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Pharmacists who are “free-thinking and solutions focused” are being called on to join the Pharmacy Council by associate health minister David Seymour

Audrey Sonerson, secretary for transport and chief executive at the Ministry of Transport, has temporarily taken on the role of acting director-general of health

High-school students from around New Zealand recently enjoyed a week at the University of Otago’s He Rau Kawakawa School of Pharmacy as part of the annual Hands-on at Otago 2025

The new Netflix series Apple Cider Vinegar tells the story of wellness influencer Belle Gibson, who built a loyal following on social media by documenting her cancer journey online. But in 2015, Gibson was exposed as a fraud. She never had cancer, and lied about donating funds to charities and ill children

Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora has changed its tune on a proposal that would remove harm reduction from the remit of pharmacies offering needle exchange services

Jonathan Chilton-Towle speaks to PSNZ president Michael Hammond about how he is feeling nine months into his presidency and what he sees happening in pharmacy this year

Doctors around the country have received legal letters “warning” them of potential legal action for prescribing puberty blockers and other gender-affirming care

A new Te Whatu Ora report spells out some of the organisation’s key priorities in the South Island for 2025 

The Pharmacy Guild is strongly opposed to a redesign of the needle exchange programme that will take wraparound harm reduction services out of the hands of pharmacies from July onwards

A taskforce has been established to review and potentially replace the health system reset plan put forward by Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora commissioner Lester Levy