'Your confidence takes a hammering': Nurse speaks out about verbal abuse from patients
She is calling for the "long-term" increase of extra security guards at hospitals.
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“We’re all here for the same reason. It’s all about the music and everyone was excited."
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Weather events and Covid-19 are considered to be among reasons why.
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'Uniforms are just so expensive and out of range for a lot of parents.'
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The attackers targeted the Michael Hill Jewellers.
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St John says the patient refused their staff's recommendation he be taken to hospital.
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'Terrible': Huge cost of drowning and water injuries revealed
'Understanding and respecting the power of New Zealand’s waters is crucial.'
Ex-mayor wants minister to limit Tauranga commission's powers ahead of election
Greg Brownless fears ‘entrenchment’ for the new elected council.
Minister talks up four-lane highway from Waikato to BOP
Construction kicked off today on the $43.5 million dollar Piarere roundabout.
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An average of 20,000 vehicles travel through the SH1/SH29 intersection daily.
'Exponential' growth: Primary school's 'fight' for funding
'Last year we overspent $10,000 to $12,000 every two weeks.'
Person with 'severe' injuries airlifted after crash near Rotorua
The road reopened Wednesday night.
'Busy' long weekend in Rotorua despite wet weather
One cafe was 'full house' one morning, while a campground only had a couple of spots left.
'Happened pretty fast': Young lifeguard saves girl caught in rip
The rescue came amid “gnarly sea conditions".
Chaos and violence: Mobster's crimes 'inevitable' from an early age, says judge
The drug dealer fled police for more than an hour, speeding through residential areas.
Person who died at home after crash had declined transport to hospital: Hato Hone St John
Police were called to the single-vehicle crash at about 9.30pm.
Data reveals the region where it's more expensive to rent than Auckland
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23,000 jobs on offer: Kiwifruit industry pins hopes on big harvest
After two bad seasons, the industry is forecasting a bumper crop
Surf update: 'Some big waves' rolling in, praise for beachgoers
The MetService has forecast rough seas.
Watch: Car keeps veering into traffic in 'bloody scary' 25km drive
'We were all trying to get home safely and no one wanted to die on the way home.'
'Undriveable': Fleeing drivers crash into police vehicle
Two vehicles crashed into a police car.
Leaked report: Problematic heart services at Waikato Hospital linked to avoidable deaths
Report finds "wide recognition of avoidable preoperative mortality".
'Damn lucky': Ex-truckie, 83, believes driving habit gave him cancer
Richard Lyons was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma in September.
'Rough out there': Warning to walkers as 'big waves' surge up beaches
A lifeguard said it was 'pretty rough out there'.
'Significant height': Two people rescued after separate falls
Busy weekend for the Aerocool Rescue Helicopter.
Seaman arrested after cocaine seizure at Port of Tauranga
The man has appeared in Tauranga District Court.