Principal gives up office as school roll swells
Students learn in the old staffroom, offices and library as school outgrows space.
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'The rates are killing Te Kūiti' - debt burden too big
Rates are crippling residents of a rural district where council debt is $40 million.
Special interview: Covid like the 'Cold War' - Bloomfield on masks, vaccine
Dr Ashley Bloomfield on life at level 1 this time and when the pandemic will end.
Comment: A night with Billy TK - and his conspiracy theories
David Fisher went to an Advance NZ meeting and fact-checked Billy Te Kahika.
NZ returnees taking net migration levels to historic high
"It makes for one of the most unusual years in terms of immigration," sociologist says.
The Road Ahead: The missing piece in our Covid-19 puzzle
The Road Ahead poses risks for our way of life - how does our economy save us?
Demand for water in Wellington could outstrip supply by 2026
Region looking to water meters ahead of coming up with $250 million for new water source.
Shock predictions: The countries whose populations will halve by 2100
A new study also predicts when NZ will reach peak population.
Ben Kepes on immigration: Don't let Covid take us back to the past
Let's honour our past, but do so by embracing what, and who, New Zealand is today.
Liam Dann: NZ faces big choice on immigration - are we ready?
For better or worse, immigration has been the magic ingredient in NZ's economic growth.
Editorial: Five million Kiwis can't be wrong
Editorial: Great New Zealanders have been born at each million milestone - who's next?
Population milestone - Baby Odette could be No. 5 million
Odette Deane was born in March - Stats NZ says our population hit 5 million that month.
NZ's population hits 5 million
It took just 17 years to add one million people after hitting 4 million in 2003. Video / File
Anarchy or lifesavers? Face-to-face at the Covid roadblocks
Tiny communities with mass graves - the real story behind community roadblocks.
'It always came in summer': 95yo reflects on NZ epidemics past
With the advent of vaccines, epidemics have faded from memory. But we've been here before.
Coronavirus: 'Testing woefully inadequate' as criteria widened
More people can get tested under new criteria, but doctor says it's still not enough.
How will New Zealand's lockdown change Kiwis?
Will we appreciate the little things more? Will we be kinder?
Avoiding Italy's fate - and how we cope when the virus hits NZ
Can we stop coronavirus? What happens if it gets through anyway? David Fisher reports.
Coronaviruses also responsible for common cold
Coronaviruses are not new but when they become pandemic there is cause for concern.
Letters: Petrol cheaper in Bay
On returning to Whanganui and NZ$2.18/2.19 a litre, one could only be incredulous.
Letters: Can our city take the strain?
A councillor has a responsibility to be reasoned and legitimate without scaremongering.
Big Science: Are Pacific people predisposed to gout?
Can higher rates of gout and type 2 diabetes in Pacific people be put down to evolution?
Most common surname in New Zealand revealed
Ask someone what the most common surname in NZ is and invariably the answer is Smith.
Sick St John finances a risk for ambulances
St John service cuts would include longer wait times for ambulances, fewer paramedics.
OneRoof report: First home buyers dominate market
Castlecliff is top selling Whanganui suburb
Whanganui skills gap holding back business growth
Skills gaps are keeping many of our businesses from expanding to their full potential.
Report critical over lack of action on dire state of public hospitals
Specialists say they're "suffering" and warn hospitals have reached a tipping point.
Council: Rising seas could force Dargaville move to higher ground
Dargaville's town centre may need higher ground to survive global warming.
Liam Dann: Busting New Zealand's ageing population myth
Is NZ's population really ageing - new data shows immigration may have changed our future.
Opinion: $6.6m cycleway shows Whangārei's coming of age
Comment: Whangārei is growing up and ditching the trainer wheels.
National Party could take new Flat Bush electorate - academics
A proposed new electorate in South Auckland may swing blue.
Life inside prison - the degrading grind of life behind bars
Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis: Inmates must be treated like human beings.
'Disheartening, stressful and unsettling': Transitional housing stays
The government has spent more than $9 million on transitional housing in Tauranga.