Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora (HNZ) wanted a ‘‘warts and all’’ report into Dunedin’s needle exchange service, only to slap down its findings, its author says.
A young mum was picked up from hospital a week after giving birth, leaving her baby in the neonatal unit, so she could join her partner in an aggravated robbery.
BusinessNZ has made its case to ministers as to why the food and grocery sector should be put in the highest priority level of any fuel rationing framework.
It's estimated that almost 13 percent of the country's bee colonies were lost last winter and losses attributed to varroa mite were especially high in the lower South Island.
Authorities across the North Island are preparing for a potentially life-threatening storm that could cause flooding, power cuts, slips and road closures.