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Government Tracing App On Wrong Track
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 9:23 am | Make Lemonade
The government’s covid-19 tracing app is on the wrong track, according to Sir Ray Avery, who is co–founder of Jupl NZ which monitors and tracks the health and wellbeing of thousands of at-risk people in New Zealand and Australia. Not even the ... More >>
NZ Urgently Needs Immediate Digital Health Tech Investment
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 8:06 am | Make Lemonade
There must be no further delays from the Minister of Health in releasing the findings and recommendations of a comprehensive report of the health and disability system review panel, a leading New Zealand digital health expert says. NZ Health IT (NZHIT) ... More >>
Exercise Industry Ready For Alert Level Two – Not Business As Usual
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 10:11 am | Make Lemonade
Christchurch – Hundreds of thousands of Kiwis are ready to go back to gyms, studios and exercise facilities, when the covid-19 alert level two kicks in on Thursday, ExerciseNZ says. Parliament received a comprehensive report last week how exercise ... More >>
NZ Urgently Needs Digital Health Tech Investment
Monday, 11 May 2020, 7:39 am | Make Lemonade
New Zealand urgently needs more investment in digital health technology to help drive the economic recovery post-coronavirus, create full tech enablement to support healthcare delivery and play its part in protecting New Zealanders during the current ... More >>
Covid-19 Track And Tracing App The Key To Kiwis’ Future Safety
Wednesday, 6 May 2020, 1:35 pm | Make Lemonade
New Zealand should make it mandatory to for all visitors to New Zealand to download a track and trace app when they arrive in the country and undergo a covid -19 infection test. People say that New Zealand’s tracking and tracing capabilities for monitoring ... More >>
Kids Helping Kids During The Lockdown
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 8:45 am | Make Lemonade
I t’s been a tough time for New Zealand school children during the covid-19 pandemic lockdown, being separated from their teachers and school friends. Many kids relied on school lunches or school tuck shops for their daily lunches and snacks but during ... More >>
Serious Concerns Over Quality Of Chinese Masks And PPE
Thursday, 30 April 2020, 8:07 am | Make Lemonade
By Sir Ray Avery China's medical device market regulators have in recent days seized more than 89 faulty million masks and 418,000 pieces of questionable personal protective equipment (PPE) in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Chinese government's ... More >>
PPE Greatest Threat To NZ’s Covid-19 Strategy
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 9:55 am | Make Lemonade
By Sir Ray Avery Over the past few weeks, the daily briefings by the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Dr Ashley Bloomfield have reassured the New Zealand public that there are sufficient stocks of essential covid-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) ... More >>
Virtual Reality Company Taking Off During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 11:08 am | Make Lemonade
An Auckland virtual reality (VR) company is taking off during the coronavirus pandemic lockdown as young people seek to learn more from their smart technology, from home. VR Vroom chief executive Peter Dong says there is no other company in New Zealand ... More >>
Commercial Leases Need To Be Regulated
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 11:42 am | Make Lemonade
The New Zealand exercise industry is calling on the government to step in and regulate the commercial leases, just as they have done with residential tenancies. ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says they have surveyed their members and the early ... More >>
All Blacks Captain Showing Artistic Style In Pandemic Lockdown
Sunday, 12 April 2020, 3:37 pm | Make Lemonade
The coronavirus pandemic lockdown has prompted All Blacks rugby captain Kieran Read to stick a few fridge magnets around a sketch from one of his first overseas tours, in 2006. Read has posted the French streetscape 2006 sketch on Instagram, from when ... More >>
Exercise Experts Producing NZ’s Biggest Online Directory During Lockdown
Thursday, 9 April 2020, 10:52 am | Make Lemonade
ExerciseNZ is working with the New Zealand Register of Exercise Professionals (REPs) to produce the country’s largest directory of online exercise providers. REPs has 3500 members and more than 250 facilities, representing about 70 percent of the workforce ... More >>
80 Percent Of NZ Trainers And Exercise Facilities Operating Online
Friday, 3 April 2020, 9:04 am | Make Lemonade
Eighty 80 percent of trainers and exercise facilities in New Zealand are now operating online during the coronavirus lockdown, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie estimates. Some clubs have comprehensive systems such as Les Mills and CityFitness ... More >>
Amazing Switch To NZ Virtual Healthcare During Covid-19 Work Lockdown
Monday, 30 March 2020, 8:26 am | Make Lemonade
Into the second week of coronavirus lockdown, New Zealand’s primary care doctors, nurses and staff are putting in an amazing effort to switch to phone and online health consultations in such a very short timeframe, a leading New Zealand IT health expert ... More >>
Lock-down Day One: Exercise Never More Important
Thursday, 26 March 2020, 9:04 am | Make Lemonade
Most of New Zealand is closed down today in the grip of the covid-19 pandemic but exercise has never been more important in the country’s history, ExerciseNZ chief executive Richard Beddie says. “One thing Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has stressed ... More >>
GPs Should Be Paid For Virtual Health Consultation During COVID-19
Wednesday, 25 March 2020, 9:30 am | Make Lemonade
The government must immediately assist the urgent uptake of virtual healthcare services by paying GPs for every video consultation they undertake during the coronavirus pandemic, NZ Health IT (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says. He says unprecedented ... More >>
What A Difference A Week Makes In The Pandemic World
Monday, 23 March 2020, 8:28 am | Make Lemonade
What a difference a week makes in the current coronavirus world, NZ Health IT (NZHIT) chief executive Scott Arrol says. The key boost for tech health was contained in the government’s economic package last week with a $20 million for telehealth to ... More >>
Kiwis Should Keep Up Physical Activity During The Coronavirus Pandemic
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 8:34 am | Make Lemonade
One of the best things for Kiwis to do, to build up a strong immune system during the coronavirus pandemic is, to stay physically active, ExerciseNZ says. Kiwis should try and get a good night’s sleep, keep up healthy nutrition with lots of variety ... More >>
How The Coronavirus Could Impact NZ’s Financial Sector
Tuesday, 17 March 2020, 10:30 am | Make Lemonade
A leading New Zealand fintech experts says the coronavirus is significantly affecting the Kiwi financial sector and the economy. FintechNZ general manager James Brown says the impact has begun, but he is not sure for how long. He says there are different ... More >>
Steps To Building Trustworthy AI In Aotearoa
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 1:11 pm | Make Lemonade
The AI Forum of New Zealand today published a set of guiding principles to help build public trust in the development and use of artificial intelligence (AI) across New Zealand. Forum executive director Emma Naji says the principles provide overarching ... More >>
