Fake health worker takes drugs from elderly
What would you think if someone came to your door and said they were a Waikato DHB worker who needed to check your medication?
Michelle Theresse Reddy, 48, was described as "polite and courteous", but she bluffed her way into the homes of retirees to get her hands on their prescription painkillers and feed her addiction.
Using an old identification badge and the pretext of medication inspections, she went into residents' homes - even making the bed for one of them.
She was sentenced to five months of home detention and ordered to undertake 150 hours of community work when she appeared in the Hamilton District Court this week on 10 charges of burglary.
Read more here.
Have you ever had someone come to your door that you weren't sure about?
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EarthDiverse: Te Reo Māori classes starting Wed 8 May 2024!
EarthDiverse is pleased to announce the start of its newest language course in Te Reo Māori. Our Introductory Māori classes begin on Wed 8 May 2024 from 6:30-8:30pm. We offer hybrid courses with both in-person classes based in Hamilton and live-streamed on-line via Zoom to anywhere in the world with a good internet connection. For more info on this course, and our other language, arts and humanities courses,
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Backing world-leading work happening here
The Waikato Medical Research Foundation (WMRF) has two funding rounds a year, the first one for 2024 closed yesterday, 30 April, with ten applications received. The second is open from 1 September to 31 October, check out their website for more info see the WMRF link below.
We keenly support the WMRF through the ‘Waikato Medical Research Foundation Fund’, which its board set up with us just on a a year ago for the particular purpose of making it easier for the public to contribute towards the success of the region’s health research sector.
To find out more, check out the WMRF story from our recent Annual Report at the Momentum link below.
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