Local Focus: Equity for Māori is core issue for Whanganui DHB
A new holistic approach to health for Whanganui DHB. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
A new holistic approach to health for Whanganui DHB. Made with funding from NZ on Air.
New figures show diabetes now causes more than 1000 amputations a year in NZ.
A third of Maori and Pacific Islanders carry a gene variant just linked to taller height.
Diabetics who are eating their own food in a restaurant "should advise the staff first".
"As an institution we fitted the definitions which described racism."
I hope Ihumātao will not live up to its name with blood being spilled. - Potonga Neilson
Will Hall's marathon mission for charity is set to take him to New Caledonia.
"It's already got worse - we are now in the middle of the epidemic."
Daycare head teacher left 2-year-old asleep when she locked up and went home.
There are calls for urgent changes to curb a growing amputation toll.
COMMENT: Our current model of medical care is failing Māori in a spectacular manner.
Sweet drinks cause more harm than high-sugar foods, University of Auckland study finds.
Your chances of getting the surgery are influenced by where you live, expert tells.
World-first study to reveal the health benefits of non-Caesarean births.
The Herald captured the bittersweet moment when the two strangers were reunited.
"I opened car door and it was like opening an oven," Paul Donovan says.
Scientists have shed fresh light on why seemingly unrelated diseases so often go together.
A remarkable story of teamwork secured Finau Veikoso her transplant.
Celebrity chef Michael Meredith holds cooking demo in diabetes-ravaged Vanuatu
While in Vanuatu, Michael shared his tips on using the local produce to create a healthy and affordable diet.
Fit woman from Pentecost Island at risk of losing leg and eyesight due to Type 1 diabetes.
Ill diabetic clergyman urges others to be careful what they eat in his final sermon.
Hilda Hango is an athletically built woman of 22 who is hoping she won't need to have her leg cut off. Video / Chris Tarpey
Diabetics from Tanna Island in Vanuatu fear going blind.
Superstition: Vanuatu eye doctors must overcome traditional ways to help diabetics.
"They don't have enough knowledge about diabetes and they come up with all sorts of thoughts - oh, I was punished by something, or I was poisoned." Video / Chris Tarpey
$2.1 million eye clinic funded by Fred Hollows Foundation to open in Vanuatu.
How diabetes crippled and blinded a strong man.
Nearly a quarter of Vanuatu's population of 280,000 have diabetes. There is a huge number of people who may not know they have the disease and will go blind without treatment. Video / Chris Tarpey
Karlpat Edul doesn't look the type to have had his life put on hold by a disease like diabetes. Video / Chris Tarpey