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New Zealand now has a third pharmacy school and that is great news for the pharmacy sector, writes editor Jonathan Chilton-Towle

Netflix’s new drama Toxic Town tells the true story of a group of women from Corby in Northamptonshire, UK, who gave birth to children with limb differences in the 1980s and 90s

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer looks at the year ahead and suggests ways for pharmacy owners and staff to reframe their outlook

Editor Jonathan Chilton-Towle writes about how sector underfunding is putting barriers in the way of overseas workers, who can help to fill the staff shortages in pharmacy

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and other services has announced it will discontinue its third-party factchecking programmes, starting in the US

As part of its coalition deal with National, the ACT Party is preparing to resurrect its “regulatory responsibility” legislation for the fourth time. This is despite the idea having been consistently rejected since 2007

Community pharmacist Claire Salter took part in a full-immersion Māori language course run at the University of Waikato’s Tauranga campus in 2022. She discusses her reasons for learning te reo as a Pākehā. From April, having a basic understanding of te reo Māori will be a requirement for all pharmacists under the Pharmacy Council’s competency standards

Clinical pharmacist Katrina Azer ponders what kind of ocean New Zealand’s pharmacy sector is swimming in and whether they are being swept along with the tides or charting their own course

Moore Markhams Auckland director Jonathan Roberts shares some tips for starting a pharmacy business

When prime minister Christopher Luxon criticised doctors for prioritising young Māori and Pasifika patients, he called it a matter of need, not ethnicity. But if healthcare isn’t based on ethnicity, how will we truly capture those with the highest need, ponders Lucy O’Hagan