Massey University will stop funding its Students' Association from next year - a move the student body says will set an alarming precedent for the future of independent student unionism in NZ.
The Drug Foundation has rejected campaigner Mike King's comment that alcohol is not a problem for people with mental health issues saying alcohol is "really unhelpful during times of mental distress".
The grounding of the Aratere began with a "turn execute" command being pushed 36 seconds late, sending the ferry's autopilot on a course crew didn't know how to stop, an official report reveals.
A councillor ordered by his colleagues to apologise for an expletive-laden rant, in which he told a neighbouring mayor to get off her "fat arse", has failed to do so.