Taranaki

Long-time New Plymouth pharmacist Nico Jacobs had no immediate plans to retire. But business circumstances have seen him go from owner of the city’s only after-hours seven days a week pharmacy to locuming within the space of two months. Jody Hopkinson reports 

Vivian Pharmacy won the Supreme Business Excellence Award 2024 at the Taranaki Chamber of Commerce Excellence Awards, Jonathan Chilton-Towle reports

A New Plymouth pharmacy has come out on top in the local Taranaki business awards

Their community, staff and a strong business partnership have been the highlights of nearly 18 years of pharmacy ownership for two Taranaki women, one who started working there in the 1970

Taranaki Base Hospital and Hāwera Hospital have had to reduce pharmacy services owing to chronic staff shortages reports Natasha Jojoa Burling

Taranaki Base Hospital and Hāwera Hospital have had to reduce pharmacy services because of chronic staff shortages

Unichem Mackays Pharmacy in Stratford was notified today that it had been visited on three separate days this week by COVID-positive people

New Plymouth independent pharmacy owners are disappointed their DHB has allowed two new discount pharmacies to open this year, and are concerned about the future sustainability of pharmacy services in the region

New Zealanders are eagerly awaiting 4.30pm, when the Government will reveal whether there will be a change in the country’s current alert level restrictions

New Zealanders gathered around their televisions last night with a growing sense of déjà vu, as prime minister Jacinda Ardern and director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield held a press conference following the confirmation of three COVID-19 community cases in Auckland