Inspirational ‘who’s who’ list of Māori health leaders
Māori have identified a ‘who’s who’ of successful Māori health leaders – including Sir Mason Durie, Mike King, Willie Jackson and Dr Hinemoa Elder – to help motivate the next generation of leaders.
Nationwide cellphone disaster alert to be tested this month
A new emergency alert system which sends alerts to cellphones around New Zealand is being rolled out across the country.
New simulator for tricky neonatal surgery to be trialled
New Zealand surgeons are developing a tiny, life-like simulator so they can train to do a tricky piece of keyhole surgery on newborns.
Newly-funded research targets mental health needs of Māori youth
A study will explore if an e-screening tool can increase the rate of mental health assessments in youth, and make it easier to disclose sensitive information.
Waikato Hospital uses childbirth simulator to train for high-risk deliveries
Life-threatening and complicated childbirths can now be trained for on a life-like human simulator, only the second of its kind in New Zealand, at Waikato Hospital.
New technology to alert people about emergencies
A new way to let people know about an emergency is coming to a phone near you.
Nursing tool proposal wins Clinicians Challenge
An IT proposal to help lessen the workload of practice nurses having to calculate ‘catch-up’ immunisations for migrant and refugee children has won a Clinician’s Challenge award.
Holograms and virtual doctors in our medical future
Experts gather in Rotorua to discuss latest technological breakthroughs.
Tiny tube saving sight of glaucoma patients in New Zealand
A new procedure which sees a tiny tube inserted into the eye to save the eyesight of glaucoma patients is now available in New Zealand.
Rachel Stewart: BigAg must wake up to synthetic threat
The food revolution is here but despite all the evidence, industry leaders don't believe plant-based meat and synthetic milk is a risk to the industry.
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