Politics

From the return of the prescription fee to childhood jabs getting the green light in community pharmacies, 2024 was a massive year for pharmacy. Jonathan Chilton-Towle looks back on the year that was

The coalition government’s dismantling of Te Aka Whai Ora demonstrated “reckless disregard for the Maaori–Crown relationship”, says a report released today by the Waitangi Tribunal 

HEALTH MINISTER Shane Reti remains “very interested” in allowing pharmacists to reuse unopened medicines returned to pharmacies.

Reporter Martin Johnston takes a look at how targeting by ethnicity was driven out of policies

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan

The Coalition Government has missed its target to publish an updated Health Workforce Plan by 30 September, pushing the self-imposed deadline out to the end of December

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori Māori Language Week ran from 14 to 21 September. University of Canterbury Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies professor Jeanette King writes about the revitalisation of te reo over the past five decades

Te Whatu Ora is accepting responsibility for an incorrect answer to a written question in Parliament by health minister Shane Reti

The Government says a cost blowout for the new Dunedin Hospital, which could see its price tag reach close to $3 billion, means the planned project can no longer be justified