LIBRARY | Murder at Thornwood Park by Joan Sauers
Murder at Thornwood Park by Joan Sauers felt a little like settling in for a good Sunday night mystery, or an episode of Midsomer…
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LIBRARY | Every Time She Wakes by Petronella McGovern
I enjoyed Every Time She Wakes by Petronella McGovern, though I should probably admit that time-loop stories aren’t usually my thing. The concept reminded…
LIBRARY | How to Survive in the Woods by Kat Rosenfield
How to Survive in the Woods sounded like a wilderness survival thriller, but the woods turn out to be the least of Emma Sharp’s…
Library | Just Like The Night by Michael Caleb Tasker
For those who read a lot of crime and thrillers, Just Like the Night is a little different from the usual murder, investigation and…
Library | The Governor by Linda La Plante
There is an immediate complication with Lynda La Plante’s The Governor. It is arriving on shelves as a 2026 release, but it is not…
Promisia Builds Scale with Chatswood Deal
Promisia Healthcare is putting $25 million behind its strategy of building local scale, with a conditional agreement to acquire Chatswood Retirement Village in Opawa,…
Bupa NZ Introduces Six month Buy-Backs
NEW ZEALAND | Bupa New Zealand has introduced a six-month buy-back provision in all new independent living Occupation Right Agreements (ORAs) from July this…
Nurses’ Strike Tests Contingency Planning
A single day of strike action by Total Care Health nurses next week will test how exposed ACC-funded community providers are to workforce disputes…
Does Dementia Care Depend on Your Postcode?
NEW ZEALAND | New Zealanders have long talked about postcode differences in healthcare, but dementia turns that concern into a series of practical questions….
Hundreds of Nursing Graduates Left High and Dry by Te Whatu Ora
NEW ZEALAND | At a time when health care is falling into a deeper crisis with emergency departments bursting at the seams, wards overflowing…
How Washed Is “Washed”?
USA | Bagged lettuce is washed, but it is not sterilised. That distinction is central to the Cyclospora outbreak exploding across the USA. Fresh-cut…
Support at Home’s Hidden Cost Is Administration
AUSTRALIA | The Support at Home programme In Australia was intended to simplify home care and direct more funding towards services. For providers, however,…