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New Zealand has become the 29th country to book at least one archery quota place at the 2024 Olympic Games, following Ben McLean and Nuala Edmundsons wins at Oceanias continental qualifying tournament last weekend in Auckland.

Archers from Fiji, Samoa and Tonga also competed, with Australia having already booked two individual spots by winning the mixed team event at the Pacific Games.

Im proud and honoured to have made it through to the final. I feel really humbled to have won, said 19-year-old Edmundson after beating compatriot Julia Harrison, 10-7 in a tiebreak. I have big goals and Im going to do whatever it takes to achieve them.

Both their recurve womens final and the recurve mens McLean 7-3 Finn Matheson were contested by archers from New Zealand.

Should the places won here need to be reallocated, either by New Zealand upgrading to a team space or declining a ticket, bronze medallists Arne Jensen (Tonga) and Chaandvi Prasad (Fiji) will become the next eligible for the quotas.

Olympic qualifying continues in the Americas in early April.

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China is willing to work with New Zealand to continue strengthening high-level exchanges and deepening political mutual trust, further elevate the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, better benefiting both nations and their peoples, and making new contributions to international and regional peace, stability, and prosperity, he said.

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to New Zealand and the establishment of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and New Zealand. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi's visit to New Zealand after seven years is of great significance as it will kick off high-level exchanges between the two countries this year. Both sides attach great importance to this visit, Wang Xiaolong told the Global Times.

Together with New Zealand, China hopes that the two countries can implement the consensus reached by the two state leaders, strengthen strategic communication, enhance political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, and jointly promote the steady and far-reaching development of the comprehensive strategic partnership between China and New Zealand, making positive contributions to world peace, stability, development and prosperity, Wang Xiaolong noted.

Speaking of the bilateral relations over the past 10 years, Wang Xiaolong said that China and New Zealand have been deepening and expanding mutually beneficial cooperation on the basis of mutual respect, mutual benefit, and seeking common ground while shelving differences, bringing tangible benefits to both countries, especially their peoples.

"Despite being separated by oceans and having different social systems, development stages, natural endowments, and economic sizes, the two sides have always enhanced mutual understanding through constructive dialogue, and differences and disagreements have not affected our friendly exchanges and cooperation," he said.

Over the past decade, high-level exchanges between China and New Zealand have maintained positive momentum, with political mutual trust deepening continuously. Leaders of the two countries have exchanged views on the development of bilateral relations through high-level visits, meetings in multilateral settings, and have reached important consensus. The foreign ministers have held multiple meetings online and offline, and officials from various departments have also engaged in dialogues and exchanges on different occasions, effectively enhancing mutual understanding and trust between the two countries.

Since 2013, China has been New Zealand's largest trading partner for 10 consecutive years, Wang Xiaolong said, noting that the two countries have seen steady progress in goods trade, as well as flourishing cooperation in services trade, industrial investment, technology collaboration, digital economy, and green economy.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and the upgraded version of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement have injected new momentum into economic and trade cooperation. Bilateral trade in goods and services has increased from NZ$ 19.8 billion ($12.06 billion) in 2013 to NZ$ 38 billion in 2023. Especially since the beginning of this year, all New Zealand dairy exports to China have been completely tariff-free, with the full implementation of the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement, further advancing mutually beneficial cooperation between the two countries, Wang Xiaolong said.

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has indeed had an impact on cultural exchanges between the two countries, since last year, the two countries have restarted scientist exchange programs, he said. The Xuelong 2 research icebreaker has made multiple stops in New Zealand for supplies and exchanges. The Chinese women's field hockey team, men's soccer team, and film production teams have visited New Zealand. Chinese tourists and students have also accelerated their return to New Zealand, revitalizing cultural exchanges between the two countries.

The Chinese ambassador pointed out that with the joint efforts of both sides, the connotation of the new comprehensive strategic partnership has been enriched and expanded in the past 10 years. China-New Zealand relations have become a model of mutual respect and win-win cooperation between countries with different systems, civilizations, and sizes.

Although the international situation is undergoing complex and profound changes with increasing challenges, the importance of China-New Zealand relations has not changed, Wang Xiaolong stressed.

"The complementarity of the two countries' economies has not changed, and China's positive attitude and policies towards the development of China-New Zealand relations have not changed," he told the Global Times. "China has always regarded New Zealand as a sincere friend and important partner, and is full of expectations and confidence in the future development prospects of the two countries' relations."

