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Kāpiti news in brief: Paraparaumu Fire Brigade team ready for tower challenge
Martin Sutherland, left, Sara Sutherland, Matt Janssen and Carlene Tui, from the Paraparaumu Fire Brigade, are looking forward to...
Te Whatu Ora staff shortages: Bay of Plenty’s $8m locum bill for 2023
Information received under the Official Information Act shows Te Whatu Ora Hauora a Toi Bay of Plenty spent $8,633,384.86...
Burnham fatal fire: Mother of teenage victim Elizabeth Marvin pays emotional tribute from hospital
The mother of a teenage girl who died in a fatal house fire on the outskirts of the Burnham...
Ministry of Social Development receives almost 5000 complaints about staff in two years
The Ministry of Social Development in Whanganui. Photo / Bevan Conley By Rayssa Almeida of RNZ People seeking support...
Massey Rugby Club player collapses after head knock, taken to hospital in critical condition
A rugby player was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Photo / 123rf Stunned spectators watched as a...
Two people seriously injured after incident on Southwestern Motorway
Two people are seriously injured after an incident on Auckland’s Southwestern Motorway overnight. One person was critically injured and...
Tauranga newborn survives rare heart infection that caused him to turn blue
Tauranga baby Oliver Buet was diagnosed with a rare heart condition called viral myocarditis. Nicole Buet didn’t have time...
NZ First announces controversial new bathroom bill, critics deride as ‘ridiculous’
New Zealand First wants to fine people who do not use the public bathroom of their designated sex if...
Extreme space storm upgraded to most serious category, Transpower issues NZ ‘grid emergency’ notice
The storm in space has been upgraded from severe to extreme, the highest category scientists use to measure these...
School lunch programmes New Zealand could learn from
The Japanese school lunch program, called kyuushoku (給食), is often cited as one of the most successful international examples....
