Do you need to service your car? How often should you change the oil? Do you know how to check your tyres? It might seem okay to skip car service, but it’s a mistake. AA mechanic Grant Waters warns that most major car problems happen because people don’t get their cars serviced regularly. Some people […]

Waiheke Island’s only after-hours medical clinic, the Oranga Urgent After Hours clinic, has closed suddenly, leaving many residents concerned. Patients were informed last Friday that the clinic, located in the Waiheke Medical Centre, would no longer be available on weekends or after 5 PM on weekdays. The Piritahi Hau Ora Trust, which operates the clinic, […]

Finance Minister Nicola Willis was angry to learn that women in Wellington were not getting toast after giving birth. The Government has decided to ensure that new mothers can still enjoy toast and tea after this “crazy” choice to remove the service in maternity wards. Many people in Wellington expressed their concerns on social media […]

By 2048, the number of people over 65 renting homes could double to more than 600,000. Some pensioners are spending almost all of their retirement savings on rent. In a recent interview, an unnamed pensioner from Whanganui revealed she pays $450 a week for her two-bedroom rental and has only $70 left from her pension. […]

Waiheke Island’s only after-hours medical clinic, Oranga Urgent After Hours, has closed suddenly, leaving many residents without local medical care during evenings and weekends. The clinic, run by the Piritahi Hau Ora Trust, announced its closure last Friday. People no longer have access to a doctor after 5 pm on weekdays or on weekends. The […]

Youth offenders in New Zealand will participate in a military-style boot camp program, as revealed in new documents from Oranga Tamariki. This 10-week program aims to change the behavior of young criminals and is based at the Palmerston North youth justice facility. The program has three phases: discipline, self and team development, and transition. Activities […]

People are waiting a long time at Waikato Hospital’s emergency department (ED) to see doctors, even if they are very sick. A woman waited over 16 hours with suspected internal bleeding, only to be told to go back to her doctor. She described seeing an elderly man in a wheelchair who was in severe pain […]

The search for a missing person from a boat in Auckland’s Manukau Harbour will continue today, according to police. On Tuesday night, Coastguard reported that two people faced trouble on a boat near Puketutu Island. One person swam back to shore and informed the police, but the other is still missing. He was last seen […]

A public meeting was held on August 27, 2024, to discuss the potential closure of Winstone Pulp International mills in central North Island, which could lead to the loss of 230 jobs. Many in the community expressed their fears about the impact of these closures. The meeting in Raetihi’s church hall was full, with locals, […]

Secondary school principals want to change the way literacy and numeracy tests are done, after many teenagers failed the new NCEA tests. The latest results from May showed that out of 55,468 students who took the math test, 30,196 (54%) failed. The failure rates were especially high among Māori and Pacific students, with 77% of […]