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Public Health Update Related To Concerns Regarding Potential COVID-19 Exposure In The Kaitaia Area
Wednesday, 29 September 2021, 2:34 pm | Northland District Health Board
We want to provide a public health update related to our community members' concerns regarding potential COVID-19 exposure in the Kaitaia area. Our Public Health Unit advises that a woman who has tested positive for COVID-19 in Auckland was also in ... More >>
Community Help Design Mental Health and Wellbeing Support for Children in Schools
Friday, 17 September 2021, 1:05 pm | Northland District Health Board
The call is going out for local school, iwi and agency representatives to contribute to the design of the mental health and wellbeing initiative Mana Ake to support school students aged 5 – 12 years in Te Tai Tokerau to build resilience for their future. ... More >>
Northland Waste Kaitaia support mental health and wellbeing
Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 12:47 pm | Northland District Health Board
Northland Waste is working together with Northland DHB and Te Mana Oranga to support people with mental health challenges into work. Two newly employed staff, James Firth and Scott Foster, are eight weeks into their new roles with Northland Waste. Northland ... More >>
More Than 100,000 COVID-19 Doses Delivered In Northland
Sunday, 22 August 2021, 3:58 pm | Northland District Health Board
Essential workers including Police, supermarkets, dairies and petrol stations can book their vaccination appointment as part of Group 2c. BookMyVaccine.nz. Northland DHB Senior Responsible Officer for the Covid-19 Vaccination Programme Jeanette Wedding ... More >>
Rongoā Māori clinic opens its doors in Bay of Islands Hospit
Monday, 16 August 2021, 2:35 pm | Northland District Health Board
As part of the DHB funded Rongoā Māori pilot services, Bay of Islands Hospital now has a dedicated clinic space for traditional Rongoā healing. Following feedback from whānau across Te Tai Tokerau, Northland DHB worked together with the Rongoā ... More >>
Collaborative COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic In Kensington, Whangarei
Tuesday, 3 August 2021, 4:15 pm | Northland District Health Board
Albert Sadler It was a double celebration for the team at Kensington Health today. They marked their first anniversary at the new Kensington Health Hub alongside the first day of their collaborative COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic with Bush Road Medical ... More >>
Local Artists Bring Light And Hope Into Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Tumanako
Friday, 30 July 2021, 9:10 am | Northland District Health Board
Northland DHB has unveiled the upgraded entrance way for people coming into Tumanako, the inpatient mental health unit at Whangarei Hospital. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/49408494987d47db0dc1.jpeg" width="720" height="540"> 46-metre-long mural which wraps ... More >>
New Zealand First Hepatitis C Test And Treat Service In Community Pharmacies
Tuesday, 27 July 2021, 9:30 am | Northland District Health Board
In a New Zealand first, and coinciding with World Hepatitis Day, a new free* Test and Treat programme for New Zealanders with hepatitis C infection is being launched in community pharmacies across the Northern Region. Testing and treatment will be ... More >>
Haruru Falls Rongoā Practitioners Inspired To Build A Space For Healing And Wellbeing
Thursday, 22 July 2021, 3:03 pm | Northland District Health Board
Rongoā Māori practitioners Mini and Ualesi Vaega spent two years building a space for wānanga, healing, and wellbeing. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2107/84f12164780938efe2eb.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Rongoā Māori practitioners ... More >>
Taumata Rongoā O Hauora Hokianga Use Traditional Practices To Re-frame Hospital As A Place Of Wellbeing And Healing
Wednesday, 14 July 2021, 12:07 pm | Northland District Health Board
Hauora Hokianga is planting more native trees to develop their Ara Rongoā Hikoi Whakaora, wellbeing and healing pathway, which will eventually loop around the entire hospital site. Their vision is to reframe the hospital from a place of illness to ... More >>
Latest Controlled Purchase Operations Brings Varied Results
Tuesday, 13 July 2021, 10:04 am | Northland District Health Board
Two recent Controlled Purchase Operations conducted at licensed premises throughout Northland by Northland DHB and NZ Police staff concluded in a varied result. The operations saw underage volunteers, aged 16 and 17 years, attempt to purchase alcohol ... More >>
Change To Northland DHB Visitor Policy Due To Increase In Children’s Respiratory Illness
Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 4:03 pm | Northland District Health Board
A sudden increase in respiratory illness in children has led to Northland DHB changing the visitor policy for Te Kotuku (maternity), the Special Baby Care Unit and the Children’s Ward (Ward 2) at Whangārei Hospital. The illness is caused by a respiratory ... More >>
New Northland Business Excellence Award Recognises Support For Mental Health & Addictions In The Workplace
Friday, 2 July 2021, 2:20 pm | Northland District Health Board
Northland DHB is thrilled to support the establishment of a new Northland Business Excellence Award, which celebrates Northland businesses who support people with mental health and addictions into employment. The Workplace Diversity and Inclusion award ... More >>
Supporting The Pathway To Employment For People With Mental Health Illness
Tuesday, 15 June 2021, 1:28 pm | Northland District Health Board
With the support of the Ministry of Social Development, Northland District Health Board are fostering employment pathways for people with mental health illness. The Individual Placement Support (IPS) Employment Programme is the first of its kind ... More >>
Clinical Specialists Presenting At The First COVID-19 Vaccination Marae Hui In Kaikohe
Thursday, 10 June 2021, 5:49 pm | Northland District Health Board
This Saturday, 12 June, members of the public have an opportunity to hear from Dr Rawiri McKree Jansen and Dr Maia Brewerton at the first community COVID-19 vaccination hui in Tai Tokerau. In partnership with Okorihi Marae, we are hosting an information ... More >>
Northland DHB On Track To Deliver 4000 COVID-19 Doses This Week
Thursday, 6 May 2021, 4:22 pm | Northland District Health Board
Over the past six weeks, the number of COVID-19 vaccines administered by Northland DHB has increased from 300 doses a week to nearly 4000 a week – that’s an increase of more than 1000 percent. “Northland DHB is performing well, already 6.3 percent ... More >>
Papatoetoe Rest Home Kicks Off Auckland’s COVID-19 Vaccination Outreach To Aged Care Facilities
Friday, 23 April 2021, 3:36 pm | Northland District Health Board
A small family-owned and operated rest home in the south Auckland community of Papatoetoe has today become the first Aged Residential Care facility in Auckland to get its residents vaccinated for COVID-19. A team of vaccinators from the Northern Region ... More >>
Whangarei Hospital Celebrates The 120th Birthday With New Development Plans Revealed
Wednesday, 31 March 2021, 3:20 pm | Northland District Health Board
A group of current and former staff who worked in the Hospital during its many life stages, cycles and hectic renovations were invited to a morning tea today (31 March) to celebrate the Hospitals 120-year anniversary, which officially falls on Sunday ... More >>
One Of NZ’s Most Advanced X-Ray Fleets Raises The Standard Of Imaging Precision, Infection Control And Health Equity
Sunday, 21 March 2021, 5:32 pm | Northland District Health Board
Whangarei Hospital has expanded access to state-of-the-art imaging in the Northland region by investing in New Zealand’s first fleet of MOBILETT Elara Max systems, which together with the Ysio MAX, deliver cutting-edge digital X-ray imaging. The ... More >>
Congratulating Daryn Thompson On His NESP Academic Outcome
Tuesday, 9 February 2021, 12:35 pm | Northland District Health Board
Auckland University have recommended Daryn Thompson, a JRBM Scholarship recipient, for a BN Hons intensive 18-month academic pathway after completing the new entry to specialist practice (NESP): mental health and addiction nursing programme last ... More >>
