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Up to 400 waiting more than a year for surgery despite target of zero: Te Whatu Ora is being questioned at the Health Select Committee today as part of its ...
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Up to 400 waiting more than a year for surgery despite target of zero
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The public service agencies asked to cut spending: The Finance Minister is looking to slash public service spending annually by $1.5 billion ...
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The public service agencies asked to cut spending
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Health Minister Shane Reti offers cursory response over smokefree protest: Health Minister Shane Reti has refused to say if he has an obligation to protect Māori ...
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Health Minister Shane Reti offers cursory response over smokefree protest
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Verrall plans to be staunch advocate for public servants: Ayesha Verrall's new job as the Labour Party's Wellington issues spokesperson puts her on the ...
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Verrall plans to be staunch advocate for public servants
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Life is different. Will next year be normal?: OPINION It feels like we’ve crawled to the end of every recent year hoping that in the ...
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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Life is different. Will next year be normal?
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From outside politics to inside Cabinet in a day: New Zealand First's Casey Costello isn’t the first to have a meteoric rise to MP and Cabinet minister on ...
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From outside politics to inside Cabinet in a day
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Hipkins 'not clear that Luxon is in control': Chris Hipkins has used his first press conference as Opposition leader to accuse Prime Minister ...
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Hipkins 'not clear that Luxon is in control'
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Who’s better placed to build the health system of tomorrow?: Labour and National's prospective health ministers lay out their plans.
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Who’s better placed to build the health system of tomorrow?
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'Under pressure': Verrall's weekly reports unveil hospital plight: Never-before-seen data obtained by Newsroom tells a grim tale of a health ...
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'Under pressure': Verrall's weekly reports unveil hospital ...
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Te Whatu Ora overhaul: No overall road map a year into reform, briefings show: Briefings by a powerful committee with the Health Minister's ear ...
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Te Whatu Ora overhaul: No overall road map a year into reform ...
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Labour bares teeth on campaign trail: Labour gives a glimpse of grit in the face of a horror poll
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Labour bares teeth on campaign trail
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Labour sells its vaping crackdown - but is it too late?: The government's pointed to vapes as a key weapon in the war against cigarettes ...
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Labour sells its vaping crackdown - but is it too late?
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Revealed: Amazon's efforts to work its way into the NZ healthcare system: US tech giant Amazon has worked its way into a prime position in a massive digital ...
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Revealed: Amazon's efforts to work its way into the NZ healthcare system
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Watch: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at post-Cabinet media conference: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is holding his usual post-Cabinet media conference ...
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Watch: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins speaks at post-Cabinet media ...
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New Zealand removes final COVID-19 restrictions after three years: New Zealand’s government will lift all remaining COVID-19 re-quirements from midnight Tuesday ...
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New Zealand removes final COVID-19 restrictions after three years
Quick Glance: New Zealand ends final COVID-19 restrictions
  • The world's toughest COVID-19 pandemic rules will be lifted after more than three years.

  • High vaccination rates and successful hospital management during winter led to the removal of most restrictions.

  • The formal end of restrictions represents a significant milestone.

