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Not just a pretty face : Alarming boys club culture poses risk to women s health 14 minutes to read Emma Russell is a health reporter for the New Zealand Heraldemma.russell@nzherald.co.nz Every day, female doctors experience ingrained sexist attitudes, such as being labelled aggressive or hormonal when expressing strong opinions. Not only are they paid far less than their male colleagues, but they re also outnumbered in nearly every speciality. Emma Russell explores the alarming extent this boys club culture is being blamed for undervaluing women s health. Because while gender bias is wrong in any workforce, in the health system, it can kill. ....
Free heart checks for women offered in Hastings 11 May, 2021 10:57 PM 2 minutes to read The free heart checks are being offered at the Heretaunga Women s Centre Monday s during May. Photo / Warren Buckland The free heart checks are being offered at the Heretaunga Women s Centre Monday s during May. Photo / Warren Buckland Hastings Leader Free heart checks for women are being offered in Hastings each Monday in May, to promote women s heart health. Heart Foundation NZ says more than 50 New Zealand women die each week from heart disease, making it the single biggest cause of death for women in New Zealand. Women and men largely share the same risk factors for heart disease such as smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and family history. ....
Rawiri Waititi: Māori sick and tired of being a political football 13 May, 2021 12:19 AM 4 minutes to read Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi after walking out of the House during Question Time, Parliament, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell Maori Party co-leader Debbie Ngarewa-Packer and Rawiri Waititi after walking out of the House during Question Time, Parliament, Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell RNZ Māori Party co-leader Rawiri Waititi says a barrage of rhetoric in Parliament is fuelling racist comments in wider society. The party s MPs walked out yesterday accusing National Party leader Judith Collins of using the House as a forum for bashing Māori . ....
BusinessNZ claims its input on risks of FPAs is ignored in Cabinet paper 13 May, 2021 05:27 AM 4 minutes to read BusinessNZ chief executive Kirk Hope claims a Cabinet paper on fair pay agreements leaves policy questions unanswered and appeared to overlook feedback. Photo / Michael Craig BusinessNZ chief executive Kirk Hope claims a Cabinet paper on fair pay agreements leaves policy questions unanswered and appeared to overlook feedback. Photo / Michael Craig BusinessNZ, the lobby group which is being lined up to take a structural role in New Zealand s industrial relations landscape, say its views appear to have been ignored in a Cabinet Paper on fair pay ....