All Points Camping club allows convicted paedophile David Triggs to remain a member
Triggs offended against a primary-school-aged girl in Palmerston North between July 1997 and August 2000. Most of the…
Anorexic child repeatedly denied admission to children’s ward, parents felt ‘helpless’
Clinical notes from the Central Regional Eating Disorder Service (CREDS) showed Lucas was losing weight and had a…
From Collaboration to Curation: Building NASA Astrobiology’s Living Bibliography in SciX
Building NASA Astrobiology’s Living Bibliography in SciX Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from SciX blog post By…
Single parent benefit policy faces legal challenge at Human Rights Review Tribunal
McCarthy is one of two single parents taking his case to the Human Rights Review Tribunal with the…
Govt agrees to change or scrap Treaty of Waitangi references in 19 laws
In April, the Herald revealed Cabinet in February had decided to amend and repeal some laws following the…
Retire the Geographic Board and let locals decide what their town is called – Rhys Hurley
So, who is behind this? A small statutory entity housed within Land Information New Zealand, formed in 1924,…
Woman fleeces $823k from Waikato charity
She appeared in the Hamilton District Court this morning, where, through her lawyer Mark Jepson, she pleaded guilty…
Treaty of Waitangi clause review: Government quietly agrees to amend, repeal provisions in laws
It included the partial outcome of the Government’s review of Treaty clauses across 23 pieces of legislation. The…
Ryan Coogler’s ‘Sinners’ Was Inspired By ‘Luck of the Irish’
DCOM fan. Photo: Deadline via Getty Images Ryan Coogler knows ball … specifically, leprechauns who play ball. One…
Family of fighters: Tauranga sisters support each other through breast cancer battles
Young and fit, Samuelson assumed the lump in her breast was a cyst. But it didn’t go away…