The country has become the first in the world to fully legalise drug testing services, allowing illicit substances to be tested at music festivals and beyond, in a move that experts say will save numerous lives

A study of dental care equity in the Ōtautahi/Christchurch emergency room found that Maoris are more than three times as likely as non-Maoris to need emergency dental care and to be admitted to hospital highlighting significant inequalities in oral health

Immigration policies have been revised to improve opportunities for partners of international students enrolled in specific higher education programmes to obtain work visas

According to the latest census, there are one million New Zealand Maoris, a surprising result given that in 1890 there were 42.000 left, decimated by the arrival of settlers who increased poverty and mortality by bringing disease, war and dispossession

A waka tīwai originally used for transport on the Waitotara River was welcomed home in South Taranaki after an absence of 55 years