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Patient details have been compromised in a cyber attack.
Patient details compromised in cyber attack on North Island GP network
Pinnacle Midlands Health Network has been hit by a cyber attack.
'I've had a few lives in my time': Pensioner narrowly survives impalement
Brian was digging tomatoes when he fell through two panes of glass, 'cutting his rib'.
Dr Tony Farrell: It's time to change alcohol's connection to sport in NZ
OPINION: Sponsorship and marketing must come to end.
Record-breaker: Repairs begin after month's worth of rainfall within three days
Rotorua, Tauranga and Whakatāne have already exceeded normal monthly rainfall average.
'More and more elderly who have nowhere to go': Whare for homeless retirees opens
The whare has been named after a pensioner who died in transitional housing back in March.
Michelle Langstone: 'Life is a procession of departures and arrivals'
The actor and author talks to Elisabeth Easther.
Commissioners can free parking trial, cost to rise to $21 a day
A free parking trial started due to Covid-19 will soon end.
Kiwifruit sector marshals resources against export fruit quality downturn
Kiwifruit industry was 6000 workers short this season.
Wet weather doesn't deter keen anglers
Catch rates were higher on Lake Okataina but Tarawera fish were in the best condition.
Shoreline Management project defines flooding and erosion risks.
The Shoreline Management project has worked to define the flooding and erosion risks.
9975 new Covid cases, 33 deaths in last week; nearly 10 per cent reinfections
For three weeks now, Kiwis have been living without the Covid-19 traffic light system.
Weekend of heavy rain greases up roads
The crash served as a reminder to motorists to "take care and drive to the conditions".
School holiday sun: Better weather on the way for the Bay of Plenty
The weekend is looking to be more settled after a wet start to the school holidays.
SH25 road closed after trees fall during bad weather
The weekend's heavy rainfall has caused a slip on State Highway 25 on Tairua Rd.
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine could have wider benefits
Opinion: Removing GST from medicine is a simple step which would lead to big benefits.
Felix Desmarais: Why I'm not a pop star
Opinion: It started with Celine and ended in a carport in Tauranga.
Free two-hour parking on chopping block as council considers new on-street parking rates
If approved, the new parking rates will come into effect on December 1.
Hamurana Rd to remain closed to through traffic overnight
Multiple slips in the area causing delays.
'Ridiculous': Potholes blamed for popped tyres, damaged wheels, injured ankles
One Tauranga man has resorted to filling in 'horrible' potholes himself.
'Equity issue' as some rural patients face six-week wait to see a doctor
"In the next 10 years about 50 per cent of our GPs are set to retire."
Chamber boss: Business owners should care about local elections
Businesses are stuffed without effective local government...it's true
Michele Hunter: I make a point of supporting local, here's why you should too
Opinion: NZ has incredible small businesses offering unique products and services.
SH33 closed from Paengaroa to Okere Falls, SH2 in Pukehina reopens
Waka Kotahi advised driving conditions might be hazardous and to only drive if essential.
Business digest: Kiwifruit award winner, new lifestyle centre, farm awards open
Got business news? Email carmen.hall@nzme.co.nz or zoe.hunter@nzme.co.nz
Contactless popularity explodes: Retailers to save $74m as 'huge' fees swiped
Customers 'love' contactless payment transactions but who is really picking up the tab?
Samantha Motion: It's time to address the orange envelope in the room
OPINION: What do we want from the people we vote for, anyway?
27-hour rainmaker: Slip closes highway, heavy downfall warnings for north
Rain descends on the North Island just in time for the school holidays.
Steamers chasing win to secure home quarter-final
Waikato and Bay of Plenty will meet on the field tomorrow.
Subscribers weigh in on non-funding of cystic fibrosis treatment
OPINION: Premium subscribers have their say.
Sex, betrayal and dysfunction: What really goes on behind a sex therapist's walls
Sex is "the play of adults" and shouldn't go to the bottom of the priority list.