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Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Awareness Day – Wed Sep 9
Friday, 4 September 2015, 2:45 pm | Northland DHB
This Wednesday is Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Awareness Day, created to increase our recognition of the risks associated with drinking alcohol during pregnancy. There is no known type, or amount, of alcohol that is safe to drink at any time during ... More >>
Thousands of kiwis urged to stop smoking this October
Monday, 31 August 2015, 12:10 pm | Northland DHB
From October 1, thousands of kiwis will be taking part in the 31-day stop smoking challenge. Stoptober is only in the second year in New Zealand but organisers are expecting swelling participant numbers to double. More >>
Northland DHB Paving Way for Future Healthcare
Monday, 3 August 2015, 11:09 am | Northland DHB
Northland DHB is paving the way for future healthcare by trialling a high-tech, potentially life-saving telemedicine system. More >>
Kaitaia Teens Bucking Obesity Trend
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 2:04 pm | Northland DHB
Kaitaia’s population is usually renowned for its high rate of obesity but five young residents are breaking that cycle and are off to the USA to represent New Zealand with their fitness expertise. More >>
Northland DHB not proceeding with food and laundry cases
Wednesday, 8 July 2015, 9:28 am | Northland DHB
Northland DHB continues to be actively engaged in progressing and considering a number of national business cases, including shared banking and insurance and working through the implementation of the national finance, procurement and supply chain ... More >>
Community and DHB lose Appeal against another Bottle Store
Thursday, 18 June 2015, 11:54 am | Northland DHB
The Alcohol Regulatory and Licensing Authority (ARLA) has dismissed the appeal by Northland DHB and the Onerahi community against the district licensing committee’s decision to grant a new off-licence for a bottle store in Onerahi. This means there ... More >>
Pink Ribbon Breakfast -Whangarei
Tuesday, 12 May 2015, 4:16 pm | Northland DHB
Everyone will be in ‘the pink’ next Tuesday (19 May) with the NZ Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF) shouting staff at the Mauri Ora Breast Clinic service breakfast in acknowledgment of their work towards detecting breast cancer in Northland. The ... More >>
Northland DHB Doctor Returns From Midst of Ebola
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 2:41 pm | Northland DHB
After spending three months helping in a country overwhelmed by the largest Ebola outbreak ever known, Northland DHB’s Dr Clair Mills says there’s much more she could’ve stayed and got on with. More >>
Diabetes Camp for Northland Youth
Wednesday, 15 April 2015, 2:24 pm | Northland DHB
For three nights a year Whangarei couple Mark and Liz Askew sleep soundly. The rest of the 362 days, they are fretting about their 12-year-old daughter Maeve. More >>
Remember The 3-Ps Rule This Summer
Thursday, 18 December 2014, 11:29 am | Northland DHB
Northland DHB’s Public and Population Health Unit is encouraging Northlanders and those visiting the region to have fun this summer but remember the 3-Ps rule: Plan, Pack and Protect. More >>
New Northland Health Consumer Council boosts partnership
Wednesday, 17 December 2014, 11:57 am | Northland DHB
Communication between Northland DHB and the public is about to run smoother courtesy of the region’s first Northland Health Consumer Council. The newly-formed council was created as part of the Northland Health Services Plan Patient and Family Centred ... More >>
2014 Countdown Kids Appeal raises $129,054.00
Tuesday, 2 December 2014, 1:00 pm | Northland DHB
Countdown Kids appeal, with help from Northlanders, has raised $129,054 for the children’s ward at Whangarei Hospital. Countdown store manager and area champion Snow Tane noted that the range of fundraising activities this year has been amazing. More >>
National Safe Sleep Day this Friday
Monday, 1 December 2014, 3:06 pm | Northland DHB
Northland has one of the highest rates of sudden death in infancy (SUDI) in the country but some simple safe sleep messages have resulted in a noticeable drop in recent years. More >>
Children’s Health Rights Violated Say Researchers
Thursday, 27 November 2014, 2:19 pm | Northland DHB
New Canadian research1 makes it clear that children’s health rights are being violated by smoking in vehicles. A ban on smoking in cars while carrying children under the age of 18 would be one specific measure New Zealand could take to protect ... More >>
Northland Scores Top of Country for Exclusive Breastfeeding
Wednesday, 26 November 2014, 12:17 pm | Northland DHB
Northland has, once again, come out on top with the highest rates in the country for exclusive breastfeeding on discharge from maternity facilities. With an overall rating of 94.7 per cent, it exceeds other regions with Whanganui at 90.6 per cent ... More >>
Free Dental Story Books for our Tamariki
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 1:25 pm | Northland DHB
Over 60 per cent of Northland pre-schoolers have experienced tooth decay and, in a bid to address this, dental health promoters from across Northland have produced free story books. The books, written in both Maori and English, will be used as a ... More >>
Obesity education focus for Northland Medical Practitioners
Friday, 14 November 2014, 5:04 pm | Northland DHB
With almost one in three adults aged 15 and over obese in New Zealand, an Obesity Conference, incorporating primary health care doctor and nurse practitioners, public and private hospital surgical specialists, and allied health professionals, was held ... More >>
Promise to Northland Fulfilled and Celebrated
Friday, 31 October 2014, 4:39 pm | Northland DHB
Raising three million in three years to build a local cancer treatment unit sounded nigh on impossible when first suggested but Northland has done it and the public are invited to celebrate this Saturday at its open day. More >>
Exercise Wisdom Tooth Boosts Oral Health in Far North
Friday, 31 October 2014, 12:10 pm | Northland DHB
They came and, like knights in shining armour, boosted the oral health of almost 750 high-need Far North residents, before leaving again two weeks later. In partnership with the Northland DHB oral health service, a team of New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) ... More >>
New Room for Stillbirth and Neonatal Loss at Whangarei
Wednesday, 1 October 2014, 1:51 pm | Northland DHB
A special room dedicated to stillbirth and neonatal loss in Whangarei Hospital’s new maternity unit will be fantastic, says a mother who delivered a still born earlier this year. More >>
