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New Website for Pacific Communities to Fight COVID-19
A new website dedicated to providing information for Pacific communities across New Zealand is being launched today to help stop the spread of the Coronavirus.
Read More »Māori and Pacific COVID-19 testing boosted with new centres
The number of Māori and Pacific people being tested for COVID-19 is set to significantlyincrease with the opening of two new community testing centres in South Auckland.
Read More »Waitematā DHB sets aside entire hospital building to care for COVID-19 patients
Major changes have been implemented at North Shore Hospital in readiness for the arrival of any patients who are unwell enough to require hospital-level care due to COVID-19.
Read More »Northland and Auckland District Health Boards launch daily COVID-19 Q&A on Māori Television
The Northland, Waitematā, Auckland and Counties Manukau DHBs have launched a daily COVID-19 Q&A for Māori communities, broadcast on Māori Television’s Facebook page.
Read More »COVID-19 community testing network expands in Auckland, with five additional centres
Five additional COVID-19 testing centres are now up-and-running across metro Auckland, ensuring even better community-based access to swabbing for those who meet the clinical criteria.
Read More »Waitematā DHB moves to grow its Māori workforce
Waitematā DHB is thought to be the first district health board in the country to create a role designed specifically to recruit more Māori into its workforce.
Read More »Statement regarding three-month sonography strike (18 January to 11 April, 2020)
Contingency plans are in place at metropolitan Auckland DHBs to minimise the impact of the three-month sonographers’ strike on our patients and ensure we continue to deliver the highest-possible standard...
Read More »Expansion of Mason Clinic site announced
Waitematā DHB has announced the purchase of a significant block of additional land that will enable expansion of the Mason Clinic in Point Chevalier, a forensic mental health facility that...
Read More »Waitematā DHB nurses to help fight Samoan measles epidemic
Waitematā DHB has answered a call to support a vaccination mission to Samoa.
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