He said that China looks forward to working together with New Zealand to implement the important consensus reached by the leaders of the two countries, adhere to mutual respect, equality, seeking common ground while reserving differences, and mutual benefit, continue to strengthen high-level exchanges and political mutual trust, deepen practical cooperation in various fields such as economy and trade, tighten the bond of cultural exchanges, deepen communication and cooperation on international and regional issues, constructively manage and transcend differences, and promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries to a new level, better benefiting both countries and their peoples, and making new contributions to international and regional peace, stability, and development.

Wang Yi, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, is currently on a tour from Sunday to Thursday visiting New Zealand and Australia. On Monday, Wang Yi met with New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon with both sides pledging further efforts to strengthen cooperation and relations. Wang Yi also held talks with New Zealand Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Winston Peters and met with Trade Minister Todd McClay on Monday, according to the Xinhua News Agency.

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In their musical heyday, the English anarchist punk band Chumbawamba enjoyed a reputation for having an irreverent attitude towards those in political authority. Twelve years after they musically packed it in, a political figure abroad is making even more of a name for himself for his own irreverence towards Chumbawamba. The group has asked New Zealands deputy prime minister, Winston Peters, to stop using their best-known song, Tubthumping, as a curtain-raiser at his rallies and in his fulminations against the woke peril. The populist politician, though, is vowing that the show will go on.

It doesnt help that the 78-year-old Peters is not only his countrys longest-serving parliamentarian but one of its scrappiest. As the leader of the nativist New Zealand First party, which is currently in coalition with the conservative National party-led government, public spats such as these usually only serve to enhance his swashbuckling reputation as the Nigel Farage of the South Seas.

Politicians freighting the music of rock performers into their acts with mixed reactions is nothing new

Peters saw his partys numbers surge in last years New Zealand general election after energetically campaigning against liberal immigration policies, cultural elites of one sort or another and despite being of Maori heritage himself racial set-asides for ethnic minorities. And while his party went on to win eight seats in the countrys 120-member parliament, its support was critical for the incoming conservative government to comfortably rule for the next three years with an outright majority.

In office, as on the campaign trail, Peters likes to use the jaunty backbeat of Chumbawambas popular hit at his public appearances or else to punch home his own bona fides by invoking the songs signature line, I get knocked down, but I get up again you are never gonna keep me down. The flourish seems to be particularly useful as a nostalgic carrot for listeners of a certain musical age.

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We Were Dangerous is a hilarious yet tense drama that explores themes of colonization and body autonomy in 1954 New Zealand. The story centers around misfit teenage girls Nellie (Erana James), Daisy (Manaia Hall), and Louisa (Nathalie Morris) who are labeled delinquents and sent to live on a remote island under the guard of a strict and uncompromising Matron (Rima Te Wiata). The movie debuted at South by Southwest, it was praised for sharp writing, strong performances, and snappy direction.

While the movie was executive produced by hit filmmaker Taika Waititi, it is the work of people like director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, writer Maddie Dai, and producer Morgan Waru that shines the most. We Were Dangerous is the feature debut of both Te Whiu and Dai, though Dai was a writer on Our Flag Means Death season 2. Waru is a producer at Piki Films whose previous work includes Red, White & Brass and Baby Done.

Screen Rant interviewed Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Maddie Dai, and Morgan Waru about We Were Dangerous. The filmmakers discussed their interest in telling this story and its real-life inspiration, discussed casting and working with the lead actors, and more.

Screen Rant: Maddie, this is your first feature, and Josephine, it is yours as well. How did the three of you find each other?

Maddie Dai: I was very new to screenwriting. I had downloaded Final Draftnot even. I downloaded some free softwareand told, like, three people. Somehow that news made its way back to New Zealand, and Piki contacted me and were like, We hear you're a Kiwi trying to start screenwriting. They've got a huge book, and they keep tabs. I was like, I am, and I'm writing a script for you, so just wait there. They waited, I sent it, and then they immediately were like, We want to make it, and we have a director in mind.

Cue Jo, who came in at the next meeting. I really love Piki Films and it just felt so unbelievable. It was the first feature I wrote, and it was too easy. I'm ready for everything to get [way worse]. Then the four of usme, Morgan, [Carty], Josort of cracked away at it for a while, and then off we went.

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: I was doing some work with Piki on something else, another project, and they sent me the script. I was like, This is amazing. I want to make this film straight away. The girls, these amazing characters that Maddie had created, they just jumped off the page. Even though it was [in the] early draft stage, it had so much potential.

