The Kensington triple of Diane Strawbridge, Dave Hopper and John Hooson took the bronze medal in the Bowls3Five National tournament last weekend. The weather might have had the final say last weekend here in...

By RNZ A month-long rāhui has been placed over Abbey Caves, where a Whangārei Boys’ High School student died in a caving incident on Tuesday. Year 11 student Karnin Ahorangi Petera died after a...

The death of a teenager on a school trip to Abbey Caves has left a survivor of the 2008 Mangatepopo canyoning tragedy feeling like “nothing has been learnt”. On May 9, Whangārei Boys’ High...

A father, who stopped his son going on a fatal school caving expedition because of safety concerns, says the trip should never have gone ahead and someone needs to be held responsible. Whangārei Boys...

Whangārei Boys’ High School. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver A Northland school facing scrutiny after a student died on a trip is also in the spotlight after revelations of another safety incident. WorkSafe is...

Stuff can reveal Whangārei Boys’ High was visited by workplace safety inspectors two months before a student died on a trip to the Abbey Caves. In March 2023, WorkSafe visited the school to carry...

A father who pulled his son out of the deadly Abbey Caves trip at the last minute because he was concerned about the weather was “horrified” to find out the trip went ahead after...

The board of the Whangārei Boys’ High School has broken their silence after the Abbey Caves tragedy, where a 15-year-old student died. Karnin Petera was on a trip to the caves with 14 other...