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No baby, no help: Depressed, grieving mum told she’s not eligible for help
7 Apr 2021A depressed woman whose baby died was denied help from Perinatal Mental Health Services - and other mothers in extreme distress say they can't get treatment via their DHBs or ACC.
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ACC cuts off woman with worst birth injury ever seen by surgeon
31 Mar 2021ACC has cut off a mother whose baby emerged from her rectum and vagina, as part of a review on which birth injuries the corporation will cover. Women say they're now struggling to get treatment Anusha…
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Euthanasia: What happens if the drugs don't work?
30 Mar 2021Palliative care experts who say we are woefully unprepared to introduce assisted dying are asking ethical and legal questions about euthanasia.
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'Our marae are sacred' - Govt plans warrantless marae entries via water bill
30 Mar 2021Forget the pōwhiri: Officials will be able to enter marae without a warrant if a new water safety Bill is passed, even though no marae water supply has ever caused an outbreak of illness..
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'It's so wrong' - Police using app to photograph innocent youth
26 Mar 2021Across the country, police are approaching innocent young people, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it all to a national database.
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Dying for help: Eating disorder treatment waiting lists months long
22 Mar 2021The pandemic has sparked a wave of serious eating disorders that are overwhelming treatment providers. How do you help a loved one in crisis when there's a waiting list everywhere you turn?
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The mysterious case of the meat clips
8 Mar 2021They are showing up in fish's stomachs and in beaches across the country, but how are oesophagus clips escaping the meat works?
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Prison guards threaten pepper spray moments after suicide attempt
4 Mar 2021Prison guards threatened to pepper spray an inmate and then went on to put her in a headlock minutes after she'd attempted suicide.
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MPI opposed nitrogen bottom line over economic concerns
1 Mar 2021The Ministry for Primary Industries opposed introducing a tough bottom line for nitrogen levels in rivers over concerns the economic impact would outweigh the environmental benefit, documents show.
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Access to free contraceptives 'punitive, stigmatising and restrictive' - doctor
25 Feb 2021Some women are paying hundreds of dollars for the insertion of Mirena and Jaydess contraceptives when, under a multi-million government scheme, they should be getting the intra-uterine devices free…
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Whanganui's South Beach sea had 8 times allowed faecal bacteria
25 Feb 2021The sea off Whanganui's South Beach has contained so much faecal bacteria at times that it has been eight times above the allowable limit.
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Company at top of dumping breach list takes on big new contract
25 Feb 2021A tanning company with a history of dumping contaminants down the drain is taking on a large new contract, RNZ understands.
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Maker of epilepsy drug warned over quality control
23 Feb 2021The drug at the centre of an inquest into six epilepsy deaths was made at a plant in India that was investigated for significant quality control issues in 2017.
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Treatment at Auckland Women's Prison 'degrading' and 'inhumane' - judge
22 Feb 2021Auckland Women's Prison treated inmates in a "degrading," "cruel" and "inhumane" manner in a "concerted effort to break their spirit," according to a stinging ruling from a district court judge.
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Dumping contaminants: Council slated for staying 'sweet' with businesses
11 Feb 2021A public pool, a water treatment plant and a landfill owned by Hamilton City Council are among the 99 organisations caught dumping contaminants down the drain.
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Drinking water nitrate limit 11 times higher than it should be - health expert
9 Feb 2021New Zealand should reduce drinking water nitrate limits from 11.3mg/L to 1mg/L to curb bowel cancer, the country's second-highest cause of cancer death, a specialist says.
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Fonterra discharging nitrogen-heavy water onto 'ghost farms'
13 Feb 2021Fonterra cleared the cows from 16 farms and is using the land to dispose of wastewater, which could be leaching a colourless, tasteless and odourless pollutant into private drinking water supplies.
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Revealed: The companies dumping contaminants down the drain
9 Feb 2021Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand's drains and getting away with it.
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Lack of South Auckland abortion services ‘unacceptable’
21 Dec 2020Repeated calls for abortion services to be provided in South Auckland have been ignored for more than a decade.
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Prisoner sues to stop pepper spray bombs that 'make grown men cry'
10 Dec 2020An asthmatic woman who was bombed with pepper spray in her Auckland prison cell is going to court to stop Corrections using the gas, which is marketed as 'making grown men cry since 1975'. Video
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Revealed: SIS failed to report 'NZ’s Fritzl' Ronald Van Der Plaat
21 Dec 2020The SIS broke into a house and found evidence a man was raping his daughter, but didn't inform police. She was abused for two more years before she finally escaped.
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The companies who breached their trade waste consents respond
25 Jan 2021At least 267 companies have dumped contaminants into New Zealand's drains in the past year. Here we give them the opportunity to comment.
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GPs tell inquest they were unaware Pharmac changed their patients' epilepsy drugs
30 Nov 2020Two GPs caring for patients who died after switching brands of an epilepsy drug say they were not aware of the Pharmac brand switch when they prescribed the drug for their patients.
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Drug change not ruled out as factor in epilepsy death, neurologist's report says
30 Nov 2020The first official recognition that changing brands of epilepsy drugs may have been a factor in at least one of six deaths has come to light as a Chief Coroner's inquest into the brand switch opens…