Maddie, this felt topical to me in America with what's been going on in the US the last couple of years, like with the Supreme Court, but what was the spark for you that made you want to write this?

Maddie Dai: I had a great-great-grandfather imprisoned on an island in the harbor in the middle of my city. I read a book about that, Live Bodies by Maurice Gee, a New Zealand writer, and just became super interested, especially when I found out that there was this guy, a Chinese leper, who was also on an island and isolated from everyone else. [I was] just thinking about these ways in which people are pushed to the fringes when they're vulnerable because they're considered dangerous. [It] just felt like something that just continues, as you say, to this day. I think everyone can resonate with that on some level.

The more I got digging into New Zealand history, I also found out that The Fertility of the Unfit was a real document written by a New Zealand politician, and eugenics had some popular support [there] at the early part of the 20th century, as it did in lots of different parts of the British Empire. Then, the Mazengarb Report, which is also referenced, was this book that was sent out to every household in New Zealand, and there was a real moral hysteria panic about how dangerous young women were now that there were working mothers and contraception and women feeling entitled to actively pursue sex with men. That happened the year before the film is set. Those big whirling historical things and New Zealand's inquiry into state care inform the story, even though it's fictional.

Josephine and Morgan, was there a specific personal inroad that made you both want to be involved?

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: My dad was raised in those state care schools. He was a warden of the state and he was raised in boys' homes that were run by the government, so that was my personal injust having heard what my dad had gone through, talking to him a lot about it, and feeling the repercussions of that through my family. And when we were in pre-production, the abortion law was overturned in the States, and that really lit a fire in me to tell this story. Even though it's period, I was like, The same thing is happening over and over and over again. People are trying to control our bodies. I felt very motivated when that happened. I was like, Right, we're f***ing doing this, and it's going to be amazing.

Morgan Waru: And like Maddie said, we [at Piki Films} just responded to the script straight away. For me, I was just so drawn to these young women. I felt like we don't really get to see teenage girls in this way all the time, especially in this period. They're just trying to be normal young women and have friendships and be slightly disinterested in this ideology that's being exacted upon them. It was just so hilarious and it just felt so true to the experience of being a teenage girl, set in this context that Maddie had woven around [the idea that] young women are dangerous and should be controlled. That felt like a message that resonates today.

I love how you start by painting how ridiculous this whole thing is, the control aspect and the religious aspect, and then you kind of flip a switch and it becomes so scary to see what's in store for these girls. Can you talk about how you chose to structure the tone of the film that way?

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: It was challenging, I'll admit that. From a directorial point of view, it was really hard navigating the humor, but then the seriousness of what's happening to them, because there's only so far I feel that you can joke about that. I had to be really careful with where the humor was placed because we needed humor in the film. We need humor to invite people in and make the film feel accessible, but there's also this really heavy stuff that's happening, and I don't feel like you can be too laissez-faire with that subject matter. Not at this point in time and where we're at in history.

It [took] a lot of talking with the actors, and I think one of the ways we navigated that with the comedy was that the characters couldn't ever know they were funny. If the actor was going for the joke, then it didn't work and it didn't sell, and it either ended up on the cutting room floor or we would change it in rehearsal or on the day of shoot. The humor always had to come from the characterfrom a really true and authentic placeto balance those two tonal worlds and try and make sure that when we did shift gears, it wasn't too much of a whiplash situation.

Maddie Dai: And I think that there are just some funny or strange things about the ideology. Like, the idea of men having this power to ruin their lives, but also, our main plan is to get married. Theyre like, What is going on? Them balancing all these ideas that feel really foreign to them was definitely my experience of growing up going to Catholic schools. Sometimes I was like, Have they not updated the source material? I'm not relating to this fella.

I want to ask about the character of the Matron in general. She starts off seeming like a clear villain. By the end, I saw her as almost one of the worst possible futures for the main charactersto become someone like her. Its a tragic story. Was that always the approach with that character or was that something that you found as you all were making it?

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: One hundred percent, that was always there, and it was really important that it stayed there. It was important that we were able to have compassion for her, too, and find her funny, because otherwise she just becomes quite flat and one note and shes always doing the same thing or yelling over and over again. We also wanted to find little moments of joy for her, like when she makes the class laugh and she doesn't tell them off. She just kind of sits in that little moment of power. But that's all she does, really. She sits in different moments of power, but the tragedy is she doesn't have any, and she never has had any power. She's been puppeted by these other characters.

