Health & Wellbeing
RAPID is a place – not just a misplaced road number
As you travel along rural roads you will no doubt notice red numbers on white backgrounds at everyone’s drive. In case you…
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A Plumber’s Tale: stuck deep in the waste pipe, round the bend
Numb fingers, twisted elbow, stuck shoulder, aching back muscles and trapped in a household waste pipe to the shoulder_ the plumber, after…
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40+ Pink Ribbon volunteers help fundraising drive
The Pink Ribbon collection on 27 and 28 October saw more than 40 volunteers each do a two- hour shift at five…
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Hōkai Tahi opens South Wairarapa clinic
Hōkai Tahi – women’s health support – has opened a South Wairarapa clinic based out of St John’s premises at 8 Lyon…
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No Mean Feet – Reflexology
I’m delighted to be providing Reflexology to people in the Wairarapa again. A gentle relaxing therapy, Reflexology is carried out with only…
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Another rural defibrillator installed
Wednesday, 28 August, saw a crowd of about 30 locals assembled at Ruakokoputuna Community Hall as an AED was installed and a…
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Wairarapa “postcode hole” for govt’s Alzheimer support
Alzheimers patients in Wairarapa live in a Health New Zealand funding “postcode black hole” _ the only region of the country with…
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Raising Parkinson’s Awareness
A Parkinson’s diagnosis is a life-altering event but not a life-threatening one. It is a chronic and progressive condition with no known…
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Non-contact boxing for Parkinson’s agility training
Wairarapa Boxing Academy has generously supported Parkinson’s Wairarapa over the past few years by allowing the to hold weekly exercise classes in…
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Martinborough Nurse Trish is on the line for mums
Martinborough-based PlunketLine nurse Trish Higginson is one of scores of staffers round the country to celebrate 30 years of operation for the…
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Living Positively with Parkinson’s
Some Wairarapa people living with Parkinson’s gathered at the Carterton Court House recently to listen to and be motivated by former boxer…
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Health facts of interest
Ministry of Health nationwide figures show middling and good performances by Wairarapa District Health Board on some key measurements applied to the…
