Resource teachers of literacy and resource teachers of Māori are “shocked and “devastated” by a proposal from the Education Minister to stop funding 174 roles from next year.”Given that this is the Government’s mandate at the current time to improve literacy within New Zealand, it just does not make sense…

A coroner is urging Wellington City Council to spend the millions of dollars required to install permanent balustrades along the waterfront, following the accidental drowning of Sandy Calkin in 2021.Sandy Calkin’s father Roger Calkin said the balustrades would be his son’s legacy — so no other family would have to…

The family of an Auckland father-of-two who died shortly after being taken into police custody earlier this month is calling for the mandatory use of police body cameras.Faasala Samu Matue, 45, known as Sam, died at Ōrere Point Beach in East Auckland on March 2.The vehicle he was travelling in…

Three people were hospitalised in the Wairarapa over the weekend after ingesting an unknown substance which they believed to be cocaine but was likely an opioid.Wellington crime services manager Detective Inspector John van den Heuvel said police were notified after paramedics responded to a residential address in Tinui after the…

The Commerce Commission is taking meal-kit provider Hello Fresh to court for allegedly misleading consumers over subscriptions.The Commission has filed criminal charges against HelloFresh New Zealand, as it believed the company breached the Fair Trading Act by misleading consumers in cold calls used to “re-activate” customers who had previously cancelled…

The Commerce Commission has filed criminal charges against meal delivery company HelloFresh New Zealand for alleged misleading behaviour. The regulator claims the company misled customers in cold calls trying to get discontinued subscribers to sign up again. But in a statement, HelloFresh says it had co-operated with the Commission’s investigation…

A clinical trial in Singapore represents a final lifeline for a Christchurch policewoman in her fight against a rare and aggressive cancer.Detective Constable Sophie Moore, 29, and her fiancée Koryn Arthur, also a police officer, have just returned from her first round of groundbreaking CAR-T treatment. The course has a…

It begins with some extra cash to buy clothes and pay phone bills. Then it’s spotting university courses and books. But at what age should the growing children start chipping in? Do things change when they get a job?More adult children than ever are living with their parents in New…

More than 300 people have signed up so far to participate in Whanganui city’s first citizens’ assembly.Whanganui District Council is expecting more registrations over the next week before the cutoff at midnight on Sunday, March 16.Council promos were urging residents: ‘Get paid to join our citizens’ assembly!’“A group of local…

Some patients and advocacy groups see Pharmac as “slow to respond”, “highly defensive” and “lacking respect” for them, according to an independent report released by the drug-funding agency today.The report – commissioned by Pharmac’s board and based on workshops held late last year – found there was “a credibility and…