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Combined cleaner-security roles at Waikato hospitals raise safety fears

Cost savings from the scheme fell short, saving $137,300 instead of $207,300.

Editorial: Super Rugby Pacific has turned around – and fast

OPINION: Super Rugby Pacific's changes have sped up the game and made it a better watch.

'It will be the end of his career': Auckland musician who abused ex fights for anonymity

Some music industry members filed affidavits in support of the man.

‘Bit of an overkill’: $2.3m toilets with light show that twinkles while you tinkle

The public toilet block turns into a rainbow 'light show' at night.

Wellingtonians now pay far than most Kiwis for insurance

The capital is facing heftier price rises on already higher insurance premiums.

Supermarkets admit breaching Fair Trading Act with misleading prices, face millions in fines

The maximum penalty for each charge is $600,000.

Audrey Young: Why NZ is slow to loudly support US strikes on Iran

OPINION: Unlike NZ, Australia was under pressure domestically to support the US.

Markets with Madison: Halter’s US expansion

Craig Piggott left Rocket Lab to build cow collars and create a virtual fencing company in 2017. Its technology is now digitising farms and ranches around the world.

Letters: Ongoing consequences of Trump's actions awaited with dread

OPINION: A reader worries what might happen after the US joined Israel in its Iran attack.

MetService Severe Weather - June 23 - 28

MetService Severe Weather - June 23 - 28. Video / MetService

'Read our travel advice': MFAT urges travellers to regularly check news for updates

Israel briefly closed its airspace following US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.

Hunt for motorcyclist after fatal hit-and-run: Police get several responses

Johnson suffered critical injuries after he was hit on a pedestrian crossing.

School lockdown after clash between family groups in South Auckland

The Papatoetoe school wrote about the incident on social media, saying police attended.

Police seek sightings of two missing teens last seen in red vehicle

Concerned families urge anyone with information to contact police on 105.

'Enormous harm': Police bust major drug syndicate in Wellington

Police seized 23kg of meth and more than 1000 MDMA pills in Wellington.

'Recipe for disaster': Boys left with loaded rifle while man went fishing and drinking

'God know who they might have shot and killed or wounded' - Judge Snell

NZ First drafting bill to require a single Ngāpuhi settlement

Seymour responds to NZ First drafting bill for only one Ngāpuhi settlement.

Acting PM David Seymour says NZ won't rush to judgment on US attacks on Iran

David Seymour says New Zealand is still waiting for further information before responding to calls to denounce the bombings as a breach of international law.