Louise Upston was appointed Disability Issues Minister last month, replacing Penny Simmonds after the ministry's controversial handling of a funding change. Official documents have now highlighted the ...

Synthony is no stranger to hosting a show like no other. From Synthony in the Domain to Synthony in the Snow and even ringing in the New Year at Rhythm and Alps, it may come as no ...

Hāpai Te Hauora kicked off Smokefree May with Auahitūroa, a travelling art exhibition bidding farewell to the entrenched tobacco culture in Aotearoa. For years, the Māori Public Health organisation ...

Northland Civil Defence welfare co-ordinating group member and disability emergency response mentor Nicole Ross. Photo/Susan Botting Local Democracy Reporter Northland A better empowered disabled ...

A growing backlog in passport processing has caught out travellers expecting to have travel documents in time for overseas trips, after delays have ballooned from four to 10 weeks. This delay is due ...

Palestinians hold leaflets dropped by Israeli planes calling on them to evacuate ahead of an Israeli military operation in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on May 6. Photo / AP Israeli leaders have approved ...

Each month Te Puke Art Society showcases the work of one of its members at its Constables Gallery. The work of Ali Thomas is currently on display. I paint in all sorts of media, using all sorts of ...

A semicircle of people wielding cameras and phones has formed in the Eden Park changing rooms to watch Dan Carter put on his rugby boots. “I actually used to sit over there,” he says quietly, ...

Jacob John Heta, a 44 year-old father of two, died when the motorbike he was riding collided with a car on Russell Road, Whakapara, last November. Picture supplied. A woman accused of dangerous ...

About half the country’s junior doctors are set to walk off the job for 25 hours with every aspect of the hospital system likely to be affected. Te Whatu Ora says emergency departments will remain ...

One controversial tech deal gained regulatory clearance overnight - but a second faced complications on the eve of the Commerce Commission’s decision. The ComCom has granted clearance for One NZ ...

Space King owner Victor Smith is gutted another portable cabin has been stolen in Northland. The owner of a portable building company that rents cabins to hard-up Northlanders for emergency housing is ...