Maddie Dai: The film's set more than 100 years after New Zealand was first colonized. [Its] not a period that I felt like I learned huge amounts about, but it's a point where a lot of the ideology that the Brits had brought over was completely embedded [not just] in the institutions and the landscape and the law, but also in the people. She is institutionalized and then she is both a victim and a perpetrator. I think [it] is interesting for us to think about things in more complicated terms, now that we all have varying degrees of power and privilege and [are] implicit in certain ways and allies in others.

How did you all find these leads? The Matron is incredible, and the three main girls are amazing.

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: Erana James was kind of an obvious choice for me after watching The Wilds. She had some scenes and some moments in it where it felt like all the performance had fallen away and she was just fully embodying this character and really playing. You can see when an actor's having fun on set because magic starts to happen, and I noticed that a lot with her.

Nathalie, who plays Lou, she's Australian. We auditioned her a number of times, actually. What got her over the line for me was [that] I got her to improv coming out to her parents, and she made it really funny and quite kooky and I thought that's a perfect quality for her character.

[With] Manaia Hall, who plays Daisy, we auditioned across the countryit took a very long timeand she self-taped without telling her parents. Then, she recalled without telling her parents. She did it all online. She was 13. In the end, we were like, We want you to come to Auckland and meet us and do your final audition, and she had to finally tell her parents that she'd been auditioning for a film and there were people in Auckland that wanted to meet her. [It] sounded probably quite dodgy, but as it turned out, we were fine.

And Rima Te Wiata is an icon here, so [she was] just an obvious choice, really. The rest of the girls were all local kids. They had never acted before. They were just teenagers from Christchurch where we were shooting.

When it came to Nellie, Daisy, and Louisa, how much work did it take to get their dynamic as solid as it ended up being in the film? They play off of one another so beautifully throughout the entire thing.

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: I'm so happy to hear that. We didn't have a long rehearsal process at all, which was actually quite terrifying to me. I knew I had to get them to seem like they'd known each other most of their lives in a very short amount of time. We were always rehearsing together off-set or out of the job. I would encourage them to go out together. Particularly [with] Lou and Nellie, I would tell them, Your homework tonight is to go and have dinner together and have a couple of glasses of wine. They're obviously older than they are in the film. I was like, Just get to know each other. You have to hang out and chat, and it sort of naturally started happening.

We played a lot of games together--trust games, reallyand I got them really involved in their characters and how they would relate to each other. We did a lot of improvisation around the scenes for rehearsal, and we never actually rehearsed the scenes that were in the script. I'm not a huge fan of that, because I get worried it's going to get mechanical or robotic in terms of performance. We did a lot of improv, and it was all the stuff that is in between the scenes in the script. The things we don't seewe would imagine and improvise those scenes.

I also have a little trick that I do sometimes where I get them to write each other letters as their characters, and I give them all $20 and I say, Go to a shop as your character and buy a gift for that other character as your character. For one of our rehearsals, they just read the letters to each other as their characters and exchanged gifts.

Congratulations on getting to South by Southwest. That seems like such an accomplishment for both of your first features. As someone who selfishly wants to see this in theaters here, what are your hopes for the journey that this film will take after the festival?

Maddie Dai: As many people seeing it [as possible] would be great. I guess it feels like in many ways its for young women, but I hope that a real range of people see it. Ive watched so much stuff about men and loved lots of it, and that would be really fun.

Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu: I'm agreeing with everything you're saying, actually, especially [with] the men. I hope they withhold their judgment or [that they] don't think that it's for them, because it's actually for everyone. It's a story about outsiders and people on the fringes, and that still stands regardless of your gender. That's something that I'm really hoping--that people can look past the binary of male and female and just come and watch a really cool story about friendship and f*** the system, basically.

Morgan Waru: I think that there is an audience for this film, and I think you sort of touched on it that there's a level of absurdity in this film, which is hilarious, but some ideas seem absurd until they're dangerous. That feels quite timely.

Maddie you were in the room on Our Flag Means Death season two.I was so to see that it didn't get picked up. Did you have any sense or hopes of what the next season might be that you can talk about?

Maddie Dai: I had lots of hopes, and we did have senses in the room for sure. Big plans. I mean, huge plans. Thats the crazy thing about a pirate show. Youre like, Let's take it to every corner of the Seven Seas. I'm blanking on specifics except the very ending, which I feel like is not really mine to give away.

