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Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow

23 February 2026

Concerns the window for accessing the shingles vaccine is too narrow

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Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema
	22 Feb: Zebrafish might be crucial to creating treatments for lymphoedema ... more

Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks
	22 Feb: Failure to prevent people living with intellectual disabilities from falling between the cracks... more

Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu
	22 Feb: Fundraising's underway for a potentially lifesaving surgical robot in the Manawatu... more

The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available
	21 Feb: The country's first research-informed cyberbullying programme is now available... more

Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants
	20 Feb: Alarm bells over proposed regulation of newly-allowed physician assistants... more

Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing
	19 Feb: Bay of Plenty's being flagged as a potential hot spot for cocaine use, with the drug more than twice as likely to show up in work place testing... more

New workplace testing results reveal cocaine detections have sharply risen across the country
	19 Feb: New workplace testing results reveal cocaine detections have sharply risen across the country... more

Pharmac's being urged to give blood cancer patients assurance on what treatments are being funded in the coming years
	18 Feb: Pharmac's being urged to give blood cancer patients assurance on what treatments are being funded in the coming years... more

Two new blood cancer medications could soon be available to patients as pills, with one accessible through private clinics
	18 Feb: Two new blood cancer medications could soon be available to patients as pills, with one accessible through private clinics... more

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Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News

14 Feb: Two sailors have been hospitalised after a nasty crash between the Black Foils and France, forcing the cancellation of racing for the day at the Auckland Sail GP event +++++++++++++++++++

10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes ++++++++++++++++++

10 Feb: People are being urged to buy local tinned fruit, as imports from overseas flood the market +++++++++++

15 Feb: The first Auckland housing - designed for spinal injury recovery - is now officially open +++++++++++

09 Feb: A Maori man says a bone tissue transplant without his consent during wrist surgery - went against his cultural and religious beliefs ++++++++++

26 Jan: Jules Radich is being remembered for his fight for Dunedin's new hospital ++++++++++

30 Jan: A new purpose-built forensic mental health facility's opened at Auckland's Mason Clinic - which serves nearly two million people across the Northern Region +++++++++

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Today's News

Accident and Emergency:
Five hikers are lucky to be alive after a Mount Taranaki tramp yesterday 14:57

Rugby:
Moana Pasifika have been forced to scrap a home game in Tonga for a second straight year 14:17

National:
In Emerald Fennel’s Wuthering Heights, domestic abuse has been recast as consensual kink 14:17

Politics:
Marshall Islands launches first universal basic income scheme to stop outward migration 14:17

Motoring:
A diesel spill where three-vehicles have crashed at Orewa, in Auckland's north - has closed northbound lanes on State Highway One, since about midday 13:47

Motoring:
Shane van Gisbergen has finished a creditable sixth in the latest drama-filled NASCAR race in Georgia 13:37

Law and Order:
A Te Kuiti man's admitted to killing his 10-month-old son on the first day of his High Court trial in Hamilton 13:27

Motorsports:
A red flag following an 11-car pile-up has turned the latest NASCAR race into an overtime shoot-out 13:07

National:
The work women do has changed. The case for pay equity in NZ hasn’t 13:07

General:
For the Olympics to remain relevant, it is essential it embraces sustainability 13:07

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