15+ hour, 55+ min ago   (547+ words) For anyone who owns or runs a general practice, the headline out of the latest GenPro survey is deceptively upbeat. The numbers are moving in the right direction. The problem is the direction of travel matters less than the pace,…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (290+ words) The consumer shift is not subtle. People on these drugs consume roughly 20% fewer calories and spend about 30% less on groceries. A Cornell University study from January 2026 found households cut grocery spending by about 5% within six months, with the sharpest cuts…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (464+ words) For investors and developers, this is a story about durability. An approval that gets overturned in court, or that triggers a political reversal, is worse for the energy sector than a slower consent that holds. That speed is exactly what…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (243+ words) Waikato University is asking Hamilton City Council to waive more than $5 million in development contributions and hand over $250,000 a year for five years towards its new medical school, a total ratepayer contribution of roughly $7 million on a $280 million project. Councillor…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (332+ words) New research from Women’s Refuge, released to RNZ on 10 September 2026, shows a genuine shift in how New Zealand workplaces handle family violence. Comparing surveys from 2019 and 2024, paid family violence leave uptake among affected women has risen from 9% to almost 34%. The…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (436+ words) That phrase, operational pressure, is the real story here. A flu outbreak in aged care is not simply a clinical event. It is a rostering crisis, a compliance headache and a liability exposure that unfolds in real time, in a…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (455+ words) A letter from Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, written in August 2025 and made public on 31 August 2026, contains the clearest statement yet of where the government wants to take the state sector. In it, Roche wrote: “We need to move…...

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (358+ words) On 31 August 2026, the General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) released a seven-point election manifesto aimed squarely at parties heading into November’s poll. The headline ask is a 30% cumulative increase in general practice funding over three years, plus an independent cost-adjustment mechanism,…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (470+ words) That is not a maternity ward line item. It is a productivity and labour force number, and employers are absorbing a large share of it whether they see it on the ledger or not. The Tindall Foundation’s donations programme manager…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (446+ words) New Zealand has a law on the books that could stop insurers using genetic test results to hike premiums, restrict cover or deny policies. Parliament passed it with cross-party support. The minister has the power to activate it. And nearly…...