That room was so fun. You just literally get to sit around talking about pirates kiss[ing]. It was a really queer, non-binary, [and] trans room, and what a hoot. I just did 10 weeks, but they were a blast. I'm sad, like many, that it didn't get renewed, but so it goes. Its a tough industry. You can't take anything for granted, really.

We Were Dangerous follows a misfit trio determined to rally against the system in 1950s New Zealand. This story reminds us that the sovereignty over womens bodies has long been threatened, but in many cases won, through the power of female solidarity.

Check back for our interview with We Were Dangerous cast members Erana James and Rima Te Wiata.

We Were Dangerous premiered at South by Southwest as part of the festivals Narrative Feature Competition.

We Were Dangerous is a drama film about two girls who escape a delinquent center for girls in New Zealand only to be captured and sent to a remote island to continue their punishment. When the two meet a third girl, they develop a rebellious friendship as they face off with a woman whose faith may lead to a troubling outcome.

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Hospitality New Zealand is aiming to have an ambitious new industry strategy officially launched in early March.

The strategy will detail what the industry thinks the next 10 years of hospitality should look like.

Chief executive Steve Armitage said it would include how to ensure more resilience as well as plans to encourage more talent into the sector.

"It's quite high level, but it is also quite ambitious and we're trying to really get to the essence of what makes New Zealand hospitality unique in the world, and how do we make sure that we're really focusing on dialling those strengths up," he said.

"But also acknowledging the issues that we need to resolve that underpin the sector more broadly."

Hospitality New Zealand was planning to take the draft strategy out for consultation with its members later this month with hopes to have a finalised strategy to take to the board by the end of next month, he said.

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Australia and New Zealand on Thursday agreed to move toward clean energy transition during the inaugural AustraliaNew Zealand Climate and Finance Summit

The summit in Wellington was attended by New Zealand's Finance Minister Grant Robertson and Climate Minister James Shaw along with their Australian counterparts, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen.

The ministers discussed areas of enhanced cooperation, supporting accelerated climate action and once-in-a-generation economic opportunities that the clean energy transformation offers both countries, according to a joint statement issued following the meeting.

"(The two countries agreed) to establish a Net Zero Government Working Group to support decarbonising public services, climate-related disclosures, and sustainable procurement," it said.

They also discussed the need for accelerated climate action in this critical decade, to stay within a 1.5 degree temperature rise limit, and harness the significant opportunities that transitioning to low-emissions, climate-resilient economies offers both countries.

"Australia and New Zealand recognised climate change as the single greatest existential threat to the Pacific and committed to working together and with Pacific partners to ensure the resilience and prosperity of the region," it further said in the joint statement.

The two sides also agreed to hold the Australia-New Zealand 2+2 Climate and Finance Dialogue annually and establish a joint working group to support policy implementation.

The ministers also agreed to work together to develop adaptation indicators and monitoring frameworks.

"Co-ordinate efforts to stimulate production and supply of electric and zero emission vehicles into the Australasian market, including accelerating the uptake of zero emissions vehicles in government fleets, and explore the potential for collaboration on vehicle manufacturing and improving charging infrastructure," it added.

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Railways return to SBS next week with the two part series New Zealand From A Train.

There are three major scenic rail routes in New Zealand. The Northern Explorer running between Auckland and Wellington, the Coastal Pacific running between Picton and Christchurch and the TranzAlpine between Christchurch and the wild, rugged West Coast.

There is hardly a railroad network in the world which has been faced with such daunting construction challenges as the 4,000 kilometres of the rail network in New Zealand. This small island nation offers the scenic diversity of an entire continent subtropical, high alpine, rain forests, oceans, volcanoes, and grasslands and the rail network runs much of it.

The Northern Explorer The Northern Explorer starts in New Zealands largest city, Auckland, home to just over one and a half million of New Zealands five million inhabitants. Constructed on a field of more than 50 volcanoes, the field is closely monitored so residents can be warned if there is an impending eruption. The 12-hour journey passes through some of the most spectacular scenery in New Zealand and is the longest passenger service route in the country. The route of the Northern Explorer required construction of numerous structures including long bridges such as the Mohaka viaduct and the Raurimu spiral to enable the train to ascend to the volcanic plateau.

Friday, 16 June at 7.35pm on SBS.

