News | Health & Safety
25 Dec 2025 0:41
| outlook hotmail | yahoo mail | gmail | news | weather | finance | shopping | about nzcity | Search |
NZCity News
NZCity CalculatorReturn to NZCity
SEARCH 

  • Start Page
  • Personalise
    •    News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • Finance
  • Shopping
  • Jobs
  • Horoscopes
  • Lotto Results
  • Photo Gallery
  • Site Gallery
  • TVNow
  • Dating
  • SearchNZ
  • NZSearch
  • Crime.co.nz
  • RugbyLeague
  • Make Home
  • About NZCity
  • Contact NZCity
  • Your Privacy
  • Advertising
  • Login
  • Join for Free

    •
      Home > News > Health & Safety

    Health New Zealand funding for teens to get free dental treatment is short by roughly 20 to 750-dollars a treatment

    Health New Zealand funding for teens to get free dental treatment is short by roughly 20 to 750-dollars a treatment


    The Dental Association estimates the Combined Dental Agreement's being under-funding by around 60-million-dollars a year.

    The government contract funds reimbursements for private dentists when they treat adolescents for essential services through set payments.

    Dental Association CEO Mo Amso says utilisation of the scheme's dropped off massively.

    He says the way funding increases are determined is incompatible with the rising cost of fees.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

     Other Health & Safety News
     24 Dec: Extreme caution's being urged to users of synthetic cannabinoids, especially in Auckland
     24 Dec: A jury's ordered US pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson to pay more than 2.5 billion dollars - to a woman who blamed it for causing her cancer
     24 Dec: This year's Christmas spread could cost a bit more to put on tomorrow
     23 Dec: Berries, corn, and fruit pies are in hot demand as supermarkets prepare for the Christmas rush
     23 Dec: A spotlight on our healthcare system, with poverty linked to higher blood cancer deaths
     23 Dec: Singer-songwriter Chris Rea , best known for the hit Driving Home for Christmas, has died aged 74
     23 Dec: Authorities are bemused by a rare case of dumpster diving for cheese - then sold on the black market in South Waikato
     Top Stories

    RUGBY RUGBY
    Four-time Formula One world drivers champion Max Verstappen has revealed he won't carry any scars from this season More...

    BUSINESS BUSINESS
    Disappointment for retailers this Christmas Eve - as shoppers appear to be feeling the pinch More...


     Today's News

    		 Law and Order:
    Three youths have been arrested after an aggravated robbery in Hamilton this morning - involving a stolen vehicle 21:57

     Entertainment:
    Jennifer Lawrence is "so good at letting go at the end of the day" 21:50

     Entertainment:
    Young Thug and Mariah the Scientist are officially engaged after a surprise proposal in their hometown of Atlanta 21:20

     Accident and Emergency:
    State Highway One through Northland's Waipu is blocked following a crash - leaving 5 people injured, one seriously  21:17

     Entertainment:
    Selena Gomez has revealed the melasma on her face has been mistaken for moustache 20:50

     Entertainment:
    Reba McEntire has paid tribute to her late stepson, Brandon Blackstock, on what would have been his 49th birthday 20:20

     Entertainment:
    Keira Knightley will eat "something disgusting" to give herself bad breath if she has to kiss co-star she "hates" 19:50

     Entertainment:
    Gwyneth Paltrow's son Moses covered his eyes during his mother's raunchy sex scenes in Marty Supreme 19:20

     Motoring:
    Four-time Formula One world drivers champion Max Verstappen has revealed he won't carry any scars from this season 18:57

     Entertainment:
    Macaulay Culkin has become "a suburban dad who wears Crocs" 18:50

     News Search




    Power Search

    © 2025 New Zealand City Ltd