Vaccine's traces still effective, scientist says
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:16 2008
People who have been vaccinated against New Zealand's epidemic strain of meningococcal disease will retain a "memory" of it in their immune system, even though the associated antibodies will have dropped below the protective level,...

Mayor thanks God for heart-attack recovery
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:10 2008
Suffering a heart attack and then collapsing on stage in front of hundreds of people was a blessing, Manukau City Mayor Len Brown says. Mr Brown was rushed to hospital after he had the heart attack while giving the opening address...

Homeowners start to panic
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:07 2008
Homeowners are flocking to the Government's online mortgage repayment calculator as rising living costs and high interest rates lead some people to re-assess what they can afford to repay. People used the Retirement Commission's...

Reasons behind vaccine campaign
New Zealand Herald
Thu Jul 24 05:00:00 2008
New Zealand has spent more than $200 million on vaccinating young people against an epidemic disease that had already started waning. With the benefit of hindsight it is a decision that is easy to criticise, but at the height of the...