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11 February 2020

Research into work-related deaths involving vehicles overdue, say advocates

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Safety advocates say it’s about time that the role that bad working conditions play in vehicle fatalities is looked at, but it must include better in-depth crash investigations. WorkSafe in its tender notice said more than 70 percent of work-related fatalities involved vehicles and it needed to understand how “business models and supply chain pressures” […]

5 February 2020

Pensioners make up 40 percent of ebike injury claims to ACC

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As sales of ebikes continue to accelerate, pensioners now account for more than 40 percent of e-bike crashes resulting in claims to ACC. Figures released to RNZ show the agency had 704 active e-bike injury claims by the end of last year, of which 307 involved people 65 and older. Taupō woman Nicky Hollings remembers […]

4 February 2020

Bringing down our horrific road toll

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“We really hope that it is a turning point,” says the Automobile Association’s Mike Noon. But he says even though that’s a bit of good news, nearly a person a day still dies on our roads – “and that’s not acceptable.” And he says there needs to be twice as much investment in road safety […]

3 February 2020

Victim Support looking for new crop of compassionate volunteers

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Last year Victim Support helped up to 900 people in the New Plymouth area who were victims of crime and trauma. They are now looking for between eight and 10 volunteers, Taranaki wide. Rosemary Nicholson began volunteering for Victim Support last July, because she was looking for volunteer work, she said. “Having an organisation out there that offers support […]

31 January 2020

Whakaari/White Island: Australia thanks Waikato for care under ‘extraordinary circumstances’

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Rule-breaking rescuers and medical staffers acting under “extraordinary circumstances” have been recognised for their work after the Whakaari/White Island eruption. Australia shouted morning tea for a group of Waikato Hospital staffers on Thursday, as a thank you. The hospital went into overdrive after the eruption, when eight critically ill patients arrived over a two-hour period. […]

29 January 2020

Traumatic brain injuries and imprisonment linked, study suggests

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A study of inmates at Christchurch women’s prison has found nearly every woman interviewed had a history of multiple traumatic brain injuries. The study was cited by Dr Ian Lambie, the chief science advisor to the justice sector, who has published a discussion paper looking at the prevalence of head injuries in people who end […]

17 January 2020

Waikato’s top road cop promises a crack down on drink driving

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When Inspector Jeff Penno drives around the Waikato region he’s reminded of the victims from every fatal crash he’s attended. He remembers their names, he can picture the crash scenes and he knows the trauma the crashes caused. It drives his family mad, but remembering those victims motivates Penno to try and prevent other deaths from occurring […]

15 January 2020

‘Tragic start’ to 2020: Six deaths on NZ farms in six days

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Six people have died in workplace incidents on New Zealand farms in six days this year. The latest death came today when one person died in a quad bike crash on a Wharepuhunga farm, south of Cambridge. Another death earlier this week included a 67-year-old man who died when the tractor he was driving rolled […]

14 January 2020

Whakaari/White Island eruption trauma director Dr Grant Christey says a lot to be learned

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North Island’s trauma system boss says there is a lot to be learned from the horror of the Whakaari/White Island eruption. Trauma director Dr Grant Christey is not only Waikato Hospital’s trauma director, but also oversees the Midland Network Trauma System for the Bay of Plenty, Waikato, Hauora Tairawhti and Taranaki – a combined population […]

23 December 2019

Mum’s pain a warning as families hit the road for Christmas

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In the days before Christmas, a seven-year-old girl is unlikely to stray far from her hospital bed following the crash that killed her adored “auntie” figure. The “hero nurse” was killed and four others injured in the collision near Lake Rotoiti. From her daughter’s bedside, mother Amanda Lorin says it’s horrifying to think of how many other families could […]

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Research into work-related deaths involving vehicles overdue, say advocates

Pensioners make up 40 percent of ebike injury claims to ACC

Bringing down our horrific road toll

Victim Support looking for new crop of compassionate volunteers

Whakaari/White Island: Australia thanks Waikato for care under ‘extraordinary circumstances’

Traumatic brain injuries and imprisonment linked, study suggests

Waikato’s top road cop promises a crack down on drink driving

‘Tragic start’ to 2020: Six deaths on NZ farms in six days

Whakaari/White Island eruption trauma director Dr Grant Christey says a lot to be learned

Mum’s pain a warning as families hit the road for Christmas

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