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A rongoā practitioner in Queenstown shares a clinic with a pharmacist, bringing a holistic healing choice to local patients 

Māori health leaders hope the decolonisation of traditional rongoā healing will help to improve health outcomes for Māori. With ACC funding rongōa services and promises of more contracts, pharmacists supporting rongoā welcome its partnership with mainstream medicine. Paulette Crowley reports 

Was he the perfect Dr Johnny-on-the-spot when COVID-19 reached an anxious nation? Former director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield is under no illusions there, he tells Virginia McMillan

An official offer of a 3 per cent dispensing fee goes out to pharmacies who hold an ICSPA contract today

Pharmacy continues to claim its place as a vaccination destination, with a quarter of the country’s flu supplies.

The Independent Community Pharmacy Group has widened its legal challenge to target Countdown Pharmacy’s corporate ownership structure. 

Pharmacy stalwart Warren Flaunty bows out of the profession after a high-profile career spanning 55 years 

Medsafe will soon require all medicines containing opioids to display a warning that they are addictive and can cause overdoses

A 3 per cent offer from the National Annual Agreement Review negotiations for the Integrated Community Pharmacy Services Agreement is ready to be presented to contract holders.

The community pharmacy sector has largely been left out of a series of Government programmes aimed at relieving workforce pressures