of electives at the DHB. Read more »

Press Release – Kagi

Emilie Johns and actress Amanda Billing wearing the Kagi for Kids friendship bracelets.< Turquoise has long been a symbol of friendship, strength and protection, so it is fitting that a new campaign is using the magic of these stones to support children living with cancer. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
More than 12,000 extra school children have joined the government’s programme to reduce rheumatic fever. Health Minister Tony Ryall says the latest schools to join since the start of the year are in Northland (11), Counties-Manukau (18), and Waikato (five). Read more »

Press Release – Health Innovation Hub
New Zealand Health Innovation Hub chair Dr Murray Horn today announced the appointment of Professor Stephen Munn as Convenor of the Hub’s Health Services and Clinical Advisory Group. Professor Munn trained as a transplant surgeon at the Mayo Clinic and has been clinical director of intra-abdominal transplant services at Auckland Hospital for over 15 years. Read more »

Press Release – Leukaemia and Blood Foundation
Leukaemia & Blood Cancer New Zealand (LBC) announced tonight at the opening of the Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand conference they had committed over $1 million of initial funding for a Leukaemia & Blood Cancer Research Unit at Auckland University. Read more »

News release from ALRANZ
The pro-choice organisation ALRANZ today called for increased vigilance by the authorities in the wake of an attack on an Auckland abortion clinic worker’s car. Read more »

Press Release – Right To Life New Zealand Inc
Right to Life deplores the recent vandalism of a abortion nurse’s car at the Auckland Medical Aid Centre, [AMAC]. We also hope that the Police will speedily apprehend the culprit of this vandalism and charge him with this offence. Read more »

Press Release – Pacific Homecare
Successful Homecare provider Pacific Homecare secured two prestigious homecare industry awards, as part of the 2013 New Zealand Home Health Association Service and Quality Awards. Read more »

Press Release – Home Health Association
The New Zealand Home Health Association (NZHHA) conference will be held in Auckland this week (11-12 April). The Association represents 40 organisations that provide health care, personal care and support for people living in their own homes. Members include both private and not-for-profit organisations across New Zealand. Read more »

Press Release – Ministry of Health
Implementation and Formative Evaluation of the Rheumatic Fever Prevention Programme.
FINAL Report for Ministry of Health Manatū Hauora
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Press Release – National Urban Maori Authority
Urban Maori leaders John Tamihere and Willie Jackson are calling whanau together to celebrate the success and roll out of Whanau Ora. The National Urban Maori Authority (NUMA) Whanau Ora Day is being held this Saturday April the 6th at Nga Whare Waatea Marae in Mangere. Read more »

Press Release – Department of Conservation
A 55 year-old Auckland man has been fined a total of four thousand dollars after he admitted importing traditional Asian medicines containing endangered and threatened species of plants. Read more »

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Map showing injury rates in Auckland’s 21 Local Board areas.

Press Release – Auckland Transport
Research published this morning reveals the road crash injury risk in Auckland is higher among all Maori and Pacific children and is lowest among Aucklanders of Asian descent. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Government
The first solaria survey by the Ministry of Health has revealed there has been a notable decrease in the number of sunbed operators. Read more »

Press Release – CCS Disability Action
CCS Disability Action’s Northern Region is running a series of community hui for Māori with a disability to provide a platform for voices that are often marginalised. Read more »

Press Release – Health Star Pacific
Health Star Pacific Trust (HSPT), a non government organization in Auckland that delivers health services, has come out in support of the Whanau Ora service. Read more »

Press Release – ECPAT
ECPAT NZ Child Alert is deeply concerned at reports of an increase in under aged sex workers in South Auckland and calls for increased protection of the young men and women involved. All children need to be safeguarded from being exploited in this way. Read more »

Press Release – Auckland Council
An outbreak of under-age street prostitution operating in Otara has shocked Tina Herewini, who has seen everything in 27 years as a Maori Warden. Tina is a lifetime resident of Otara and is well known locally. Read more »

Press Release – The Big Event
Think the accessibility world isn’t relevant to you? Think again. One in five New Zealanders lives with a disability of some kind. Add to this an aging population, families with young children and those with a temporary injury or illness, and you have a significant proportion of New Zealanders with access needs. The Big Event is the biggest accessibility expo in the country. Over 6,000 people attended the inaugural event in 2012, and this year’s free event at Greenlane’s ASB Showgrounds on Friday 5 and Saturday 6 April is to be bigger. Read more »