There is overwhelming agreement that New Zealand faces a health workforce crisis, although one might argue that, like our workforce, the word “crisis” is getting worn out from overuse.
A 66-year-old Vietnam-born New Zealander was admitted to General Medicine via the Emergency Department with a diarrhoeal illness following the ingestion of bottle gourd, which he had grown in his garden and cooked by stir-fry.
Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is an increasingly common condition during pregnancy, affecting 6–10% of all pregnancies in New Zealand and a disproportionate number of Māori and Pacific women.
In Christchurch two fairly large and typical schools were chosen—West Christchurch and Waltham. West Christchurch has attached to it a branch High School of nearly two hundred pupils, which enabled us to watch results over a longer period. Subsequently a large Timaru school, the Waimataitai school, was selected for further work with the employment of slightly different methods.