Government removes barrier in bid to increase counsellors in public mental health workforce
Previously, counsellors were excluded from publicly funded roles due to a lack of formal regulation. Photo: 123rf A…
Drug farmer built ‘shanty’ on Waikato swampland to harvest cannabis plots
By Belinda Feek, Open Justice reporter of Huntly men Jason Evans and Jayson Woods were charged after police…
Send in the drones: Call for aerial crackdown on dirt bikers
A Rotorua resident says drones should be used to catch problem bike riders. Photo: Bevan Conley via LDR…
More being priced out of Dunedin rental homes, says charity head
First published on By Laine Priestley, Otago Daily Times Salvation Army Dunedin community ministries manager Captain Logan Bathurst.…
In-fighting and claims of bullying at Southland licensing trust
The Mataura Licensing Trust has its office in Gore and services an extended area within Southland. Photo: Supplied…
Body found at Arkles Bay in Auckland
The scene at Arkles Bay this morning. Photo: Supplied A body has been found in the water at…
Thousands of households without power in Wellington region
Photo: 123RF About 5000 properties in Porirua, north of Wellington, are without power on a frosty Saturday morning.…
Black Ferns World Cup squad named: few surprises but no room for Ruby
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe returns for her third World Cup. Photo: Andrew Cornaga/www.photosport.nz Black Ferns coach Allan Bunting has named…
Te Pāti Māori, Greens outraged at ‘marginalising’ passport changes
Photo: RNZ / Mark Papalii Te Pāti Māori says the government’s changes to passports are an attempt to…
Thailand and Cambodia exchange heavy artillery fire as border battle expands
By Shoon Naing and Artorn Pookasook, Reuters A pagoda damaged by Thai artillery is pictured in Oddar Meanchey…
SpaceX seeks cause of Starlink’s global satellite network outage
Starlink is a satellite internet provider. Photo: 123RF SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network was back up and running on…
‘Brought to its knees’: Why NZ can’t shake the recession
Photo: RNZ New Zealanders were told to “survive til ’25” for the economy to pick up – but…