'We do the same job as the Te Whatu Ora labs, but we’re paid significantly less.'

Police were called to the single-vehicle crash about 1am.

Higher-risk births were sent to a hospital more than an hour away after specialists quit.

Why does most of the North Island celebrate Auckland Anniversary Day?

The Wright Family Foundation will fund Tautoko Mai for the next three years.

Families may face costs upwards of $800 per child for uniforms, stationery, technology.

Nineteen incidents were recorded nationwide in the past three months.

The reggae fans have attended every One Love festival together – until this year.

Athletes from Tauranga, Rotorua, and Whakatāne have been named in Team NZ Roller Derby.

'He’s destroyed our lives.'

Police and councils co-ordinate to track vehicles fleeing crime scenes.

Organisations team up to find the Bay veterans falling through the cracks.

The judge had 'never seen anyone less remorseful' than the offender.

The Chiefs are heading to play there on Anzac Day.

A support organisation says it's important to diagnose and treat ADHD 'before it spirals'.

Safeswim posted red flag warnings at BoP beaches on Thursday.

'I’ve got a noose with your name on it,' he wrote of Dame Jacinda Ardern during her term.

She says she even turned down a holiday in Hawaii to keep her perfect record.

'We’ve lost people ... all vital to making sure a hospital functions accordingly.'

Fears survivors of abuse in faith-based institutions will be 'ghosted' in redress system.

How sport helped a bullied boy find his happy place after a traumatic brain injury.

'You don’t want to spend your summer holiday in A and E.'

Too many people have died on local roads, say police.

Dogs and handlers graduate to boost force's frontline capacity nationwide.

'It’s important to find your passion as when you love what you do, you do your best work.'

Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.

Iwi places rāhui on Ōhiwa Harbour as search for missing swimmer intensifies.

The hottest music festivals in Taupō, Tauranga, Mount Maunganui and Coromandel.