Almost 17 years ago, the then Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters arrived in a small Samoan village while on official government business - only to be.
Work has begun on raising the breast cancer screening age from 69 to 74 - but Health Minister Dr Shane Reti warns there is “a lot to do” before it can be.
GPs Paula Mathieson and Shane Reti once worked in the same doctor’s practice in Whangārei . Now their paths have diverged: she is deeply in debt and he is.
Budding doctors, nurses and healthcare workers in Samoa have got a headstart thanks to a $3.5 million boost from New Zealand to help with the establishment.