Nurses 'overwhelmingly' reject DHB offer, confirm hospital strike action
An eight-hour nurses' strike will go ahead on Wednesday, affecting all public hospitals.
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PM, Hipkins deny accusations of vaccine roll-out delay
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Waikato DHB targeted by major cyber attack
Waikato DHB's IT centre was the target of a major cyber security attack. Video / Waikato DHB
Cyber attack: Waikato DHB's entire IT service down - clinical services affected
The cause of the outage is being investigate, the DHB says.
Covid: Wellington residents on alert after weak positive wastewater tests
It's likely the result is due to recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, MoH says.
Specialist White Island response crew discussed before tragedy
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Next Covid update tomorrow
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Kiri Allan comforted by Jacinda Ardern in hospital
Ardern and Allan's hei tiki, carved from the same stone, were brought together, too.
'Absolutely furious': Pay freeze pushes nurses union to strike
30,000 district health board nurses have voted to strike for 8 hours on June 9.
No new Covid cases today as contact tracers follow up Victoria returnees
Contact tracers continue to follow up with 4500 recent arrivals from Victoria.
A place to die: Nurse drives palliative care room's 'tranquil' redesign
"The last place they want to be is a hospital waiting room or a hospital for that matter."
Govt unveils 'monumental' new breast and cervical cancer prevention funding
Some $118m will be spent on a number of initiatives to fight breast and cervical cancer.
No new Covid-19 community cases, three in MIQ
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One new MIQ Covid case, 'missing link' in Sydney community outbreak
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Focus: 300,000 Covid-19 vaccines delivered in NZ
Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announces that NZ has surpassed 300,000 vaccines delivered and set new daily records for dosage numbers. Video / Derek Cheng
MP cops nasty comments during her cancer fight
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No new Covid cases, 400 travellers to NZ exposed to infected passenger
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