So regular we are used to it': 2000 hospital workers attacked on the job a year
"Sometimes, physical abuse is so regular most of us are used to it."
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Ceremony acknowledges Training For You student success
Students studying healthcare, working with children and literacy and numeracy graduated.
Youth MP's speech a hit with Act leader
Ali Gammeter speaks at Parliament on a favourite subject - freedom of speech.
Reardon cruises home
Whanganui motorcycle ace Seth Reardon plays it cagey to win NZ Enduro title.
Two people badly burnt in 'massive' Whanganui blaze
More than a dozen fire crews from as far away as Palmerston North rushed to the fire.
Two people badly burnt in 'massive' Whanganui blaze
More than a dozen fire crews from as far away as Palmerston North rushed to the fire.
Life and death in the fast lane: Hydroplane driver home after horror crashes
Waverley hydroplane star Jack Lupton is home after surviving two crashes in Canada.
Father sentenced for hiding son after Flaxmere killing
Hiding his killer son was a "misguided sense of fatherhood", lawyer says.
Letters: 'People's bank' disappoints pensioner
I'm shopping around for a bank that meets my needs, and I am a Kiwibank founder member.
Whanganui premier rugby semis difficult to predict
Whanganui rugby semifinals are no forgone conclusion.
Whanganui judoka Keightley Watson wins gold
Keightley Watson has won gold in the Hong Kong Asian Cup over the weekend.
Whanganui premier rugby: MVP to Hughes
Ruapehu flanker Jamie Hughes pips team mate Campbell Hart for Whanganui rugby MVP honours.
Whanganui athletes' form around the globe
Whanganui athletics coach Alec McNab reflects on form around the globe from England
World champs to be valuable experience for climber
Whanganui's Rachel Māia's next challenge is world paraclimbing championships in France.
Enduro title is Seth's for the taking
Whanganui rider Seth Reardon gets two throws at the dice to claim the NZ enduro title
Fatal crash: 'Mummy's been non-stop thinking about you since I lost you'
Anadion Albertkiu wants her baby son to know he will never be forgotten.
Man found with critical injuries after disorder incident
A man has died as the result of a fight in a Taihape street in the early hours of Saturday
Batten down the hatches: Wet and wild weekend on the way for New Zealand
Brace yourself, New Zealand, few places will be dry by Sunday evening.
Large building fire in Paeroa: Person injured in Wanganui house fire
Eight crews and around 32 firefighters were at the fire on Belmont Rd.
Letters: To prevent suicide you must talk to family, friends and spouses
There is nothing to be ashamed of. It's an illness — like any other illness.
Changes afoot at legendary Otiwhiti Station
Otiwhiti Station is an iconic Rangitikei farm steeped in history.
O'Leary's high-tech cowshed shows confidence in dairy's future
New O'Leary milking shed is a $1.5 million investment in the future.
Cannabis growing in one room while child sleeps in the other
John Waara told the judge he wanted help with his addiction.
Letters: We need a bylaw to the homeless people on our city streets
Do we need a council bylaw to deal with street beggars and people sleeping rough?
Self belief an edge for Metro Whanganui
A sense of self belief will give Metro Whanganui an edge in the final match of round robin
Letters: Sober view on euthanasia
All credit to those willing to ease the suffering of a dying person.
Jay Kuten: MPs displaying arrogance
Racialised politics, whether it comes from Māori or Pākehā, is deplorable and divisive.
Kapa haka group flies the culture flag at regional conference
WHS is the only school in the lower North Island with a Confucius Classroom.
Letters: Cultural events protocol, our wildlife in crisis, council pay rates, the name of god
Never before has nature needed our help the way it does now.
Walking lightly on the earth: First steps to reduce carbon footprints
Bus travellers are treated as second-class citizens despite their smaller carbon footprint
Proceedings issued against firms behind Taihape Area School
They were issued in 2014 and two Whanganui companies are among them
Letters: Let me go with dignity too
People who are for marijuana and against abortion and euthanasia are self-serving wallies.
New, smaller houses OK, but why were big family homes demolished?
Whatever was in the minds of the bureaucrats when they demolished those existing houses?
Region's MPs oppose euthanasia, are unlikely to change
Maori oppose euthanasia, Rurawhe says. McKelvie opposed it from start.