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RNZ News
7 days ago
- Health
- RNZ News
Months-long wait for cardio test, days if done private
A cardio test that heart patients in some regions can wait up to six months for can be delivered in days, according to a private provider. Half of all heart attack patients are not being treated within accepted timeframes in New Zealand according to a new Otago University report. CardioScan Aotearoa is contracted by Tairawhiti and Taranaki hospitals to offer cardiac tests and it said more people are paying out of their own pockets rather than waiting. Jez Morris from CardioScan Aotearoa spoke to Lisa Owen. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
02-07-2025
- Business
- RNZ News
Climate change resilient apple proving popular
A new type of climate change resilient apple is proving popular overseas, with exports tipped to nearly double this year. The 'Sassy' apple, bred by Plant and Food Research and grown by Taylor Corp in Hawke's Bay, can tolerate warmer climates while still developing good red colouring even during hotter summers. Hawke's Bay Tairawhiti reporter Alexa Cook reports. Tags: To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
RNZ News
15-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RNZ News
Regional Wrap goes to ?p?tiki
A gateway to Tairawhiti East Cape from the north is the town of Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty. As a creative hub local organisation Opotiki Arts has a new leash of life with this year 95 members in their ranks, and since 1977 they've owned their own premises, a historic 1898 hall. Our guest on Regional Wrap this week, and a spokesperson for Opotiki Arts is something of a local cultural legend. Dorothy-Anne Wilson or Dot, as she's known to many, was a founding member of the Opotiki Community Arts Council back in the day. In 2017 she was awarded a Queen Service Medal for her contribution to art and community. The former manager of Opotiki Museum she joins us from the coast on Culture 101.
RNZ News
13-05-2025
- Health
- RNZ News
Over half a million kiwis could be at risk of measles
More than half a million New Zealanders could be at risk in a measles out break due to vaccinations and more needs to be done to prepare for an epidemic of the highly contagious virus, according to a public health expert. Health authorities are contract tracing a measles case in Auckland. The person is believed to have caught the virus overseas. Dr Oz Mansoor, a public health physician and the Medical Officer of Health for the Tairawhiti District spoke to Lisa Owen. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
NZ Herald
22-04-2025
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Big Tairāwhiti contingent to paddle at nationals
'We will welcome 1050 paddlers from 59 clubs from all across Aotearoa, with racing starting on Thursday,' Waka Ama NZ chief executive Lara Collins said. 'Paddlers will take to the waters and compete on a circuit race course completing distances of 8km, 16km, or 24km, depending on their respective divisions. The event includes paddlers from J16 up to Master 75, inclusive of adaptive paddlers. 'We are looking forward to hosting this event with the Hoe Tonga Region in Porirua and having our waka ama whānau join us at this awesome location,' Collins said. 'Our long distance nationals changes location annually, offering our distance paddlers an opportunity to paddle all across Aotearoa in some great locations.' The event will also be a qualifier for the upcoming 2025 International Va'a Federation World Distance Championship to be held in Brazil from August 13 to 21. 'The competition will be fierce out on the water for this year's national event as hopeful paddlers compete in their respective divisions and events to secure a spot in the Aotearoa team,' Collins said. The Tairawhiti contingent includes 110 paddlers from Horouta Waka Hoe, 30-40 from Mareikura Club, and another 15 or so from the new Taiau Waka Ama Club.
