More than a year after the Government launched a top-level advisory group on Long Covid, leading experts worry sufferers are still being let down by the health system. Those concerns have been aired in a series of just-released video interviews, as the Ministry of Health says it’s impossible to quantify how many people are living Read more
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Shift work among the top 10 carcinogens in NZ workplaces
Thursday, June 22nd, 2023On a good day, emergency department nurse Ken* will rise at about 1pm, start work at 3pm and get home at 11pm. On a bad day, he’ll arrive home after 3am and be up with the kids. His nursing career has dictated this pattern for decades – and he knows it’s toxic. “Your sleep patterns Read more
Governor General says NZ won’t break Holy See diplomatic ties
Monday, June 19th, 2023
The Governor General will not break diplomatic ties with the Holy See, Government House says. SNAP – a group of clergy sex abuse survivors – in a recent letter to Dame Cindy Kiro called for the diplomatic ties to be cut. The group says Government House informed them “the Governor-General acts on the advice of Read more
First phase of St Peter’s College board report complete
Monday, June 19th, 2023
St Peter’s College in Gore’s limited statutory manager says the first phase of her report about the school is complete. The Ministry of Education placed the Catholic school under statutory management at the end of April. The 450-pupil school’s principal Tara Quinney and the board chair, Ruth Mitchell, have what Quinney describes as a “dysfunctional Read more
“If the Church is going to do anything it has to be us who do it”
Monday, June 19th, 2023
Newly installed Archbishop of Wellington, Paul Martin, issued a call to action to the Archdiocese of Wellington. “If the Church is going to do anything, it has to be us who do it,” he said, emphasising the importance of individual and collective responsibility in the Church’s mission. “The church doesn’t exist in some ethereal domain Read more
Leak near church has been soaking footpath for at least four years
Monday, June 19th, 2023A leak outside a Roman Catholic Church on Boulcott St has been spilling out onto the footpath outside the building since before the pandemic and staff are worried that it’s an accident waiting to happen. The leak on the footpath next to the main steps leading up to St Mary of the Angels church not Read more
Researchers call for more screening for depression in first-time fathers
Monday, June 19th, 2023Younger fathers may be at greater risk of experiencing major depression and the “baby blues”, a study has found. A letter has been published in the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday about paternal depression among fathers in the Christchurch Health and Development Study by researchers Louise Rippin, Geraldine McLeod, Jacki Henderson and Joseph Boden. Read more
Catholic men’s breakfast attracts record numbers
Thursday, June 15th, 2023
The Catholic men’s breakfast held on May 13 in Christchurch had a record number of men gathering at Sacred Heart Church in Addington. The breakfast, organised by Christchurch diocese, was attended by some 200 men. They travelled to Sacred Heart church in Addington to receive spiritual food from Christchurch Bishop Michael Gielen, and to meet Read more
Lovely church in Picton faces demolition
Thursday, June 15th, 2023
Picton’s much-loved St Joseph’s Catholic Church is facing demolition. After 158 years, tenders to level the church building are being sought. Its long history of Sunday masses ended on January 13, 2019 and its doors were closed for good after a parish property review later that year. The soon-to-be-razed Catholic church building was the second Read more
New archbishop keen for spiritual revival
Thursday, June 15th, 2023
Archbishop Paul Martin is keen on a spiritual revival within the Archdiocese. In his first newsletter as Archbishop of Wellington, Martin highlighted the significance of a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. This is the driving force behind building a strong Christian community and spreading the Good News, he said. “If I am not in love Read more