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Landmark home celebrates its 100th birthday
2+ hour, 50+ min ago (362+ words) The Georgian-style house, designed by Christchurch architect Cecil Wood, was built during the Art Deco era on a 121ha block by Sir Robert and Lady Elizabeth Anderson. The home originally cost "15,000, with construction completed in 1925. She also recalled working behind the…...
Concerns over NHI number mixup
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (316+ words) A patient advocate warns the consequences of people receiving incorrect medical treatment due to mistaken identity can be catastrophic. Health New Zealand has acknowledged people may have received incorrect medical treatment due to two people being mistakenly linked to one…...
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Hackers ponder farming headaches
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (589+ words) The Christchurch company's Agriculture Hackathon over a week of afternoons resulted in three teams of six people drawing up software code for problems confronting farmers. Knights of the Round Stable were the winners after their Big Brooder software impressed the…...
Medical centre picks new portal after hack
2+ week, 3+ day ago (338+ words) Queenstown Medical Centre (QMC) will phase in a new patient portal from next Friday to replace its hacked Manage My Health (MMH) app. CEO Ashley Light says it's chosen New Zealand-based Vensa Health Ltd, because it best meets QMC's cyber…...
QMC pulling plug on hacked portal
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (393+ words) One of more than 350 GP practices across New Zealand affected by a cyber security breach late last year, it announced last Friday it had given MMH 90 days" notice of terminating its contract. Light tells'Mountain Scene'the breach was a "criminal activity…...
IT expert says KFC app 'more secure' than Manage My Health
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (479+ words) It comes after'two weeks of bad headlines'for hacked patient data portal Manage My Health, and Monday's revelation oncology provider Canopy Health'had been breached in mid-2025, but did not tell anyone for months. Both services are privately owned. Nearly 2 million people are…...
Second health provider targeted in cyber attack took months to tell some patients about data breach
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (356+ words) A leading private provider doing breast cancer diagnosis and treatment took six months to notify some patients or the public of a major cyber attack on its systems. In an update on its website this week, Canopy Health - the largest…...
Warning for hacked health portal users
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (1122+ words) Netsafe is warning people to be extra cautious with emails they receive, including their private information, as hackers threaten to release more than 400,000 stolen health documents. Patient portal Manage My Health is the largest in New Zealand and used by…...
Health hack: Concern for vulnerable people
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (565+ words) More than 400,000 files have been stolen from the Manage My Health platform. The portal is used by general practices to relay information and dispatch subscriptions. It was hacked last week. It was a shocking data breach of highly sensitive information…...