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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    A spotlight on our healthcare system, with poverty linked to higher blood cancer deaths
     23 December 2025
    A spotlight on our healthcare system, with poverty linked to higher blood cancer deaths
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    Singer-songwriter Chris Rea , best known for the hit Driving Home for Christmas, has died aged 74
    23 Dec 2025: Singer-songwriter Chris Rea , best known for the hit Driving Home for Christmas, has died aged 74... more
    Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
    23 Dec 2025: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato... more
    Low and non alcoholic drinks appear to be on the rise
    21 Dec 2025: Low and non alcoholic drinks appear to be on the rise... more
    A push for urgent workplace reforms, to combat burnout in New Zealand born Pasifika people
    21 Dec 2025: A push for urgent workplace reforms, to combat burnout in New Zealand born Pasifika people... more
    Festive season spending's being hampered for women, who are effectively now working for free
    20 Dec 2025: Festive season spending's being hampered for women, who are effectively now working for free... more
    Optimism in the hospitality sector, despite consumer spending tracking below last year
    20 Dec 2025: Optimism in the hospitality sector, despite consumer spending tracking below last year... more
    A Northland suicide cluster presents stark revelations of rangatahi being lost in the system
    18 Dec 2025: A Northland suicide cluster presents stark revelations of rangatahi being lost in the system... more
    Health officials have confirmed one new measles case in Queenstown - linked to overseas travel
    17 Dec 2025: Health officials have confirmed one new measles case in Queenstown - linked to overseas travel... more
    Man who stabbed 11yo Australian tourist in London to be detained indefinitely
    17 Dec 2025: A judge at the Old Bailey rules Ioan Alexandru-Pintaru, who stabbed a young Australian girl in Leicester Square last year, will be detained at a mental hospital indefinitely.... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     15 Dec: A nod of approval for the KidsCan school lunches scheme ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
     02 Jan: Authorities are working to get to the bottom of a major cyber security breach which may have exposed the personal health data of tens of thousands of Kiwis +++++++++++++++++++++++
     01 Jan: The government's calling for transparency in the wake of a cyber security breach - that could put patients' medical data at risk ++++++++++++++++
     24 Dec: Extreme caution's being urged to users of synthetic cannabinoids, especially in Auckland +++++++++++++
     01 Jan: (CCN - INCLUDES AUCKLAND IN THE TOP LINE) +++++++++++++
     24 Dec: This year's Christmas spread could cost a bit more to put on tomorrow ++++++++++++
     24 Dec: A jury's ordered US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson to pay more than 2.5 billion dollars - to a woman who blamed it for causing her cancer ++++++++++++


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