"We've got a shortfall in terms of making this sustainable."

Staff to take action over pay and "chronic understaffing".

It's a severe illness for adults with underlying lung disease or weak immune systems.

Workers have been in talks with the hospital owner but these had broken down, says union.

CCTV showed a wheel-less car squeezing past police cars on the footpath outside dairy.

The mahi is from a Māori perspective rather than a western paradigm.

Nominations for the open Hawke's Bay Regional Council seat closed today at midday.

Bay one of the few regions to escape significant rains predicted for North Island.

After closing in December, the museum is reopening next weekend

'This is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. You're being shagged by a rare parrot'

Police remain at a scene in Hamilton where a man has been shot and killed overnight.

"Akin to a pharmacy infecting customers with a cold, and then selling them medication."

"The regulations are just getting too tough."

"The early warning from smoke alarms allows you vital minutes to get out."

Hipkins said he warned Kiwis abroad that MIQ demand would increase again.

A luxury bed and breakfast and wineries are the region's finalists for 100% Pure NZ awards

Next challenge will be nationals at year end.

The victim and her son, who is aged in his 70s, were attacked in her Napier home.

"We don't want anyone messing with our brand."

HB Japan Society turns 60 and is holding events in August

Fire destroyed a car and spread to macrocarpa trees and shed on the side of the road.

"A number of people have stopped in their cars while the incident unfolded."

Separate crashes at Awatoto and on Black Bridge, near Haumoana.