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So far this year, there've been more than 1,200 attacks on paramedics. Photo / NZH Focus

NEW ZEALAND

Step closer to new law jailing people who attack paramedics

19 Sep, 2018 6:06pm
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Australia now has a similar law and the UK this week doubled jail time for attackers.

Residents feared chickens found dead and dying near the Titirangi shopping centre had been poisoned. Photo / Bianca Shaw

NEW ZEALAND

SPCA investigating suspected poisoning of Titirangi chickens

17 Sep, 2018 11:42am
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It's unclear what poison may have been used - some Titirangi locals allege it was 1080

A number of chickens, as well as a few roosters, suddenly started rolling off the hillside and having violent seizures and spasms. Photo / Bianca Shaw

NEW ZEALAND

'Traumatising to watch': Famed Titirangi chickens 'poisoned'

16 Sep, 2018 3:42pm
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"It was like they were really drunk... they could barely walk or stand" - Witness

The witness said part of Atkinson Ave was cordoned off until

NEW ZEALAND

Witness: 'Piercing screams' heard as police taser man accused of aiming loaded rifle at officers

13 Sep, 2018 4:30pm
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Two officers narrowly avoided death after a man allegedly pulled trigger on rifle at them.

Karina Tipene cooks dinner late when it's cold to heat the house up for her seven young grandchildren.

NEW ZEALAND

Cold comfort: Solo mum borrows to pay power bills

11 Sep, 2018 3:05pm
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Karina Tipene heats up her house by cooking dinner late for her seven young grandchildren.

Energy prices have soared, the review has found. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi households paying 'almost 80 per cent more for power today than in 1990'

11 Sep, 2018 1:00pm
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Distributors are not making "excessive profits", electricity pricing review finds.

Ivy Barn, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her usual bubbly self.

NEW ZEALAND

Paramedic's rare and risky procedure to save 3-year-old Ivy

7 Sep, 2018 3:05pm
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Ivy, who has since been diagnosed with tonic-clonic epilepsy, is back to her bubbly self.

Telemarketers sells everything from vacuum cleaners to pay TV. Photo / 123rf

NEW ZEALAND

Swamped by cold calls: Consumer watchdog wants 'Do Not Call' register

4 Sep, 2018 9:15am
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Consumer NZ wants official Do Not Call register to be set up to stop nuisance calls.

St John has apologised after an incident involving a woman and her mother. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Paramedic keeps job after making 'offensive' comments

2 Sep, 2018 3:46pm
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The woman was told "there were already 600 patients at Middlemore ED just like her".

NORTHERN ADVOCATE

Pumping his way back to health

18 Aug, 2018 6:00am
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Six months ago GJ Hill could barely walk. Now he's off to the bodybuilding world champs.

In two photos side by side of Gary-John Hill taken six months apart, he looks almost unrecognisable.

LIFESTYLE

From chemo to six-pack: 'I looked like a 67-year-old man'

16 Aug, 2018 7:53pm
4 minutes to read

Gary-John Hill's unbelievable transformation, just six months on from chemo.

Maria Molisi and her family heard loud noises and saw

BAY OF PLENTY TIMES

Family struggle without power for days

16 Aug, 2018 5:35pm
3 minutes to read

Maria Molisi who is 36 weeks pregnant, says the stress of the ordeal has been unbearable.

NEW ZEALAND

A power box exploded on the street. Their household appliances were destroyed

15 Aug, 2018 4:43pm
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Maria Molisi who is 36 weeks pregnant, says the stress of the ordeal has been unbearable.

Findings released on Monday by the Deputy Health and Disability Commissioner, Rose Wall, show two paramedics failed to properly assess a 73-year-old man's shortness of breath in 2016. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Man died minutes after paramedics decided he didn't need to go to hospital

13 Aug, 2018 5:33pm
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Paramedics told to personally apologise to man's family and undertake further training.

A man, suspected of using synthetic drugs, died on Auckland's Queen St in broad daylight. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Central city tragedy: Man dies on Queen St after taking synthetic drugs

10 Aug, 2018 8:34pm
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In late July, the Coroner found 45 deaths linked to synthetics from the year to June.

Police work at the scene of the Southern Motorway accident near Greenlane on November 20, 2000, where Eddie Tavinor was killed. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Tensions flare at inquest into near 18-year-old case

6 Aug, 2018 5:30pm
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Eddie Tavinor was decapitated when a truck part flew through his ute windscreen in 2000.

City Garden Apartments on Albert Street where controversial cladding has been found.

NEW ZEALAND

Apartment owner 'disgusted' controversial cladding not yet removed

12 Jun, 2018 6:03pm
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City Garden Apartments is one of 25 Auckland buildings with cladding like Grenfell Tower.

Ian Blackie today. He was a cadet based in Trentham who was called to help with the rescue after the sinking of the Wahine in 1968 Photo supplied to the New Zealand Herald

NEW ZEALAND

Former cop accounts part in Wahine rescue

9 Apr, 2018 3:13pm
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Ian Blackie, now 68, is still surprised anyone survived the 'horrific' conditions that day