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Mental health: Nurses quit over safety fears as police curtail response

Police say mental health callouts are cutting into their crime-fighting duties. Photo: RNZ

Mental health: Nurses quit over safety fears as police curtail response

Nurses with special authorisation for assessing and detaining mental health patients have quit over safety fears. They are worried about a police pullback on mental health callouts and changes to hospital procedures.

Church leader facing trial over alleged Covid rule breaches

Brian Tamaki. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

Church leader facing trial over alleged Covid rule breaches

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki is due to face a judge-alone trial on Monday over alleged breaches of Covid-19 orders.

NZNO alarmed by pause in programme

NZNO alarmed by pause in programme

Members of the New Zealand Nurses Organisation are alarmed by a pause in a key component of Te Whatu Ora Health NZ safe staffing programme.

'Everyone just hates tampons'

NZ teens talk period products: 'Everyone just hates tampons'

Tampons are dead - long live period underwear. That was the consensus from a focus group of six New Zealand teenagers.

Could individual letterboxes be on the way out?

Could individual letterboxes be on the way out?

NZ Post could eventually stop delivering mail to individual letterboxes and instead require clusters of boxes under proposed changes - and the Postal Workers Union isn't happy.

Scissors threat in Christchurch car-jacking

Scissors threat in Christchurch car-jacking

A Christchurch driver was forced out of their car by a person who threatened them with a pair of scissors.

Warning over text scam targeting NZ Post customers

Warning over text scam targeting NZ Post customers

An Auckland man is reminding people to stay alert, fearing a convincing NZ Post scam text will catch them out this silly season.

Loose tyre flies past runners in Auckland Marathon

Last year's Auckland Marathon. Photo: Auckland Marathon

Loose tyre flies past runners in Auckland Marathon

Runners in the Auckland Marathon this morning had a lucky escape when a tyre was flung off a car nearby.

Bus crash passengers had just arrived in NZ

A group of Tongan seasonal workers who were on a bus which rolled near Rotorua this morning had been in the country for just a few hours.

Pet owners wait for news after fire destroys cattery

Staff are "actively searching" for several cats that escaped a fire that destroyed a Wellington vet centre and cattery overnight.

Child struck by car in driveway dies

A child has died after being struck by a car in a driveway in Palmerston North this afternoon.

Several injured in North Island crashes

Five people have been hospitalised after a crash in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach overnight.

Massey to stop funding Students' Association

Massey University has campuses in Auckland, Wellington and Palmerston North. Photo: RNZ

Massey to stop funding Students' Association

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.

Job cuts at Office for Māori Crown Relations

Job cuts at Office for Māori Crown Relations

Te Arawhiti - the Office for Māori Crown Relations - has confirmed that 51 roles are set to be disestablished.

Woman pleads guilty to stabbing Chch taxi driver

Woman pleads guilty to stabbing Chch taxi driver

A woman charged over the stabbing of a taxi driver in Christchurch last month has pleaded guilty.

Jones downplays bottom trawler's coral catch

A New Zealand fishing vessel caught more than double the legal amount of coral, triggering a ban...

Jones downplays bottom trawler's coral catch

Shane Jones wants international coral limits reviewed to avoid bans on fishing when bottom trawlers haul up more than the rules allow.

Toddler in and out of hospital due to mouldy rental

After living at her Hamilton rental for about a year, Samantha Moore says her daughter developed...

Toddler in and out of hospital due to mouldy rental

The Tenancy Tribunal has backed the mother of a toddler who says her child's health has been permanently affected.

PM accuses Labour of playing politics over King criticism

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he does not agree with Mike King's controversial alcohol...

PM accuses Labour of playing politics over King criticism

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is accusing Labour of playing politics with youth mental health by criticising campaigner Mike King.

Polkinghorne sentenced over meth charges

Philip Polkinghorne in court for his sentencing on meth charges. Photo: RNZ

Polkinghorne sentenced over meth charges

A former Auckland eye surgeon found not guilty of murdering of his wife has been sentenced to 150 hours of community work for drug possession.

Mike King slammed over 'alcohol is a solution' statement

Former comedian Mike King has been slammed over his comments about alcohol and mental health....

Mike King slammed over 'alcohol is a solution' statement

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".

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