John Funnell was the search-and-rescue pilot who has saved the lives of thousands of victims, clocking up a staggering 19,000 hours of flight time.

Since starting as a nurse at Taihape Hospital aged 21, Judith MacDonald says she has been focused on the health of rural communities

A family who were told to get a bean bag for their son while he recovered from an operation are being reimbursed for a $2600 chair

A man may have been thrown from a car in an accident near Taihape in the early hours of this morning.