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Patient safety is at risk at Waikato Hospital, claim doctors, with reports of at least one person not seen by a medic for six days.
The hospital was down 60% on medical registrars last weekend, New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) national secretary Dr Deborah Powell said, and patient care was suffering.
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Poll: Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing?
A controversial plan change that could see three-by-three housing density rules in Hamilton is set to be considered by the council in a meeting this week.
And city hall has released its preference for where it would go.
Do you think these are the best areas for denser housing? Tell us your thoughts in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).
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13.5% Yes
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75.7% No
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10.8% Not sure
Vanuatu family members wait for news after 7.3 earthquake
Despite frantic phone calls and scouring Facebook, Waikato residents with family in Vanuatu are struggling to make contact after a devastating earthquake.
“To be honest, I’m scared,” said Apia Yawha, an international student who doesn’t yet know how his family is.