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How can NZ prevent another measles epidemic?

'Innovative new thinking' needed to prevent future measles epidemic in NZ, expert says.

Northland retirement villages booming

A $60m retirement village planned for Whangārei gets the green light from councils.

Chinese app allows data access to 100 million users' phones

The app enables authorities to retrieve all data and can even activate an audio recorder.

Local Focus: Equity for Māori is core issue for Whanganui DHB

A new holistic approach to health for Whanganui DHB. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Could the cure to smoking be found in... smoke?

Compounds in tobacco smoke might ironically prove key to stubbing out the harmful habit.

Liam Dann: When NZ mortgage rates hit 8.75%

COMMENT: When the HOS launched, the economy was booming but confidence was also low.

On our knees: The surging surgery costs blamed on obesity crisis

Each publicly-funded surgery costs about $20,000.

Why NZ could be humanity's 'lifeboat' in an extinction

NZ could serve as an "ark" to reboot civilisation if a deadly pandemic swept the planet.

Auckland school choice set to tighten

Housing infill will force zoning schemes at 103 of Auckland's 140 unzoned schools.

Birth strikers: The people skipping kids to save the planet

Is it as crazy as it sounds?

Jacinda Ardern: 'Welcome home'

The PM celebrated World Refugee Day at the Māngere Refugee Resettlement Centre yesterday.

Frank Greenall: Budget puts wellbeing first

It's false language used to describe false economics, but most don't see any dichotomy.

Lean Budget 2019 for health if figures correct

Finance Minister stresses some figures released by Opposition are incorrect.

Mind the gap: Society compared to that reflected on screen

People from a variety of origins need to be represented on New Zealand television.

Million Milestones: New levels of tolerance needed as NZ counts down to 5 million

The combined Asian, Pacific and Maori population will outnumber Europeans in Auckland.

Million milestones: Sex in NZ made world headlines when population hit 4m

It took 30 years for NZ's population to climb to four million in 2003.