3 July, 2009
St David Lecture Theatre Complex, University of Otago, Dunedin Friday 3 July 2009; 12.00pm Hon Tariana Turia, Associate Minister of Health Delivered by Associate Professor John Broughton on her behalf
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Tariana Turia says tobacco companies appear to be treading a fine line over their recent decision to drop the price of cigarettes so to make smoking more affordable in the current economic recession.
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Health Minster Tony Ryall today released the Senior Medical Officers Workforce Commission report and recommendations on recruiting and retaining senior medical doctors.
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The Government has amended protocols for DHBs which allows them to make better and smarter use of private hospitals to get more patients seen.
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Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, speech notes for Independent Practitioners Association Council (IPAC) Meeting, 27 June 2009 in Wellington
Read full speech >>24 June, 2009
In response to local body concerns, Health Minister Tony Ryall and Local Government Minister Rodney Hide have announced that the Government has delayed requirements for communities to meet new drinking water legislation by three years.
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Health Minister Tony Ryall has confirmed he has told DHBs to pick up their act delivering the B4 Schools Check programme.
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MINISTERIAL STATEMENT: Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu Tuesday 23 June 2009
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Tariana Turia is calling for Maori people with respiratory problems to take extra caution to prevent getting Influenza A (H1N1) Swine Flu.
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'Ko tenei te wa: navigating the maze of life' I am delighted to be able to return to the Early Intervention in Psychosis National Training Forum; and I am grateful to the Wellington Early Intervention Service for your invitation.
Read full speech >>19 June, 2009
Tariana Turia is warning hospital hierarchies to raise the bar on the way they provide clinical health care to Maori.
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Announcing the first results of the government's voluntary bonding scheme today, Health Minister Tony Ryall said the scheme had been very popular.
Read full release >>15 June, 2009
Tony Ryall, Minister of Health, Speech for NZMA 12 June 2009. Due to fog at Rotorua Airport Mr Ryall could not deliver this speech. However the Finance Minister who was in Rotorua that day stepped in a spoke to the notes herein.
Read full speech >>11 June, 2009
"Growing numbers of confirmed cases of swine flu in New Zealand were anticipated and are no cause for alarm" says Health Minister Tony Ryall.
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Speech Notes for address to rural and provinical mayors at Local Government Forum , Wellington 11 June 2009
Read full speech >>10 June, 2009
Tariana Turia is pleased about the decline in cigarette smoking among year 10 students but Aotearoa still faces a smoking crisis, she says. Mrs Turia said while today's release of the ASH Year 10 Survey was a good news story, it was by no means a great news story.
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Speech to launch new fetoscope at National Women's Health in Auckland City Hospital, Wednesday 10 June.
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In preparing for this launch today, I did a little market research myself, about five of my mokopuna who are either approaching or have just left Year Ten.
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I am greatly honoured to be present at this Maori Partnership Board Hui - to learn from the aspirations and perspectives of the mandated iwi representatives from across the iwi and communities of Whanganui a Tara.
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Annual Hui with Stakeholders : Tau Puehu Pipitea Marae, Thorndon, Wellington
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Health Minister's speech notes for PHO Alliance meeting in Wellington, Friday 5 June 2009.
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The government has taken more precautionary steps with new regulations to help manage an outbreak of Non Seasonal Influenza, such as Influenza A (H1N1) swine flu.
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Thank you for the opportunity to speak at this prestigious event. I am delighted to be able to join you. There's a great line up of speakers and certainly a huge amount of expertise gathered here.
Read full speech >>4 June, 2009
100 new paramedics will be added to frontline emergency services, with the government confirming a $28 million investment over four years for the initiative.
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Speech to announce New Zealand Ambulance Sector Strategy 2009, St John Northern Region Headquarters, Mt Wellington, Auckland.
Read full speech >>3 June, 2009
Health Minister Tony Ryall has announced the appointment of Dr Lester Levy as the new Chair of the Waitemata District Health Board.
Read full release >>29 May, 2009
It is interesting to be here, at Te Papa Tongarewa, talking about Maori Tobacco Intelligence. It would be my greatest joy, to know that tobacco was something that we would only find stored in the archives; on the shelves of history. If we had time to explore the collections here we might come across a tobacco cutter dating back to 1900 or a tobacco box, circa 1937.
Read full speech >>29 May, 2009
Health Minister Tony Ryall has paid tribute to New Zealand's hospice staff and volunteers during a visit to Te Omanga Hospice in Lower Hutt this morning, to celebrate the extra $15 million for hospices announced in yesterday's Budget.
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The government has announced a panel to recommend how to improve access to high-cost, highly specialised medicines in New Zealand.
Read full release >>28 May, 2009
It is most appropriate to be here, in the warmth of Parehounuku, and to think of all who descend from her, from Mananake, from Toa Rangatira.
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