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  •   Home > News >  Subscribe to NZCity's Health & Safety articles  Health & Safety
    Meet the Australian volunteers changing lives on a hospital ship in Africa
     18 January 2026
    On the largest civilian hospital ship in the world, Australian volunteers provide life-changing health care that is transforming lives.
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    State schools can now apply for a one-off grant to help cover asbestos removal costs
    16 Jan: State schools can now apply for a one-off grant to help cover asbestos removal costs... more
    Communities Against Alcohol Harm isn't backing down, despite a well-known brewery being given the all-clear over its F-word branded gin
    15 Jan: Communities Against Alcohol Harm isn't backing down, despite a well-known brewery being given the all-clear over its F-word branded gin... more
    Continued abuse in hospital emergency departments made for a far-from-festive Christmas for nurses
    15 Jan: Continued abuse in hospital emergency departments made for a far-from-festive Christmas for nurses... more
    The Public Service Association's laid a complaint with the IPCA - claiming police didn't respond to mental health workers claiming they'd been assaulted
    14 Jan: The Public Service Association's laid a complaint with the IPCA - claiming police didn't respond to mental health workers claiming they'd been assaulted... more
    More than 500 new doctors have joined the workforce this year - most starting new roles this week
    14 Jan: More than 500 new doctors have joined the workforce this year - most starting new roles this week... more
    Concern persistent tough economic conditions are impacting young people's employment opportunities
    13 Jan: Concern persistent tough economic conditions are impacting young people's employment opportunities... more
    No further Queensland fruit flies have been discovered in Auckland's Mt Roskill, following the detection of a single male of the species last week
    13 Jan: No further Queensland fruit flies have been discovered in Auckland's Mt Roskill, following the detection of a single male of the species last week... more
    It's been revealed another health provider, Canopy Healthcare, was hit by a data breach - six months ago
    12 Jan: It's been revealed another health provider, Canopy Healthcare, was hit by a data breach - six months ago... more
    Relief for patients suffering from rare disorders that prevents their bodies from breaking down an amino acid
    12 Jan: Relief for patients suffering from rare disorders that prevents their bodies from breaking down an amino acid... more

     Most Popular Recent Health & Safety News
     18 Jan: Auckland University is taking aim at New Zealand's biggest cancer killer - by opening the country's first lung cancer organoid bank ++++++++++++++++
     10 Feb: A coroner has ruled that Highlanders and Maori All Blacks player Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes +++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: A word of caution as calls grow to fund weight-management drugs +++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Biosecurity officials hunting Queensland fruit flies in Auckland - have found nothing after another weekend of precautions ++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Drug researchers say the collapsing price of methamphetamine has concerning implications ++++++++++++++
     19 Jan: Any weight loss drug roll out in New Zealand - would need to be done carefully +++++++++++++
     18 Jan: Auckland University scientists have received one million dollars to advance skin cancer treatments +++++++++++++


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    Rugby League:
    James Fisher-Harris is asking for league's NRL all-star fixture between the Maori and Indigenous Australians to remain 7:37

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