Health
Vaccine supply runs out

Stocks of a chickenpox vaccine have run dry after an unexpected rush by parents.
Former advocate fires up ACC protest

Man who helped many ACC claimants says the firm has driven him to bankruptcy and depression.
Surgeon in probe quits

The surgeon at the centre of a criminal investigation into botched surgery has resigned.
Brought low by legal high

Danny Blair thinks he would have resorted to robbing dairies if he had not given up synthetic cannabis.
CT scans raise youth cancer risk

People who have CT scans before that are 20 are believed to be at a higher risk of getting cancer, study finds.
Push for smokefree capital

Wellington's Golden Mile could become the country's first smokefree CBD under proposal.
Child sex on rise

"Children as young as 11" are having sex in Invercargill, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates.
Mum with cancer fears waits

Woman with fears of breast cancer has nine-week wait to see specialist - the second such case.
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Bed-sharing danger for babies

Study reveals a five-fold increase in the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when bed sharing.
Hospital smoking ban defended

Mental health patients made irritable by their conditions, not being banned from smoking, court hears.
Push for legal-high regulation

A pro-legal-high group says it empathises with parents concerned their kids use synthetic cannabis.
Graduates key to medicine's disorder

The growing number of female medical professionals entering the workforce is exacerbating a much larger problem - there aren't enough NZ medical school graduates.
Fading Rainbow leaves vacuum

A Napier after-school programme for disabled children is closing because of a funding shortfall.
Hospital fails suffering woman

Consultant, registrar and DHB all blamed for old woman's three days of pain ending in death.
Smoking ban is 'torture'

A smoking ban in Auckland hospitals is "torture" on their most vulnerable patients, lawyer says.
Female specialists 'work less'

Growing health workforce of women seeking work-life balance puts pressure on DHBs, advocate says.
Rush cleans out chickenpox vaccine supplies
Elderly woman 'abandoned' on couch
KiwiRail introduces random drug tests
Shoplifter nicked without knickers
Councillor murder case adjourned
Police chase teen in stolen truck
Enraged pupil prompts school to seek police help
Judge blasts herbal drugs as 'huge problem'
Ethnic panel wants 'decision-making' role on Auckland council
South London attack a possible terrorism act
Enraged pupil prompts school to seek police help
Shoplifter nicked without knickers
'Fake' hammed-up wedding photo real
Everest's Hillary Step a 'chaotic mess'
Elderly woman 'abandoned' on couch
Best & worst of the fest: Day eight
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