Mental health: Fears lives may be at risk as nearly 500 wait for DHB appointments
Two patients have died in the past five years after being triaged but before treatment.
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'Something needs to change, you can't just push it away as women's problems.'
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A 'constant reminder' to do better: Oranga Tamariki CEO on 5yo Malachi Subecz's death
The agency is conducting an independent review into whether it failed Malachi Subecz.
Ram raids are violent, thuggish and dangerous
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MPs clash over homeless report on where Rotorua homeless have come from
Local politicians have exchanged words over a new homeless report.
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'Mental health tsunami is coming' as labour shortage hits workers left to pick up slack.
Oranga Tamariki investigates how system failed murdered 5-year-old Malachi Subecz
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And that's a wrap! Art deco cinema closes doors for last time
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New homes for revamped former Bella Vista site welcomed
The new development comes five years after 21 sites were abandoned due to safety fears.
Watch live: Simon Bridges delivers final speech in the House
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$17.2m deal: Kāinga Ora buys seven elder housing villages
State housing provider to spend $32.4 million on redevelopments, upgrades
'We cannot be held responsible': Decision made on NEMA charges in Whakaari case
WorkSafe charges against the National Emergency Management Agency have been dismissed.
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Homemade Taser, brawl and vandalism: Boycott likely as bus stop violence escalates
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Doggone: Missing pooch reunited with owner a year later
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Entrusted to his killer: Little boy beaten, starved by carer
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'An absolute crock': Residents, tourists fume over $150 bus lane fines
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Teacher censured after making students strip and stand with noses against trees
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