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Attendance services are struggling to get serious truants back to class.
Senior doctor’s plea as staff struggles put safe emergency service at risk
Senior doctor's plea to Health NZ bosses illustrates the extreme strain on EDs nationally.
Turning unwanted supermarket food into 35,000 meals a week
Fair Food,provides 35,000 meals for Auckland families in need every week.
Samoan-Kiwi actor on debut film and playing a gay man
Actor Nick Afoa hopes his new role will help start conversations and bring healing.
'I felt like I wasn’t getting the same opportunities, growing up poor'
Fashion stylist Sammy Salsa got his first job at 14yo to help his struggling family.
LGBTQIA+ Kiwis feel less safe travelling, new study suggests
However, one company hopes to offer a safe space for rainbow travellers.
It's serious money: Questions raised over taxpayer money funding free vouchers for private clinics
An ED consultant asks why White Cross vouchers are being funded instead of more staff.
Kaipara mayor shuts down claim he misled council over Julian Batchelor
The claim was made after Julian Batchelor made a surprise appearance at a council meeting.
Koroneihana: Politicians urged not to use Māori as 'political football'
Leaders of major parties attempted to woo Māori - Luxon even put on his dancing shoes.
Kaimai quiz night attendees disgusted over group’s KKK costumes
An attendee claims the group was commended on their dedication to their costumes.
'We're scared': Landlord tries to evict homeless from 'Houses of Horror' hotel
The emergency accommodation provider has come under scrutiny before.
Harold the Giraffe's caravan for sale
Tricky time for the West Coast Life Education operation, which relies on sponsors to run.
Dannevirke woman recognised for contribution to community
Pat Edwards-Sextus recognised for work with Tararua Hearing Association.
80-year-old refused five rentals as elder housing 'crisis' looms in city
Advocates say there's a "vacuum" of housing for seniors after council villages sold.
Homeless abandoned in Dunedin’s houses of horror
Homeless people are being crammed into Dunedin horror houses without the care they need.
New centre gives troubled youth a chance to stay out of jail
Amelia Trotter's long-term vision is fast becoming a reality.
'Too scared to go to the toilet': Students intimidated by vapers taking over bathrooms
It comes as new vaping rules came into place this month.
'Bed blocking': Elderly stranded in hospital without power of attorney
EPOA misuse concern raised in Law Commission review of Adult Decision-Making Capacity Law.
'A gutsful': The politics over youth crime, the numbers and what would make a difference
Politicians have had a 'gutsful', but is youth offending actually getting worse?
'Go home Mr Batchelor': Stop Co-Governance meeting greeted by large counter-protest
Whangārei Stop Co-Governance meeting greeted by big protest that delayed start.
Protesters block entrance to Whangārei Stop Co-Governance meeting
Police earlier stopped the meeting from going ahead due to safety concerns.
Top scientist posts anti-Govt views on social media
Murry Cave has retained the council's support despite the posts.
Woman behind Masterton’s mysterious banners revealed
Now she's creating a Wall of Courage.
Jesse Mulligan on life at 47: 'When I look in the mirror I fear I don’t see the same person other people see'
Study finds we're unhappiest at age 47. We ask well-known 47-year-olds what they think.
'Short term pain for long term gain': What the Women's World Cup meant to Kiwi football clubs
Clubs say what it means to host world-class teams and have mega upgrades in the process.
Passengers vow to boycott 'perverted' bathrooms in this Kansas airport
Critics claim they would rather relieve themselves in the airport car park.
Inside Kāinga Ora's 'village' in the middle of Auckland city
Te Mātāwai is Auckland's newest and largest response to homelessness in the city.
'I feel like anybody’s going to kill me': Dairy targeted by armed intruders twice in one day
A fed-up shopkeeper has decried the lack of respect in society after the horror day.
Number of children waiting longer than four months for hospital help jumps by 600pc
Paediatric specialists are warning wait times are getting to a critical point.
Ex-National Front Stop Co-Governance Tour organiser believes 'white people' being targeted
Those attending secret meeting in Hawke's Bay screened by former National Front organiser.
Whangārei District Councillor Gavin Benney is NZ First's Whangārei candidate
Gavin Benney pledges to wage war on crime in Whangārei.
‘Totally unacceptable’: Sir Paul Adams on poverty, homelessness and NZ’s growing social divide
"The only way to succeed financially was to become well-qualified professionally."
'Every few months, someone would be outed': The damaging rise of indigenous 'pretendians'
One Pākehā woman rose up Canadian university ranks pretending to be Māori.