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Christchurch Hospital's Emergency Department is asking people to seek medical treatment elsewhere - unless it's life-threatening - as it struggles to cope with an influx of patients.

A young man previously jailed for scamming property off Facebook Marketplace has been back to his old ways, this time ‘buying’ a vehicle and trailer worth $30,000.

Labour says resignations in top Health roles is a result of the government's targets failing to solve the sector's problems.

Six Wellington City Council social housing complexes that are home to more than 300 people have been deemed earthquake-prone.

A New Zealand-born teen's deportation to India has been put on hold at the last minute, after an appeal to Immigration Minister Chris Penk.

Taranaki GP Keith Blayney earns less than his receptionist these days - but claims it's better than relying on the government's "flawed" capitation funding system.

New Zealand's internet safety agencies have taken legal action against claims of failing to protect Jacinda Ardern from vicious online abuse.