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Te Whatu ora Health New Zealand has issued a public health advisory following the detection of HPAI H5N1 in migratory wild birds in southern Australia. While the risk to New Zealand remains low, the advisory outlines testing criteria, notification requirements and key actions for healthcare professionals.
Read moreTe Whatu Ora Health NZ will conduct two webinar sessions on information sharing and security awareness. Information sharing occurs every day across Aotearoa New Zealand's health system to support continuity of care, safe care, wellbeing, public health, service delivery, planning, and improvement. Because health information is sensitive, it must be shared lawfully, appropriately, and with safeguards that protect privacy, security, dignity, and trust. This webinar provides an overview of these key concepts involved in safe health information sharing.
Read moreTe Whatu Ora is alerting healthcare professionals to the continued rapid rise in HIV diagnoses in Fiji.
Read moreToni Muller, the team's triage clinician and experienced mental health nurse, is offering clinical supervision to practice nurses.
Read moreResearchers from the University of Waikato are seeking primary, community, and rural nurses who worked in Tairāwhiti during Cyclone Hale and/or Cyclone Gabrielle to share their experiences. The study aims to better understand the challenges, adaptations, and supports that helped nurses continue caring for their communities in the aftermath of these events.
Read moreTe Pūao Mātai Pukupuku / The New Zealand Society for Oncology has launched a free oncology immunotoxicity webinar series, bringing together national and international experts to help health professionals identify, manage, and understand immunotherapy toxicities.
Read moreFrom 1 July 2026, registration fees will be reintroduced for many IMAC vaccinator training courses. This is a return to IMAC's business-as-usual model, following the end of temporary funding from Te Whatu Ora that had enabled full fee subsidies.
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