OPINION: This year`s budget is like gold for the naysayers simply because Māori are finally getting what is overdue, a better health system.I would like to acknowledge the tenacity of our Minister of Health, Andrew Little,... Read...

By Phil Pennington of RNZ Hutt Hospital`s Heretaunga block is just the latest of many medical facilities around the country deemed at risk of a seismic event.Wellington Hospital has to move its Emergency Department because its... Read...

Cases of suspected and confirmed Monkeypox are being investigated in a number of European countries, the US, Canada and the UK. Read...

A group accused of being involved in a South American drug smuggling ring who allegedly brought 50kg of cocaine worth millions of dollars into New Zealand face a lengthy weight for trial. Nine people deny almost 100 charges relating... Read...

Levin residents were awoken by a crashing sound `like a plane hitting the house` this morning as a tornado ripped through the town. Local man John Murphy told the Herald he was in shock after being awoken by the massive crashing... Read...

Niraj Nilesh Prasad`s rage-fuelled hammer attack on his ex-wife`s new partner has drawn a life term for murder and no chance of parole for at least 18 years 6 months. Prasad, a 39-year-old accountant, had denied murdering Fijian-born... Read...

A student has suffered a serious medical incident at a South Auckland school this morning. The incident occurred at Kia Aroha College, Clover Park, about 10.30am. A spokesperson at Kia Aroha College confirmed the medical incident... Read...

By Tamati Tiananga of Maori Television Immediate Rātana whānau members, who have led the largest Hāhī Māori in the country for over 100 years, are starting discussions to select the eighth tumuaki of the... Read...

Do you have a passion for gloved glory? Eddie and Sandra Tofa are calling on Whanganui residents to fight in River City Boxing`s corporate fight night on August 5.The event will raise funds for Whanganui to host the New Zealand... Read...

Police say officers have now been stood down from a call out to Tawa College, after the school went into lockdown this morning. Read...