Health New Zealand's top mental health clinician says the new system for police to hand over people in mental crisis will be safer. Ruth Hill reports.

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A woman previously jailed for tax evasion and providing false information to immigration authorities has revealed herself to ...

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Something as simple as a peanut butter sandwich and an apple can go a long way in a lunchbox, but an Auckland charity providing staples for families to make school lunches has run out of money.

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The project is aimed at protecting vulnerable Māngere communities which are currently highly prone to flooding.

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A hīkoi from the top of the North Island to Wellington is still on, despite the Treaty Principles Bill being introduced to ...

The family of Carmen Walker - who died following complications during a procedure at Waikato Hospital - say the coroner ...