Search Results

An inquiry into the Southern District Health Board's admission to the national bowel screening programme will be a distraction, the Ministry of Health says.

There are calls for a public inquiry into Southern DHB's colonoscopy service for diagnosing bowel cancer.

Scientists are testing thousands of oysters as part of the government's biosecurity response to a deadly oyster parasite found in Foveaux Strait.

A review is needed of wastewater sampling to work out its effectiveness in picking up Covid-19 outbreaks early, epidemiologist professor Michael Baker says. Audio

Two weak positive results for Covid-19 detected in Wellington's wastewater are likely to have come from recently recovered cases continuing to shed the virus, the Ministry of Health says.

Politicians are being urged to stop "bashing" those living in emergency accommodation, and start including them in their discussions for solutions. Audio

The combined response of the WHO and global governments was a "toxic cocktail" the report co-chaired by former prime minister Helen Clark said.

The Royal Australian Navy destroyer HMAS Sydney has been linked to the deaths of two whales after berthing in San Diego.

Police drones are at risk of the data they gather ending up in cloud servers the Chinese government can access, but this can be managed, and the benefits outweigh the risks.

This morning's restart of the travel-bubble with NSW has the thumbs up from an expert in disease modelling, who says the pause was wise, but an Australian expert says the travel pause was premature. Audio

Human Rights Watch has warned that the Indonesian government's classification of rebels in West Papua as terrorists could worsen racism in the Melanesian region. Audio

The wording of ACT's parliamentary motion was changed for a second time ahead of this afternoon's debate on China's treatment of Uyghur Muslims, which is now taking place.

If Parliament were to declare the treatment of Uyghur Muslims as genocide it would "no doubt" hurt New Zealand's trade relationship with China, the Trade Minister says. Audio

World Tuna Day from a professional and personal perspective by tuna industry expert, Francisco Blaha.

A man has been ordered to pay $US12 million for his role setting a Minneapolis police station on fire during protests last May. A man has been ordered to pay...

Doctors in Papua New Guinea say the coronavirus crisis there is only getting worse, as hospitals struggle without supplies as basic as gloves in a country with no grasp of just how widespread the…

The chief executive of Austrian oil-exploration company OMV is to step down next year.

A person flew from Perth to Auckland via Sydney then travelled on to Northland during the Perth lockdown period, the Health Ministry says.

The NZ Security Intelligence Service took two years to implement a major shift in how it targeted threats, but once it did, the rewards were almost immediate.

PNG records more Covid-19 deaths, Bougainville's President puts Panguna mine on hold, New Zealand to open new Trade Commission in Fiji, and more.

A former long-term Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) officer is running private intelligence operations for the controversial private investigation company Thompson and Clark. Audio