March 2019

A timeline for the new capital gains tax is already in the wings. The question is, how hard will it hit pharmacy sales? Moore Stephens Markhams Christchurch director Belinda Canton provides an update

Christchurch pharmacy owners say they are doing it tough, as the eighth anniversary of the major earthquake that devastated the city on 22 February 2011 passes. Nerine Zoio investigates how pharmacies in the city have rebuilt their businesses post-quake

The government's pledge to go plastic bag-free by the middle of the year has prompted both retailers and consumers to look for more environmentally friendly ways to deal with waste.

Former pharmacy tutor Diana Drumm is fondly remembered by the pharmacy sector, reports Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Eight Waikato pharmacies have signed up for a DHB-funded pilot programme to reduce the number of Māori and Pasifika children admitted to hospital with inflamed skin conditions due to lack of treatment

No new pharmacies will be allowed to set up shop in Northland, Hawke’s Bay and the MidCentral district as the three DHBs work to implement frameworks for how pharmacy services will be contracted

Auckland locum pharmacist Victoria Dawson is also a gym instructor at Les Mills, leading get-fit dance classes. She talks to reporter Jonathan Chilton-Towle about her love of dance and exercise