Nursing staff at a small rural hospital in Waipukurau don't want to take leave over Christmas, Central Hawke's Bay Deputy Mayor Ian Sharp says. Local GPs and residents in Waipukurau and Waipawa have expressed shock and disappointment at the...... Read More

Authorities are trying to find the owner of a truck after it caught powerlines that fell onto a car in Christchurch. Emergency services had to block Kahu Road in Riccarton after the incident on Thursday afternoon. The truck drove off leaving...... Read More

Hundreds of foreign teachers recruited to tackle the teacher shortage face a culture shock in New Zealand classrooms, principals warn. The Education Ministry said more than 3000 overseas teachers had responded to a recruitment campaign and about 550...... Read More

Greater altruism is needed to solve the affordability crisis confronting Central Otago Lakes, a property developer says. Authorities in the Queenstown Lakes and Central Otago districts are all too aware of the difficulties of getting private investment...... Read More

Social workers contracted by Oranga Tamariki want to piggyback on a big pay boost going to their counterparts at the state agency. Oranga Tamariki's own social workers will next month get a 30 percent pay rise, in a $114 million pay equity deal. Those...... Read More

An extra $16 million has been approved by the Wellington City Council to fund the renovation of the St James Theatre. All councillors, including the Mayor, voted unanimously at a meeting today. The theatre, which is made up of two buildings - the...... Read More

Police are investigating the unexplained death of a three-month-old baby in Porirua on Tuesday night. "A scene examination is underway at a property on Warspite Avenue." said Detective Senior Sergeant Kevan Verry. "Police are working...... Read More

The New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club Inc. (the Trotting Club) has been ordered to pay a $10,000 penalty by the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) for failure to pay more than 50 employees their correct holiday pay. Following a Labour Inspectorate...... Read More

The skipper of one of Wellington’s East by West ferries, Iain David Wilson, has been fined $1,688 after speeding and grounding the passenger ferry, City Cat. Maritime NZ Central Region Compliance Manager, Michael-Paul Abbott, said Mr Wilson was...... Read More

The review of Czech drug-smuggler Karel Sroubek's residency case will be delayed further after Immigration New Zealand granted Mr Sroubek an extension. Immigration Minister Iain Lees-Galloway has been under intense political pressure over his decision...... Read More

Three men have been arrested after a brawl broke out at Christchurch District Court this morning. The fracas followed a 35-year-old man's admission of firearms charges relating to the death of the King Cobra gang member Luke Riddell. A 26-year-old...... Read More

Three men have been arrested today following an investigation into drugging and sexual assaults relating to a Christchurch inner city bar and restaurant. Police executed a number of search warrants today and three men, aged 33, 34 and 36, were arrested. The...... Read More

Christchurch mother Marion Curtin says she was left sitting by her phone feeling raw after the announcement of the Pike River Mine re-entry yesterday. Her son, Richard Holling, never came home after the November 2010 tragedy, but she wanted it to stay...... Read More

Waikato councils will consider the business case for a start-up Hamilton to Auckland passenger rail service expected to begin in 2020, Transport Minister Phil Twyford announced today. The Waikato Regional Transport Committee last week voted unanimously...... Read More

This weekend marks a turning point from the warm, settled weather that New Zealand has enjoyed for the last few days to a changeable, and even stormy regime. This week has seen temperatures in the high twenties, and summer-like quantities of sunshine...... Read More

Wellington neonatal nurse practitioner Paula Dellabarca has spent her career helping some of the region’s smallest and most vulnerable patients and their families. That has seen her named the Neonatal Nurses College Aotearoa’s ‘Neonatal...... Read More

Police are now in a position to name the man who died in a workplace accident on a fishing boat yesterday morning. The accident happened on the vessel which was working off the coast of Banks Peninsula at about 4am. He was 26-year-old Steffan Antony...... Read More

When Cosmo “Good Boy” Alexandre (69-18-1) walks down the ramp on Saturday, he will welcome Dutch superstar Nieky “The Natural” Holzken (90-14, 1 NC) to the ONE Super Series ranks. The fascinating contest at ONE:...... Read More

Police are investigating the death of a man following an incident at Whangarei Hospital overnight. At around 9.52pm, Police were called to the mental health unit to assist with an unrelated incident. While Police staff were attending that incident,...... Read More