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Friday, 9 June 2023, 3:23 pm Press Release: New Zealand National Party

Labours winter preparedness plan has excluded half of New Zealand ahead of a tough winter season, Nationals Health spokesperson Dr Shane Reti says.

Labour has claimed its winter preparedness plan will ease winter pressures on the health system by supporting community care and reducing hospital demand, but questions are raised how this will work when up to 10 regions are excluded.

Waikato, Tairawhiti, Lakes, Hawkes Bay, Wairarapa, Whanganui, Taranaki, South Canterbury, Nelson Marlborough and the West Coast are excluded from the Winter Plan, except for the telehealth component.

Pharmacies in areas like Rotorua and Waikato are angry that vulnerable people in their region wont be able to access the minor ailments initiative.

This plan is a hallmark of another hurried and poorly thought-out policy that will not deliver better health outcomes for sick or injured New Zealanders.

If this is Labours only plan for winter, then New Zealanders will see little benefit. What they should have done was open up our immigration settings at the beginning of last year to attract more of the critically needed nurses.

National knows that workforce is one of the main issues facing the sector and has a plan to deliver more nurses and midwives.

National will pay nurses and midwives student loan repayments if they enter a bonding agreement of five years, and make New Zealand a more attractive destination for international nurses.

National will also fix the economy so that we can invest in our front-line staff to give them the resources they need to deliver better health outcomes for all New Zealanders.

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Its Friday and time to take a look at whats been added onto Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand today, which includes a brand new film from Searchlight Pictures, plus much more.

Heres the rundown:

Flamin Hot is the inspiring true story of Richard Montaez, the Frito Lay janitor who channelled his Mexican American heritage and upbringing to turn the iconic Flamin Hot Cheetos into a snack that disrupted the food industry and became a global pop culture phenomenon.

With exclusive access to some of the worlds biggest celebrations of LGBTQ+ culture, we deliver a new perspective on Pride from the air. Well reveal the historic activism, fearless creativity and logistical ingenuity required to pull off these technicoloured festivals of hope.

Kim Sabu works with passionate medical staff in a small hospital in the countryside.

What are you looking forward to watching on Disney+ this weekend? Let us know on social media!

Roger has been a Disney fan since he was a kid and this interest has grown over the years. He has visited Disney Parks around the globe and has a vast collection of Disney movies and collectibles. He is the owner of What's On Disney Plus & DisKingdom. Email: Roger@WhatsOnDisneyPlus.com Twitter: Twitter.com/RogPalmerUK Facebook: Facebook.com/rogpalmeruk

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Te Whatu Ora seeks rural telehealth service providers

Te Whatu Ora, in collaboration with Te Aka Whai Ora, is seeking providers of rural telehealth services.

Based on its proposal request, Te Whatu Ora aims "to provide rural communities with reliable and sustainable after-hours access, improve the access to primary and community care, and commission a national telehealth medical and specialist referral service."

This comes following a recent consultation with rural health sector stakeholders where the mounting pressure on practices was raised.

The proposal seeks one or more telehealth service providers for each rural region: Northern, Te Manawa Taki, Central, and Te Waipounamu.

University of Adelaide uses Sunrise EMR for practical exams

The University of Adelaide has started adopting the Sunrise EMR system for practical examinations of fifth-year medical students.

The exam involves mock patient scenarios where students may be required to access made-up patient medical records.

"It is crucial for our students to train and be assessed in a manner that is consistent with clinical practice in the hospital setting," said Dr Sean Jolly, Senior Lecturer at the Adelaide Health Simulation. Sunrise EMR is the primary medical record system in all major public hospitals in metropolitan SA.

"Our increasing use of Sunrise EMR in our examinations and teaching activities to replace paper-based charts is an important step in the clinical readiness of our students," Dr Jolly added.

Telstra Health unveils FHIR-native virtual care platform

Telstra Health has introduced a new FHIR-based virtual care solution, Virtual Health Platform.

Based on a media release, the solution provides a digital, automated, and streamlined process for creating remote healthcare delivery. It simplifies healthcare interoperability by doing away with translating data, "significantly" reducing implementation time. It is also scalable for all types of health services and customisable to support various use cases.

As a cloud-first platform, it allows data to be stored and exchanged using FHIR within a clinical data repository. It offers a secure gateway for accessing patient information and clinical data in near real-time via the MyHealthAccess patient portal and the VirtualHealthPortal provider portal. It can also integrate with EMR, EHR, or other clinical systems.

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