A new health system is being introduced to ensure work on the Government`s big overhaul of the public healthcare service is on track. The announcement of the new initiative - dubbed the Health System Indicators framework - was made... Read...
MONDAY Whitey Collins woke from a nightmare that she was living in a foreign land with lots of brown people in it, who were speaking in a strange language and ignoring her as she ran down the street, shrieking at them to speak English,... Read...
Shareholders are being asked to approve a proposal to convert the site into a fuel import terminal resulting in job losses - although the company said it was the best option to allow it to remain viable. Read...
A 78-year-old man is facing charges of assault in relation to a June incident on a Central Otago school bus.A police spokeswoman yesterday said the man had been charged with assault of a child and assault with intent to injure,... Read...
A senior member of the Hawke`s Bay Organised Crime Unit is sick of being `undermined` by bureaucrats and has let rip at claims that local police supported the programme. Read...
Virgin Galactic says its re-opening ticket sales for the first time in years, giving anyone who can afford it the chance to reserve a seat on the company`s rocket-powered suborbital space plane for $450,000, a significant markup over what tickets were previously sold for. Read...
A boat has been severely damaged after a suspicious fire in central Queenstown last night.Emergency services were called to the fire on Gorge Rd at about 7pm on Thursday. A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said the boat, which... Read...
The oil refinery in Northland has run prohibited training exercises using thousands of litres of firefighting foam containing chemicals linked to cancers. Read...
