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.
The government was advised two months before progressing a plan for a third medical school to the next stage that there were serious concerns over its affordability.
The car of the man accused of murdering Christchurch real estate agent Yanfei Bao was seen in the same areas the missing woman's phone was traced as being in, the High Court has heard.
The Department of Internal Affairs is to cull a number of its senior leaders as part of cost-cutting measures. More cuts are planned from March next year.
Health NZ Commissioner Lester Levy is "living in La La Land" and has no idea what's happening on the ground, a cardiologist who finishes up at Tauranga Hospital on Friday because of burnout says.
Health New Zealand is feeling the heat from its minister after revelations of a second significant spend-up on catering at conferences in the past year.