  • New Zealand's government will lift all remaining COVID-19 requirements from midnight on Tuesday.
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Labour’s Verrall courts traditionally blue district: If there is one truism about electioneering, it is that politicians will go where the votes are ...
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Labour’s Verrall courts traditionally blue district
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Verrall ‘frustrated’ staff deficit not addressed earlier: Health Minister Ayesha Verrall says she is frustrated action was not taken sooner to address Southern ...
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Verrall ‘frustrated’ staff deficit not addressed earlier
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Government announces $73m to begin long-awaited Nelson Hospital redevelopment: The overall development is estimated to cost more than $1 billion over 10 years - ...
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Government announces $73m to begin long-awaited Nelson Hospital ...
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Minister to discuss hospital issues with council: The Minister of Health has been invited to Waitaki as the mayor says the role of Oamaru Hospital has been ...
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Minister to discuss hospital issues with council
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'One size fits all' approach to health not working, health minister says: Plans have been unveiled by the government to shift health spending from fixing ...
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'One size fits all' approach to health not working, health minister says
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Te Whatu Ora launches strategy for health recruitment and retention: New Zealand is estimated to need to increase recruitment by 8000 nurses and 3400 doctors on ...
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Te Whatu Ora launches strategy for health recruitment and retention
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Government reveals move to address nursing workforce shortage: Ayesha Verrall says they are hoping to fast-track 130 nurses in this year's July and August intake ...
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Government reveals move to address nursing workforce shortage
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Government expands cataract surgery eligibility, targets waitlists: More people will become eligible for cataract surgeries under the first move to standardise ...
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Government expands cataract surgery eligibility, targets waitlists
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Nurses' pay: Government announces pay equity offer for Te Whatu Ora nurses: The government has boosted its pay equity offer for Te Whatu Ora nurses by $1 ...
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Nurses' pay: Government announces pay equity offer for Te Whatu Ora nurses
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Purpose-built MIQ facilities no longer on the cards: Cabinet has quietly decided not to progress with further investigations into purpose-built MIQ facilities ...
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Purpose-built MIQ facilities no longer on the cards
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Government set to break methamphetamine programme rollout promise: National said slow progress on the rollout of the Te Ara Oranga programme was a tragedy.
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Government set to break methamphetamine programme rollout promise
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More funding for medical school places welcomed: Fifty students who would otherwise have been turned away from med school will now have the chance to become ...
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More funding for medical school places welcomed
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Verrall flexes health system's muscles with postcode lottery plan: The centralised health system gives ministers new powers to tinker with operational ...
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Verrall flexes health system's muscles with postcode lottery plan
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Watch: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins, Health Minister Ayesha Verrall speak at post-Cabinet press conference
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Contraceptive pill price hike: Nats slammed in debate: National Party slammed for policy of reintroducing prescription costs.
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Contraceptive pill price hike: Nats slammed in debate
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Should we follow Australia’s lead on vaping?: Two-thirds of New Zealanders want recreational vaping banned
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Should we follow Australia’s lead on vaping?
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Health Minister defends disrupted measles vaccine campaign: National's accused the government of botching its measles catch up campaign - which saw tens of ...
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Health Minister defends disrupted measles vaccine campaign
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Student nurses frustrated at lack of support in Budget 2023: A nursing student on the cusp of graduating says she's taking up a job in event management because ...
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Student nurses frustrated at lack of support in Budget 2023
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New Zealand wants to protect youth from e-cigarettes: Wellington - After Australia, neighboring New Zealand is also taking action against e-cigarettes - ...
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New Zealand wants to protect youth from e-cigarettes
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Right to healthy food back on the table: The resurrected Public Health Advisory Committee will tackle access to healthy food and other factors that shape our ...
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Right to healthy food back on the table
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Winter health plan leads transition to new model of care: The Government's winter preparedness plan may not keep the pressure off emergency departments ...
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Winter health plan leads transition to new model of care
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Nurses sceptical National's bonding scheme will fix shortage: Nurses say National's idea of paying off a chunk of new graduates' student loans will not help fix ...
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Nurses sceptical National's bonding scheme will fix shortage
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Urgent debate needed on future on vaping in New Zealand - GP: The government says it is unlikely to follow Australia's vaping crackdown - at least this term.
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Urgent debate needed on future on vaping in New Zealand - GP
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Right to healthy food back on the table: The resurrected Public Health Advisory Committee will tackle access to healthy food and other factors that shape our ...
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Right to healthy food back on the table
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Staffing woes menace Te Whatu Ora winter health plan: Covid-19, flu, RSV and other respiratory illnesses are on the rise as we inch towards winter ...
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Staffing woes menace Te Whatu Ora winter health plan
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Government reverses $10 million in hospital cuts: The government says it is reversing $10 million of cuts to the new Dunedin Hospital and there will be no ...
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Government reverses $10 million in hospital cuts
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Covid-19: Cabinet to consider whether to relax last restrictions: Most pandemic rules were scrapped in September last year, but a mandatory seven-day isolation ...
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Covid-19: Cabinet to consider whether to relax last restrictions
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Health Minister Ayesha Verrall said the health system was under pressure, but asserted that they have the tools they need to fix it ... Show more

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Government has 'choked' on health reforms, ousted Te Whatu Ora chairman says: Ousted health boss Rob Campbell says the government has "choked" on its reforms of ...
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Government has 'choked' on health reforms, ousted Te Whatu Ora chairman ...
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Family doctors fear losing staff as GP nurses not included in pay parity package: Nurses Organisation kaiwhakahaere Kerri Nuku says the difference between ...
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Family doctors fear losing staff as GP nurses not included in pay parity ...
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Health Minister orders advert featuring her to be taken down: The Health Minister has ordered an advertisement she features in to be taken down ...
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Health Minister orders advert featuring her to be taken down
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Verrall promises extra funding if community nursing pay disparity found: The government has asked the health authority to reinvestigate the pay gap for community ...
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Verrall promises extra funding if community nursing pay disparity found
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Minister expects hospitals to plan for increased demand during winter: It comes as the workforce is still more than 400 nurses and hygiene workers short in the ...
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Minister expects hospitals to plan for increased demand during winter
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Verrall vague over further hospital cuts: The Health Minister has declined to rule out further cuts to the planned new hospital in Dunedin. Asked for reassurance ...
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Verrall vague over further hospital cuts
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Corrected emergency department data to be published tomorrow - Minister Verrall: The health minister says the incorrect data was not used to make decisions ...
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Corrected emergency department data to be published tomorrow - Minister ...
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Bivalent booster to be made available to everyone over 30 | Live Updates: Live Updates for Feb 23 2023
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Bivalent booster to be made available to everyone over 30 | Live Updates
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Sacking of Health New Zealand chair leads to claims government overreacted: The ejection of Health New Zealand's chair is becoming a larger headache for the ...
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Sacking of Health New Zealand chair leads to claims government overreacted
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Government injects $3.25m into Hawke's Bay mental health support expansion: The government is investing $3.25 million to expand existing mental health support in ...
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Government injects $3.25m into Hawke's Bay mental health support expansion
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Rob Campbell 'very disappointed' over removal as EPA chair: Campbell says his removal from two organisations in a week has little to do with his social media use ...
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Rob Campbell 'very disappointed' over removal as EPA chair
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Māori-led mental wellbeing response for whānau: The government is funding free telehealth and digital services for those unable to travel.
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Cyclone Gabrielle: Māori-led mental wellbeing response for whānau
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Week in Politics: The trigger was co-governance, Campbell says: Analysis - National's Three Waters alternative begs the question: Who will pay? And Rob Campbell ...
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Week in Politics: The trigger was co-governance, Campbell says
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Three weeks on: Te Whatu Ora yet to republish pulled health reporting data: Key health reporting data is still yet to be re-published by Te Whatu Ora ...
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Three weeks on: Te Whatu Ora yet to republish pulled health reporting data
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Promotions for Ayesha Verrall, Kieran McAnulty and Barbara Edmonds in Labour reshuffle | Live Updates
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Promotions for Ayesha Verrall, Kieran McAnulty and Barbara Edmonds in ...