Pharmac's record funding-boost will fill a fiscal hole to ensure it can keep funding the treatments currently on offer.

The drug-buying agency is being promised an additional $1.7 billion over four years in the upcoming Budget.

Medicines NZ Chief Executive, Graeme Jarvis told Mike Hosking that without it, some patients would have lost out on medicines paid for by time-limited funding.

He says while it sounds like a lot of money, it's being spread over four years and simply keeps things as they are.

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Pharmac's record funding-boost will fill a fiscal hole to ensure it can keep funding the treatments currently on offer. 
The drug-buying agency is being promised an additional $1.7 billion over four years in the upcoming Budget. 
Medicines NZ Chief Executive, Graeme Jarvis told Mike Hosking that without it, some patients would have lost out on medicines paid for by time-limited funding. 
He says while it sounds like a lot of money, it's being spread over four years and simply keeps things as they are. 
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Graeme Jarvis: Medicines NZ CEO on the impact of the $1.7 billion funding boost for Pharmac

Britain’s Labour Party has launched its manifesto.

It said on Thursday that it would be “pro-business” and prioritise “wealth creation”.

Among the party’s flagship pledges is the creation of a new publicly owned energy company, a ban on awarding new North Sea oil and gas licences, and reducing medical wait times. 

UK Correspondent Vincent McAviney told Mike Hosking that it’s quite different from the manifesto they ran on a few years ago under Jeremy Corbyn.

He said that Starmer is very much saying that his party is the party for change, but he is for stability, and in his own words, there were no “rabbits out of the hat”.

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Britain’s Labour Party has launched its manifesto. 
It said on Thursday that it would be “pro-business” and prioritise “wealth creation”. 
Among the party’s flagship pledges is the creation of a new publicly owned energy company, a ban on awarding new North Sea oil and gas licences, and reducing medical wait times.  
UK Correspondent Vincent McAviney told Mike Hosking that it’s quite different from the manifesto they ran on a few years ago under Jeremy Corbyn. 
He said that Starmer is very much saying that his party is the party for change, but he is for stability, and in his own words, there were no “rabbits out of the hat”. 
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Vincent McAviney: UK Correspondent on the Labour Party announcing their manifesto

It’s a big weekend in sports as the Super Rugby semifinals kick off tonight.

The Blues and the Brumbies are facing off at Eden Park tonight, the Hurricanes and the Chiefs going head-to-head in Wellington’s Sky Stadium tomorrow afternoon.

Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman told Mike Hosking that if he could only watch one of the matches, he’d take the Hurricanes v Chiefs.

He said it’s got blockbuster written all over it.

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It’s a big weekend in sports as the Super Rugby semifinals kick off tonight. 
The Blues and the Brumbies are facing off at Eden Park tonight, the Hurricanes and the Chiefs going head-to-head in Wellington’s Sky Stadium tomorrow afternoon. 
Sports Commentator Sam Ackerman told Mike Hosking that if he could only watch one of the matches, he’d take the Hurricanes v Chiefs. 
He said it’s got blockbuster written all over it. 
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Sam Ackerman: Sports Commentator ahead of the Super Rugby semifinals this weekend

There’s been push back against the Government's plan to scrap around the clock speed limits outside schools. 

The Coalition's reversing speed limit reductions implemented over the past four years under the previous Government. 

The draft report wants speed limits in place at the start and end of each school day as opposed to the current 24-7 system.  

Healthy Auckland Together spokesperson Dr Jamie Hosking told Mike Hosking that kids are outside schools much more than just the first and last 30-minutes of the day. 

He says five out of six deaths and serious injuries that happen around schools are outside those times, when the variable limits wouldn't be operating.

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There’s been push back against the Government's plan to scrap around the clock speed limits outside schools.  
The Coalition's reversing speed limit reductions implemented over the past four years under the previous Government.  
The draft report wants speed limits in place at the start and end of each school day as opposed to the current 24-7 system.   
Healthy Auckland Together spokesperson Dr Jamie Hosking told Mike Hosking that kids are outside schools much more than just the first and last 30-minutes of the day.  
He says five out of six deaths and serious injuries that happen around schools are outside those times, when the variable limits wouldn't be operating. 
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Graeme Jarvis: Medicines NZ CEO on the impact of the $1.7 billion funding boost for Pharmac

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