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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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".
Up to 2000 people could lose jobs over school lunch changes
Up to 2000 people could lose jobs over school lunch changes
Up to 2000 people could lose their jobs as a result of the government's change to the school lunches funding model.
Aratere grounding began with autopilot mistake
Aratere grounding began with autopilot mistake
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.