I find handing Mrs P a towel as she hops out the shower does pretty much the same thing. Even better if I drop it accidentally on purpose. If you know what I mean....

Over the years the offending progressed and escalated to sexual assault after their father died. It was not until the girl reached high school that she realised this behaviour was abnormal and reported the...

The results in Northland worsened over the quarter for all four of these measures. Alex Pimm, Health NZ’s group director of operations for Te Tai Tokerau, said progress was being made nationally and in...

Northlanders are cut off from friends and family, hospital appointments are cancelled or delayed; everyone is affected in some way. So when the Government announced on Tuesday it was accelerating a four-lane highway between...

Long wait times for doctors’ appointments are widespread, but the problem is worse in some areas. Photo: SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The chronic doctor shortage is being felt across the country, but it is those...

(file image) Photo: 123RF The Health and Disability Commission says a Northland man was not told he had cancer for four months because of missing Health NZ practices. The man presented at his medical...

It has received criticism for bypassing the normal checks and environmental safeguards. In 2020, the giant 18ha Matawii water storage dam near Kaikohe became New Zealand’s first Covid-19 recovery fast-tracked project. The legislation will...

One person died after a single vehicle crash in Maromaku. Photo: 123rf.com One person has died following a crash in Northland on Monday afternoon. Emergency services were called to a section of State Highway...

In the first six months of 2024 Water Safety provisionally recorded 38 preventable drownings across the country. The leading regions for preventable drownings are: Auckland (11), Waikato (seven), Northland (four), Hawke’s Bay (four), Canterbury...

They believe the real reason behind the schemes is to cut school property costs; however, Ministry of Education hautū (leader) Te Tai Raro (North) Isabel Evans said it was a required step. “There has...