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!['I sat down and made a personal commitment': Dealing with disaster](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'I sat down and made a personal commitment': Dealing with disaster
Tessa Appleby's resilient nature saw her get through the cyclone and thrive as a leader.
![Te Papa removes defaced Treaty of Waitangi panel](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Te Papa removes defaced Treaty of Waitangi panel
Protestors took spray paint and an angle grinder to the display in December.
![What Anzac Day and Earth Day events are on in Taupō District?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
What Anzac Day and Earth Day events are on in Taupō District?
Anzac Day services, Taupō's first Trail Festival, Safe Tūrangi Day and more.
![Opinion: Why farmers need scientists](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Opinion: Why farmers need scientists
Opinion: Cuts in CRI scientist numbers will have long-term impacts for the primary sector.
![Foreign doctors struggle with Kiwi culture](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Foreign doctors struggle with Kiwi culture
New Zealand's cultural integration model for GPs needs work, study finds.
![Suspicious E. coli levels at Franz Josef](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Suspicious E. coli levels at Franz Josef
Further inquiries are ongoing 'to pinpoint' the source of the contamination.
!['Abandoned' during a cyclone: NZ needs to develop new warning system for disasters, inquiry finds](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Abandoned' during a cyclone: NZ needs to develop new warning system for disasters, inquiry finds
'The sense that warnings were insufficient has undermined public confidence.'
![Iwi-supported accommodation for released prisoners opens in Glenfield](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Iwi-supported accommodation for released prisoners opens in Glenfield
Te Rūnanga ō Ngāti Whātua will support Māori inmates back into society.
![Mum sentenced for failing to get medical care for injured baby](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Mum sentenced for failing to get medical care for injured baby
The baby had been out of hospital just a few days when his mother noticed something wrong.
![Cyclones, Auckland deluge inquiry exposes how vulnerable NZ is to severe weather events](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Cyclones, Auckland deluge inquiry exposes how vulnerable NZ is to severe weather events
It's prompted the Government to scrap a bill aimed at improving emergency management.
![Low mandarin prices have growers ‘feeling the squeeze’](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Low mandarin prices have growers ‘feeling the squeeze’
'Prices are terrible this season, I think it’s just the economy.'
![Inaugural Whangamatā parkrun proves to be a big hit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Inaugural Whangamatā parkrun proves to be a big hit
The event drew in participants from as far as Hawke's Bay and Lower Hutt.
![Police scour Waitaki River for missing fisherman](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Police scour Waitaki River for missing fisherman
Police were notified on Monday night that a fisherman was overdue from a day fishing trip.
![Three Strikes will mean 'unjust sentences and accelerate mass incarceration of Māori and Pasifika' - Ferris](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Three Strikes will mean 'unjust sentences and accelerate mass incarceration of Māori and Pasifika' - Ferris
Te Pāti Māori MP calls it a 'destructive and ineffective piece of law-making'.
!['Devastating': Climate change forces eviction of settlement](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Devastating': Climate change forces eviction of settlement
District council last month voted to confirm the eviction of an entire Selwyn community.
![Dover Samuels: The Waitangi Tribunal tried that trick on me](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Dover Samuels: The Waitangi Tribunal tried that trick on me
Summons to Children’s Minister is breach of its constitutional position, he says.
![Homicide investigation launched after Hāwera death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Homicide investigation launched after Hāwera death
Police were called to a disorder at 10:17pm.
![Christopher Luxon believes new Three Strikes law will benefit Māori](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Christopher Luxon believes new Three Strikes law will benefit Māori
PM says the legislation will target serious repeat offenders, regardless of ethnicity.
![Iwi-supported accommodation to help released prisoners reintegrate](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Iwi-supported accommodation to help released prisoners reintegrate
Te Hāpai Ō is an iwi-supported accommodation service intended to help men coming out of prison to reintegrate into society. Video / Whakaata Māori
!['Serious offenders' will be locked up under revised Three Strikes - PM](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Serious offenders' will be locked up under revised Three Strikes - PM
Christopher Luxon has announced the return of the law, abolished under Labour.
![High Court reserves decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
High Court reserves decision on Waitangi Tribunal summons
The Crown has called the situation unorthodox and unprecedented.
![Thames Museum struggling with 'climbing costs'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Thames Museum struggling with 'climbing costs'
The museum is in desperate need of visitors and funds to keep going.
![North Shore treetops greenway gets walkers into forest canopy](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
North Shore treetops greenway gets walkers into forest canopy
The Kauri Glen walkway in Northcote gives a new perspective on a national treasure.
![Irate residents sound off about new tsunami sirens](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Irate residents sound off about new tsunami sirens
Coastal views from a couple's Parua Bay home ruined by new tsunami siren.
![The data debate: Have children’s teeth really improved in a city where fluoride was removed?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
The data debate: Have children’s teeth really improved in a city where fluoride was removed?
An expert says an anti-fluoride campaigner's use of Health NZ stats is 'misleading'.
!['I can’t be the mother that I could be': Mum, 27, fights incurable cancer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'I can’t be the mother that I could be': Mum, 27, fights incurable cancer
'All of a sudden I can’t [play with him] and he doesn’t understand why.'
![Editorial: Uncertainty to blame for Wellington’s downward spiral](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Editorial: Uncertainty to blame for Wellington’s downward spiral
OPINION: The capital needs more than just sunshine right now.
![Letters: Govt's ferry call makes no sense; public sector leaders cave in](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
Letters: Govt's ferry call makes no sense; public sector leaders cave in
OPINION: 'The decision to cancel the iReX project was not based on data or advice.'
!['Container'-like Kāinga Ora homes shock residents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=795)
'Container'-like Kāinga Ora homes shock residents
'These are not containers ... they are fully functioning modern homes,' says Kāinga Ora.