Wellington Hospital is trialling cutting maternity and gynaecology beds to ease ED pressure. 

Staff have been told maternity overflow space will be re-purposed as 12 more Emergency Department places.

NZ College of Midwives Chief Executive Alison Eddy says staff in Wellington have reported the current maternity facility is over 100 percent occupancy.

"There might be spare beds today, but on a regular basis they're over capacity. And I think the other really important thing to bear in mind is that maternity is like the ED of the maternity service... it can have unpredictable demand."

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Wellington Hospital is trialling cutting maternity and gynaecology beds to ease ED pressure.&nbsp;
Staff have been told maternity overflow space will be re-purposed as 12 more Emergency Department places.
NZ College of Midwives Chief Executive Alison Eddy says staff in Wellington have reported the current maternity facility is over 100 percent occupancy.
"There might be spare beds today, but on a regular basis they're over capacity. And I think the other really important thing to bear in mind is that maternity is like the ED of the maternity service... it can have unpredictable demand."
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Alison Eddy: NZ College of Midwives Chief Executive on Wellington Hospital cutting maternity and gynaecology beds for ED space

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New reports indicate young people aren't going to op-shops as often, and experts have raised questions as to why this is.

Despite the ongoing cost of living, it seems like younger people wanting discount fashion prefer other options - with less barriers.

Otago University professor Lisa McNeil says the extra effort to look for quality pieces is perceived as a lot of extra labour, and young people are put off.

"It's hard for them, it's expensive when they compare it to some of the cheap new options that are available in the market."

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New reports indicate young people aren't going to op-shops as often, and experts have raised questions as to why this is.
Despite the ongoing cost of living, it seems like younger people wanting discount fashion prefer other options - with less barriers.
Otago University professor Lisa McNeil says the extra effort to look for quality pieces is perceived as a lot of extra labour, and young people are put off.
"It's hard for them, it's expensive when they compare it to some of the cheap new options that are available in the market."
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Lisa McNeil: Otago University professor on why young people aren't op-shopping as much

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A top economist advises thinking about working from home to save fuel.

Iran's maintaining its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz - retaliating to the continued bombing assault by the US and Israel.

It's led Sri Lanka to move to a four-day working week from tomorrow. 

Westpac economist Kelly Eckhold says unless things change quickly, something will have to be done within the next three weeks. 

"Through the Covid period, we were able to save quite a lot of fuel with the hard lockdowns. We're not going to save anywhere near that amount, but it'll certainly help provide more fuel for the higher-priority users of it." 

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A top economist advises thinking about working from home to save fuel.
Iran's maintaining its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz - retaliating to the continued bombing assault by the US and Israel.
It's led Sri Lanka to move to a four-day working week from tomorrow.&nbsp;
Westpac economist Kelly Eckhold says unless things change quickly, something will have to be done within the next three weeks.&nbsp;
"Through the Covid period, we were able to save quite a lot of fuel with the hard lockdowns. We're not going to save anywhere near that amount, but it'll certainly help provide more fuel for the higher-priority users of it."&nbsp;
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Kelly Eckhold: Westpac economist on whether more people will need to work from home following Middle East crisis

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There's fears there'll be no slowdown any time soon to the rapid rise in food prices.

Stats NZ figures show they rose 4.5 percent in the year to February.

Steak, mince and chocolate all shot up more than 20 percent.

Infometrics head, Brad Olsen, says the spike in oil prices because of the war in Iran will do nothing to help. 

"We know that not only oil prices are key to transport costs, but also just the production. Now if you're a farmer, you've got to use diesel to move stuff around to run the tractor and everything else. So this is going to hit."

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There's fears there'll be no slowdown any time soon to the rapid rise in food prices.
Stats NZ figures show they rose 4.5 percent in the year to February.
Steak, mince and chocolate all shot up more than 20 percent.
Infometrics head, Brad Olsen, says the spike in oil prices because of the war in Iran will do nothing to help.&nbsp;
"We know that not only oil prices are key to transport costs, but also just the production. Now if you're a farmer, you've got to use diesel to move stuff around to run the tractor and everything else. So this is going to hit."
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Brad Olsen: Infometrics Principal Economist on data showing food prices rose 4.5 percent in the year to February

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Alison Eddy: NZ College of Midwives Chief Executive on Wellington Hospital cutting maternity and gynaecology beds for ED space

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