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Can KiwiSaver save the economy? Actually, yes
I don’t blame the economists for this, they are paid to predict the next quarter, not the next 20 years. And they tend to think of KiwiSaver money as just[…]
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Samoan bodybuilder facing breast cancer thought she was ‘too fit’ to get sick
An Auckland bodybuilder who thought she was too fit and healthy to get sick is warning women, especially Pasifika women, to pay attention to their health after she faced cancer[…]
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Christchurch mum diagnosed with breast cancer at 37 weeks pregnant
Tamara Milne was 37 weeks pregnant when she was diagnosed with breast cancer during the Covid-19 lockdown. The 33-year-old, who works at Christchurch Hospital as a radiographer, was in the[…]
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Family’s $50,000 cost for dad’s life-extending bowel cancer medicine
With a supportive wife, five daughters and eight grandchildren, Tony Sullivan has something to fight for. But extending his life in the battle with bowel cancer will cost his family[…]
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After eight-year cancer battle radio personality Michael Kooge has died
A battle with cancer that lasted almost a decade has reached an end for Auckland radio personality Michael Kooge. The 36-year-old ex-newsreader on The Edge died today after being moved to hospice in mid[…]
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The great $1.4 billion KiwiSaver panic
Many investors caught up in the great $1.4 billion KiwiSaver sell-off in March will never switch back to a growth fund. An exodus of panicked KiwiSavers switched from share-heavy growth[…]
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Auckland cancer patient given two years to live without unfunded drug
A woman was told over the phone during coronavirus lockdown she could have just two years left to live. Mandy Grantley, from Auckland’s Avondale, was diagnosed with bowel cancer on the day of her[…]
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Coronavirus: Elective surgery catch-up could take years
It could take years to get through a backlog of elective surgery patients caused by Covid-19 restrictions, say specialists. Senior doctors warn there aren’t enough specialists to increase capacity and[…]
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Government funding boost for Pharmac
Government funding boost for Pharmac announced, but it doesn’t go far enough for some cancer sufferers. The Government has boosted Pharmac’s funding by $160 million over the next four years[…]
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