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Sick patients not fit to choose euthanasia, MPs told
Parliament's Health Committee has heard several emotional submissions from the public during hearings on voluntary euthanasia.
Parliament's Health Committee has heard several emotional submissions from the public during hearings on voluntary euthanasia.
Shandelle Battersby checks into a hotel that celebrates the story of NZ's early settlers.
An independent inquiry should immediately investigate the use of "time out" rooms in schools, says the head of the national Autism charity.
A teacher hit one of her students across the head several times with a soft-shelled laptop case after she tripped on his items and hurt her injured hip on his desk.
The high school of rugby player Losi Filipo has come out in support of its former student.
Angry parents say they will pull their children from a Wellington school caught using a "time-out" room for naughty pupils unless there is more accountability.
No bomb has been found at Wellington's Rimutaka Prison after a member of the public reported a "suspicious package" in a carpark.
Two Jetstar flights from Wellington to Auckland have been cancelled today, frustrating dozens of passengers.
Justin Lester was getting a haircut when he took the phone call telling him he had won the race to become Wellington mayor.
A car rolled down the street after a Wellington party last night and hit several people.
EXCLUSIVE: Mother hits out at Wellington primary school's "dirty little secret": "I'm horrified a school would do that, my son is petrified of the dark."
Several crashes around the country today, three dead, at least five injured.
The race to elect a new mayor for Auckland and other cities and towns round the country is drawing to a close.
The inaugural Black Power Film Festival offers wine, appetisers and discussion - perhaps not the first things most people would associate with a gang.
Housing Minister Nick Smith says there are tentative signs that the Auckland housing market could be cooling down, but he will not be confident until prices have eased for six months or more.
A Wellington boy was worried outgoing mayor Celia Wade-Brown would miss her mayoral chains - so he made her some new ones out of chocolate
The 47-year-old man accused of lighting a number of rubbish bins on fire across Wellington has appeared in court. Robert Mackie
Professor Norbert Lammert, the Speaker of the German Federal Parliament, will attend events in Auckland and Wellington.
Seven suspicious fires have been lit across Wellington in a busy night for police and firefighters.
Wellington house values rose 21 per cent in the last year, outstripping Auckland's 15 per cent, but Queenstown values are rising fastest.
A Lower Hutt man has been arrested in connection with an assault which occurred last week in Stokes Valley. Hutt Valley Police arrested
An endangered penguin has been returned to the wild after being treated for abdominal wounds at Wellington Zoo.
Guards will be posted at Wellington's Botanic Garden after a Friday night party left a WW1 memorial sculpture damaged and litter and broken glass strewn around Remembrance Ridge.
Train passengers on the Wellington region's Hutt Valley and Kapiti lines will have 1000 more seats to choose from in morning and afternoon
Earlier reports of a gunman in Wellington this evening were a false alarm, police say.
More than 4080 people have reported feeling the 4.4 magnitude quake which has hit northwest of Wellington.
This will be a good weekend to check out the museum or cuddle up with a book as heavy showers and thunderstorms are forecast for parts of the country.
A male has been taken to hospital in a serious condition after an incident on Wellington Urban Motorway's Terrace off-ramp. Police
Software engineer Donald Gordon moved to Whanganui because of the local council's investment in fibre broadband. Now other councils are being urged to take lead in boosting regional economies. Made with funding from NZ on Air
As smoke billowed from her vehicle Susan Evans lay trapped and unconscious inside. Murray Michie didn't think twice about going in and cutting her free.