The 1300 staff include behaviour and communication support workers, psychologists and special education advisers.

Mick Byrne says short preparation time and smaller squads in the Pacific Nations Cup are to two key issues that continue to affect Fiji, Samoa and Tonga.

Around 6000 farms were estimated to qualify for a $1500 reimbursement for an on-farm emissions reduction tool this season.

The second existing medical school is in Auckland. Dean of the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences in Auckland Professor Warwick Bagg spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

"We condemn the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food," the statement says.

The Union for Junior Doctors wants assurances that Waikato University can raise the extra $150 million needed from donors to fund its new medical school. National secretary Deborah Powell spoke to ...

But public health experts say that law enforcement are undermining efforts to combat the drug-driven spread of HIV in Fiji, ...

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Meanwhile the government also wants to up its own game in supplying international markets with high-tech military systems.

Labour is calling the approval for a third medical school an unclear investment and wants costings for the project released immediately. Labour's spokesperson for health Ayesha Verrall spoke to Corin ...

It follows a recall notice for Suntree - Vanilla Cream, which contains too much of a chemical associated with 'popcorn lung' ...

Inflation pushed up to its highest level in a year in the June quarter - but what is that likely to mean for interest rates?