Te Pāti Māori will gather for its long-awaited Annual General Meeting in Rotorua today, after months of turmoil that led to the expulsion of two of their six MPs.Mariameno Kapa-Kingi will now attend the full AGM following a high court ruling reinstating her to the party, while Tākuta Ferris remains…

Former police commissioner Andrew Coster has made explosive claims that senior figures knew more about the Jevon McSkimming case than they have previously said.In his first interview since a damning IPCA report and his subsequent resignation from his new government role this week, Coster spoke to Q+A’s Jack Tame. He…

Marina van Dijk is a 64-year-old semi-retired gardener living in Hillcrest, on Auckland’s North Shore. She has followed a vegetarian diet for 48 years, and has also raised her 27-year-old son Ryan as a vegetarian. He splits his time between her home and his girlfriend’s place. This week Marina spent…

Food allergies or health-related diet restrictions make navigating a holiday treat tray or buffet line risky. But there are steps guests — and party hosts — can take to make everyone safer, writes Jennifer Protudjer. A plate of freshly baked cookies, a glass of perfectly garnished eggnog. For many, these…

All children and staff who were injured after a corrosive chemical was mistaken for detergent and put on a water slide at a childcare centre have been discharged from hospital. Emergency services swarmed to the Kindercare Learning Centre on Ferry Road in Woolston at around 1.13pm after children and staff…

A person is in hospital after a house fire in Queenstown this morning. Emergency services were called to Hallenstein Street at around 7.15am. A fire and emergency spokesperson said initial information indicated people were still inside. All occupants of the house managed to get out safely. Four units, totalling 20…

New Zealand driver Hayden Paddon is returning to the World Rally Championship after an eight-year hiatus.Hyundai Motorsport confirmed late on Friday that Paddon will share their third car with two other drivers in next year’s campaign and is confirmed to line up for the season-opening event – Rally Monte Carlo,…

A person has been critically injured after being shot in the Auckland suburb of Papakura in the early hours of this morning.Emergency services received reports of a person being shot on Maadi Pl at around 2.30am.”The person was taken to hospital in a critical condition. Those involved are believed to…

Five people have been injured, one seriously, in a crash between a car and a van in Auckland’s northwest this afternoon.Emergency services were called to the intersection of Old Railway Rd and Old North Rd at around 12.20pm.St John said it responded with ambulances, one rapid response unit and one…

A woman who has been through the process of withdrawing money from KiwiSaver for hardship reasons says suggestions that people are doing so frivolously are unfair.The sharp increase in hardship withdrawals has concerned the KiwiSaver sector in recent years and Retirement Commissioner Jane Wrightson highlighted it in her recent three-yearly…