https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: supplied/ pixabay Burnout symptoms are not sudden onset, Mike McKinney told RNZ’s Nine to Noon. “Like you wake up with a cold. These are insidious, incremental, unfortunately you get to a tipping point where it becomes too much for the person to handle and it starts to have really negative impacts.” Mike McKinney … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 More than 94 percent of those surveyed said slow and inefficient IT systems meant staff spending more time on admin and less time with patients. File photo. Photo: 123rf Nearly 98 percent of health IT experts and healthworkers say proposed cuts to Health NZ’s digital services budget will hurt patients, according to a new … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 The area where the incident happened in Matamata. Photo: Google Maps A Matamata College student has died after being hit by a train this afternoon in Matamata. The accident occurred close to the college at about 3.15pm. A St John spokesperson said an ambulance, two helicopters and a rapid response vehicle attended. An email … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Looking south from Beach Road, Kaikōura, where it becomes Churchill Road, with West End on the left. Ludstone Road is on the right Photo: David Hill / North Canterbury News Kaikōura business owners are worried about safety at a busy intersection where trucks “thunder” through town, but there are no plans for safety improvements … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller Public trust in police has risen slightly year on year, according to the latest Ministry of Justice Crime and Victims Survey. The annual survey gathered responses from 7705 New Zealanders about their perceptions, experiences, and views on police. Public trust and confidence in police rose from 67 percent to … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi With its main food manufacturer, Libelle, in liquidation, the School Lunch Collective this week turned to Australia to ensure it had enough meals. Meanwhile, the government insists the collective will continue to supply the 466 schools covered by its contract on time and in full. Wednesday’s menu for most … Read more
Welcome to The Spinoff Books Confessional, in which we get to know the reading habits of Aotearoa writers, and guests. This week: Nafanoa Purcell Kersel, author of new collection of poetry Black Sugarcane. The book I wish I’d written I’ve had the feeling of wishing I had written something before, but it’s usually limited to … Read more
https://www.effectiveratecpm.com/xdvtd6yxqb?key=9554404018c26e6f076623874c1aa864 Enere Taana-McLaren, 16, died after he was stabbed at a bus stop in Dunedin in May last year. Photo: Facebook screenshot Enere Taana-McLaren, 16, was stabbed at Dunedin’s bus hub on 23 May 2024 A then 13-year-old boy, who has interim name suppression, was charged with his murder, and has pleaded not guilty The … Read more
The Southern Hemisphere’s best attended literary festival (per capita) has just unveiled a packed 2025 programme. Here are books editor Claire Mabey’s picks of the very big bunch. I couldn’t contain it to the traditional top 10 this year. And why would I with over 170 events to choose from? I love the Auckland Writers … Read more
Another day in the House, where questions mostly revolved around ‘how could xyz possibly get worse?’ Echo Chamber is The Spinoff’s dispatch from the press gallery, recapping sessions in the House. Columns are written by politics reporter Lyric Waiwiri-Smith and Wellington editor Joel MacManus. There’s a restless air that flows through parliament on the Tuesday … Read more