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Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:01:48 +1200Gloriavale Christian School principal hits out at critics
Gloriavale Christian School's new principal has accused people of making a coordinated effort to shut the school down and take its children away by lodging simultaneous complaints against every teacher.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:46:55 +1200Advocates welcome Pharmac's removal of barriers to menopausal symptoms treatment
Women's health expert Professor Beverley Lawton says today marks a major win for wāhine in Aotearoa, with Pharmac confirming it is removing all funding restrictions from progesterone.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:06:57 +1200Police release names of five who died in Kaikōura boat tragedy
Police have named the five people who died when a vessel - chartered for a birdwatching trip - overturned in Goose Bay, Kaikōura.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:29:12 +1200Andrew Little gets silent treatment from nurses amid pleas for immediate pay action
Nurses silently protested over pay issues as the Health Minister fronted up to the Nurses Organisation annual conference today.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:52:37 +1200Rotorua ambulance staff mourn colleague who died in crash
Black ribbons line the fence outside the Rotorua Ambulance Station commemorating the death of one of their own. St John chief executive Dan Ohs says the loss of their officer is hard to stomach.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:47:37 +1200Clendon Park case: Arrested woman being taken to Seoul for extradition hearing
New Zealand police are seeking the extradition of a woman in Korea over the deaths of two children, whose bodies were found in suitcases in Auckland last month.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:27:35 +1200Providing sign language service not TVNZ's job, lawyer says
A TVNZ lawyer says it isn't up to the broadcaster to accommodate sign language in matters of emergency.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:04:05 +1200Case against man accused of burning down a DOC hut dismissed
A judge has thrown out a case against a homeless man, saying he has already spent too long in prison.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:27:34 +1200Brand of berries linked to Hepatitis A risk yet to be identified
Food safety authorities are still yet to identify which brand of frozen berries caused three New Zealanders to contract Hepatitis A.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:01:39 +1200Rate of sea-level rise around New Zealand doubles in the past 60 years - Stats NZ
The rate of sea-level rise around Aotearoa New Zealand has doubled in recent decades compared with the first half of last century, Stats NZ says.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:13:35 +1200Rotorua on a 'precipice' as mayor meets with ministers about motels
A Rotorua mayoral candidate says the city is "sitting on a precipice" and being "destroyed" by its emergency housing in motels issues and is calling on the government to act immediately.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:10:51 +1200'Potentially a billion dollars' to clean up Tiwai Point
An environment watchdog is promising a tighter rein on consents around ongoing pollution from the country's only aluminium smelter at Tiwai Point, as they say costs for the clean up may hit $1 billion.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:48:01 +1200Former mayor fined $15,000 over pollution caused by fires
A former Whangārei mayor and deputy chairman of the Northland Regional Council has been convicted and fined for two air pollution breaches.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:01:39 +1200Te Whatu Ora Southern applies for safe zone at Dunedin abortion clinic
Te Whatu Ora's Southern section has applied for a safe zone around its Dunedin abortion clinic at the first available opportunity.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:38:48 +1200'He was somebody extraordinary' - Tributes flow for union leader Ken Douglas
One of New Zealand's best known union leaders, Ken Douglas, has died aged 86.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 08:57:07 +1200Clendon Park case: Police arrest woman in South Korea
A woman has been arrested for the murder of two young children whose remains were discovered in suitcases in Manurewa, South Auckland in August 2022.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 16:11:11 +1200Free GP visits not the answer for Middlemore’s under-pressure ED, review finds
There is "limited evidence of any direct benefits" from a free GP visit scheme which was intended to take pressure off an overloaded emergency department, a review has found.
Thu, 15 Sep 2022 14:52:52 +1200Life imprisonment for Elliot Ajay Prakash over bludgeoning woman to death
The man who bludgeoned a Christchurch woman to death with a hockey stick has been sentenced to life in prison.