World famous in Wellington, the iconic Mr Fungus is bringing his upbeat physical comedy show to Kerikeri. He will be joined by Amalia’s Music for a double bill of music, mime and mayhem at the Turner Centre on October 1. Tickets are $10 or Choose What You Pay Tickets Bookings:https://www.iticket.co.nz. Visit www.kidzstufftheatre.co.nz or contact: Amalia Calder, 027 271 7351, kidzstuffnz@gmail.com for more information.
TB eradication
Farmers are invited to have their say on eradicating bovine tuberculosis (TB) from New Zealand at a meeting on Thursday at Tangiteroria Community Complex at 11am. An independent review of the National Pest Management Plan for TB has found that, while the goal of completely eradicating TB by 2055 is still valid, this won’t be achieved without prioritising remaining hot spots of TB-infected possums.
Primary Healthcare Awards winners
The winners of the 2025 New Zealand Primary Healthcare Awards | He Tohu Mauri Ora were announced on Saturday night. Te Takapau Wānanga, Hauora Hokianga and University of Auckland won the Tamaki Health/Total Healthcare Research and Education Award for Te Takapau Wānanga, an innovative workforce development programme that prepares health professionals for the realities of rural and Māori health, while directly addressing workforce shortages in remote communities.
Senior doctors and dentists working for Health NZ have voted to strike for 48 hours over stalled pay talks with their employer. The strike, involving Association of Salaried Medical Specialists members, will take place on September 23 from 12.01am.
Consumer NZ’s annual Energy Retailer Survey has revealed one in five households - about 400,000 households - struggled to pay their power bill in the past year. That was before prices increased by an annual average of 11%. Consumer NZ is encouraging people to question whether they are on the best plan by using resources like Powerswitch to compare energy providers.
