Local cooking course helps South Auckland mums
Caption: MKR May 2019 workshop with participants Ahika, Nicole and Harjeet. Latest News 14 August 2019 | For Manurewa mother of seven Melissa Dobbs, discovering the community cooking and nutrition programme Mum's Kitchen Rules (MKR) was a turning point.
A love for the language, a passion for the people
Latest News 7 August 2019 | “I was born in paradise”. Not many would argue with Maryanne Leilua, Counties Manukau Health Cook Islands interpreter, about the beauty of her birthplace, Aitutaki, one of the 15 islands that make up the Cook Islands.
Community Health Clinics to Miss Samoa NZ
Latest News 5 August 2019 | For 23-year-old Otara local Fonoifafo (Fono) McFarland-Seumanu, juggling multiple responsibilities is nothing new.
Award winning leader helping us tackle alcohol harm
Latest News 18 July 2019 | Maaori Warden David Ratū (Ngaati Te Ata Waiohua, Waikato, Ngaati Maniapoto), a member of the Counties Manukau Health (CM Health) Alcohol Harm Advisory Group has recently won the Minister of Health’s Health Volunteer of the Year Award for his dedication and relentless work in reducing the…
Counties Manukau Health welcomes $14m investment
Media release 11 July 2019 | Counties Manukau Health Board Chairman, Vui Mark Gosche has welcomed the Government’s approval to invest $14. 6 million for two new facilities to provide additional High Dependency Dialysis facilities and a second Cardiac Catheter Laboratory (Cath Lab) at Middlemore Hospital.
New service supports Pacific Peoples' wellbeing
Latest News 10 July 2019 | The mental health needs of Counties Manukau’s Pacific Population will be better served under an initiative launched earlier this week. Faletoa is a new service which ensures culturally appropriate support for all Pacific people receiving treatment from CM Health’s Mental Health and Addiction clinicians.
MRI waiting list slashed
Latest News 9 July 2019 | Counties Manukau Health is improving access to MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) by dramatically reducing its waiting list from 2,129 to 705 in just three months. Health professionals use MRI scans to diagnose a variety of conditions.
Low-cost dental care soon available to Counties Manukau residents
Latest News 27 June 2019 | Counties Manukau residents will soon have access to low-cost treatment at a new dental facility on the grounds of the Manukau SuperClinic. Construction is well underway for the $28.
Manurewa local owes life to bowel screening test
Latest News 24 June 2019 | A Manurewa resident owes his life to the National Bowel Screening Programme, which was launched in Counties Manukau a year ago.