Here’s the latest news and information from St John, including stories from across New Zealand. When something interesting is going on, you can read about it here.
VOLUNTEERS HONOURED WITH MINISTER OF HEALTH VOLUNTEER AWARDS
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St John is proud that its veteran archivist and Order Member, George Wright has jointly won the long service category of the 2019 Minister of Health Volunteer Awards, while its Invercargill Health Shuttle team has been named runners up for the community or NGO health service team category....
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HONOUR SYSTEM RECOGNISES ST JOHN PEOPLE
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One of the biggest events in the St John calendar was held at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul on the 15th June....
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HONOURING OUR VALUABLE VOLUNTEERS
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Volunteers are at the heart of St John. Every day more than 9,600 generous volunteers help thousands of people across the country by devoting their time to St John’s frontline ambulance service and a variety of community health programmes to support people living well....
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ST JOHN PREPARES FOR AN INCREASED DEMAND OVER WINTER
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With winter fast approaching, it’s a good time to think about keeping well over the colder months....
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Thousands of Kiwi kids are learning to prevent injuries and hospital admissions
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Every week more than 135 children are hospitalised in New Zealand for a range of unintentional injuries – of which more than half are due to falls.
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St John welcomes coalition government's commitment to the future of ambulance services
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St John is pleased with today’s news that emergency ambulance services will receive a helping hand in this year’s budget while work is undertaken to develop a sustainable, long-term funding model....
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STUDY SHOWS INEQUALITY IN ACCESS TO LIFE-SAVING AEDS
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St John Celebrates half a million Kiwi kids trained in saving lives
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Hundreds of thousands of clever little life savers are emerging across the country.
St John educators in Wellington have today trained the 500,000th ASB St John in Schools participant at St Patrick’s Primary School in Kilbirnie....
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St John wins NZ's Most Trusted Charity and second Most Trusted Brand titles
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St John is proud to be voted the winner of New Zealand’s Most Trusted Charity title and second in the top award category for Most Trusted Brand in the 20th annual Reader’s Digest Most Trusted Brands Awards for 2019....
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St John Statement: Rescue helicopter crew found alive and well
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On Easter Monday, 22 April 2019, Rescue Coordination Centre NZ commenced a search just after 8pm, for a missing helicopter and three people onboard, which had disappeared near the Auckland Islands during a private medical evacuation off a fishing vessel. ...
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