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News alert
Health system review released, see here
Kidneys and health in the news:
24 June 2020
Opinion: Healthcare overhaul unaffordable without tax changes, see here
Thomas Coughlan, The Press
22 June 2020
Calls to review Pharmac model after more drug shortages, see here
Andre Chumko, The Press
16 June 2020
New Zealand Health and Disability System Review, see here
New Zealand Ministry of Health
13 June 2020
Use of BMI to detect heart risk in Māori, Pasifika misleading - doctor, see here and here
Meriana Johnsen, RNZ
Dr Sean Coffey, Otago University
28 May 2020
Kāpiti woman part of pandemic response team while receiving dialysis, see here
Rosalie Willis, Kapiti News
20 May 2020
Max and Keira's Law: Transplant stories as law changes, see here
BBC News
DHBs get $3.9 billion in extra funding from Budget 2020 see here
Collette Devlin Thomas Coughlan
9 March 2020
Ministry of Health advice regaring Coronavirus, updated regualrly, see here
11 March 2020
Speaker Trevor Mallard among those to receive free kidney health check, see here
NZHerald
9 March 2020
Kidney donation benefits ‘priceless’, see here
Luisa Girao, Otago Daily Times
24 January 2020
Hawke's Bay DHB scrambling to check up on 300 patients caught in data blunder, see here
Sean Hogan, TVOne News
22 January 2020
Fund which helps Northland home dialysis patients 'rapidly diminishing', see here
The Northern Advocate
14 January 2020
Call for independent hauora authority to embed Māori-led solutions, see here
Māni Dunlop, Māori News Director
14 January 2020
Wife of kidney transplant recipient shares heartfelt letter to donor's family, see here
Emma Russell, NZHerald
30 November 2020
Advice regarding measles outbreak here
11 November 2019
Appointment of new National Education Manager for Kidney Health New Zealand, see here
Michael Campbell, KHNZ
10 November 2019
Researching these stories has changed my afterlife: So take everything, even the eyes, see here
Joel Maxwell, Fairfax Media
10 November 2019
The challenges Māori face getting a life-saving kidney transplant, see here
Ruwani Perera, Newshub
2 November, 2019
Fat chance of health help: Middlemore Hospital patients too obese for MRI machines, needles, see here
By: Nicholas Jones, NZHerald
16 October, 2019
Child obesity: NZ second worst in OECD, 39 per cent of kids overweight or obese, see here
By: Brittany Keogh, Reporter, Fairfax Media
15 October, 2019
Hui aims to raise rate of Māori organ transplants, see here
Anusha Bradley, Hawke's Bay Reporter, RNZ
9 October, 2019
Exclusive: Crackdown on junk food, drink to 'turn tide' on diabetes: Associate Health Minister Peeni Henare, see here
Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald
15 July, 2019
Appointment of new General Manager for KHNZ, see here
KHNZ Board
3 May, 2019
Young mum's organs donated after she dies in car crash near Paeroa
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12272541
19 March, 2019
Jenna Crockett shares her story
10 August 2018
Organ donation decision can be overturned by family, see here
By: Katee Shanks, Multimedia journalist, Rotorua Daily Post
7 August 2018
Organ donation should not be mandatory, PM says, see here
NZHerald
7 August 2018
Support swells for woman in desperate need of double organ transplant, see here
By: Nikki Preston, NZHerald reporter based in Hamilton
Resources
Kidney Health New Zealand logo here
Kidney Health New Zealand Performance report here
Kidney Health New Zealand Charitable registraion here
https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/southland/kidney-donation-benefits-‘priceless’
