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Lesley Bloomberg, due to graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Laboratory Science at the end of the year, has been completing his studies while working full-time at Wellington’s Awanui Laboratory, taking care of his family, and adjusting to New Zealand as an immigrant from South Africa.

09 Nov 2026

Lifelong learning from Africa to Aotearoa

With more than 18 years’ experience in histology, Lesley Bloomberg's commitment to learning motivated him to pursue furt...

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03 Nov 2026

Māori leaving prison have ‘no housing, nowhere to go’

Māori leaving prison are being released into the community with no housing and nowhere to go, and have told public healt...

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28 Oct 2026

How a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ attitude supports an illicit tobacco market

Adopting a ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ approach to illicit tobacco enables people to avoid thinking about where cheap smokes...

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23 Oct 2026

Targeted funding needed for GPs to manage rising levels of diabetes

Researchers say more funding is needed for general practices which serve patients with high needs, after their study of...

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20 Oct 2026

Alcohol guidelines need updating – study reveals

Aotearoa New Zealand’s low-risk drinking guidelines from 2011 are outdated and no longer reflect what is known about the...

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20 Oct 2026

Writer 2026 winners named

A periodontist – and now award-winning writer. Associate Professor Tino Mercado of the Department of Oral Sciences in Ot...

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07 Oct 2026

Kids in healthy homes less likely to be hospitalised

Children living in houses which have been improved through the Healthy Homes Initiative have been found to be 30 per cen...

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07 Oct 2026

Early career researchers making their mark

Five Otago researchers working in areas ranging from how housing affects health and wellbeing to learning more about imm...

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01 Oct 2026

Using multi-viral RATs in primary care could reduce spread of winter bugs

Multi-viral rapid antigen tests (RATs) have received the thumbs up from GPs, nurses and their patients in a study by the...

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11 Sep 2026

Otago researchers celebrated for advancing knowledge and improving lives

From improving health outcomes and strengthening communities to exploring the frontiers of science and technology, Unive...

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07 Sep 2026

New podcast puts health of Māori leaving prison in the spotlight

The TIAKI podcast launches today: a six-episode series on the health and wellbeing of Māori who leave prisons, and on wh...

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04 Sep 2026

The Wellington Dean who led a campus through Covid, a building closure, fires & floods

As Wellington Dean and Head of Region Professor William Levack prepares to leave for a new role as Head of the Faculty o...

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