358 days ago

Poll: Have you or has someone you know used the renal centre?

Libby Reporter from Waikato Local

A squash club has given way to a kidney centre at Waikato Hospital in a $44.4 million project that’s been called “mana affirming” for patients.

The Waikato Regional Renal Centre has brought over 100 clinical staff under one roof - kidney specialists, nurses, clinical nurse specialists for dialysis education and transplant, psychologists, kaitiaki, podiatrists, social workers, and dieticians.

Have you or has someone you know used the renal centre? Tell us more in the comments (adding NFP if you don't want your words used in print).

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Have you or has someone you know used the renal centre?
  • 53.8% Yes
    53.8% Complete
  • 46.2% No
    46.2% Complete
13 votes
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22 days ago

Poll: As a customer, what do you think about automation?

The Team from Neighbourly.co.nz

The Press investigates the growing reliance on your unpaid labour.

Automation (or the “unpaid shift”) is often described as efficient ... but it tends to benefit employers more than consumers.

We want to know: What do you think about automation?
Are you for, or against?

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As a customer, what do you think about automation?
  • 9.5% For. Self-service is less frustrating and convenient.
    9.5% Complete
  • 43.4% I want to be able to choose.
    43.4% Complete
  • 47.1% Against. I want to deal with people.
    47.1% Complete
2518 votes
6 hours ago

The butcher with a taste for adventure

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Jonathan and Sarah Walker are a couple with a give-it-a-go attitude to life, whether it’s travelling the world in a Land Rover or starting a butchery business with no experience.

Nestled below Hakarimata Scenic Reserve just outside of Ngāruawāhia is Soggy Bottom Holding, the local butcher you’ll recognise from frosty mornings at the farmer’s markets.

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8 hours ago

‘Devastated and disappointed’ - former students hope it wasn’t one of their own

Libby Totton Reporter from Waikato Times

Former students of Taupō Nui-a-Tia College say they’re “devastated” and “disappointed” after the alleged arson at their school which has left an entire block of classrooms, and a health centre destroyed by fire.

Emergency services were called to the school about 2.15pm on Sunday, when plumes of black smoke could be seen across town.

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