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Scoop: Brent Wiseman gets top Auckland finance job

Waikato District Health Board chief financial officer Brent Wiseman resigned today to accept the chief financial officer position at Auckland District Health Board.

Scoop: Love/Hate Website Opens Celebrating Auckland

Flying in the face of health professionals worldwide, New Zealand movie lovers are again being offered a chance to take part in a marathon that requires zero physical exertion but comes with a very real threat of dying. ...

Scoop: New Health Minister’s efficiency drive welcomed

The Medical Technology Association of New Zealand (MTANZ ) has welcomed the appointment of new Health Minister Tony Ryall and says it’s looking forward to working with him and his associate ministers to reduce inefficiencies in the ...

Scoop: Businesses support Women’s Health fundraiser

CEO Ruth Davy says while WONS receives some funding from the Ministry of Health and Auckland District Health Board, it is not enough to meet the demands of the community. “Each year WONS performs cervical smear tests for about 2000 ...

Norma Tika Designs: Another baby beanie

The wool programme is part of the work of the South Auckland Health Foundation. They put together parcels of knitted/crochet clothing and blankets for new born babies whose families are struggling financially to provide the essentials. ...

Health Care - Health Insurance: Child Abuse can Cause Schizophrenia

It has three research groups which comprise a number of project and theme-based teams – acute care and rehabilitation, primary health care and mental health. The University of Auckland is New Zealand’s pre-eminent research-led ...

Scoop: Auckland participants wanted for polypill trial

ProCare Health Ltd will also recruit participants in Auckland, as will Ngati Porou Hauora in Gisborne. “We are delighted to be part of the trial,” says Dr John Cameron, Medical Director of ProCare Health Ltd. “We will be inviting ...

Asthma family breathes easier - Auckland stuff.co.nz ...

That changed when they started on the GASP programme piloted by Harbour Health. The web-based programme sees participants get free nurse consultations on dealing with asthma every four months. Mrs Jenkins hasn’t been called into school ...

CAAI News Media: CAMBODIA: Arsenic in Mekong putting 1.7 million ...

Arsenic poisoning became a public health crisis in India and Bangladesh at the time, and later gained more attention in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, and China, which all depend on the Mekong. at 7:30 AM ...

3 News > Video > National > District health board's former IT ...

Tue, 18 Nov. NCEA English exam no sweat for this year's students Tue, 18 Nov. Banks confirms massive cuts to Auckland council spending Tue, 18 Nov. District health board's former IT manager charged with fraud Tue, 18 Nov ...

Scoop: Stage Set For Spectacular Auckland Festival 2009

A spectacular programme of theatre, dance, music, and visual arts from some of the world’s most exciting arts and entertainment companies will bring Auckland alive next March in the city’s fourth biennial Festival.

Scoop: Maori Party Welcomes South Auckland Health Centre

Maori Party Co-leaders, Dr Pita Sharples and Hon Tariana Turia, congratulated Counties Manukau DHB, Auckland University, Manukau Institute of Technology and AUT University for their brave step forward in announcing earlier today a new ...

CAAI News Media: Sanitation costs: cash, lives

It is estimated that the number of health cases related to poor sanitation and hygiene in 2005 totaled nearly 9.7 million, with about 10000 deaths, 67 percent of which were the result of diarrhoea. "Access to sanitation in Cambodia is ...

Scoop: Music industry raises funds for therapy centre

The New Zealand music industry has raised more than $150000 for the Raukatauri Music Therapy Trust at a charity gala auction in Auckland on Saturday night (Nov. 15).

Scoop: Silverman Snatches Silver at Weightlifting Champs

A perfected ‘snatch’, ‘clear’ and ‘jerk’ enabled Phillip Silverman to take out silver in the Olympic Super Heavy Weights (Senior) category at the New Zealand National Weightlifting Championships held Saturday 25 October at Auckland’s ...


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