A car struck a power pole in Whanganui East this morning.

“The GP is very often the first person that someone will go to."

'I felt really proud of myself.'

“It’s all about slowing the mind down."

“If people can skive off work on Friday that would be the better day."

Rates are below pre-Covid levels.

Planning ahead could prevent such difficulties for older patients.

The wool from this couple's Papanui Estate farm is turned into designer bags.

'It’ll be happening for years and they just won’t realise.'

The name change didn't go down well with locals.

'My finish time was a bit quicker than I’d expected.'

'If we knew then what we know now, I think we may have reconsidered buying this place.'

Council says issue likely bacteria or micro-organisms forming slime inside the pipes.

Uber Eats is taking orders across the river city from today.

"If somebody has a bad experience, then they’re unlikely to return.”

"They’ve struggled at home with multiple siblings that are sick."

"I’ve been sick and my son who lived with me has just recently died."

"Rest in peace, dear Bill. You’ll always be with us."

“When you write fiction, it’s like you’ve got a mask on."

“There’s been quite a large uptake.”

“An hour can be a long time if you’re not feeling well.”

“It’s putting our little city on the map.”

'It's a hidden success story, people just don’t realise what we do.'

“He thinks he’s pretty cool with his sunglasses on, he kind of struts out.”

“There’s three types of bars: dangerous, very dangerous and extremely dangerous."

“It’s ever-changing and there’s a long waiting list for people.”

The race in which shepherds eat disgusting things has hit a milestone.

“It really is just enabling of the Pacific community."

'Pretty good news for everyone” - mostly warm and dry for holiday break.

“We’ve had an absolute cracker of a year."

"We always believed that it was possible for us to get over the line at this election."

“New Zealand clinicians were not, and should not have been, oblivious to this.”

“If I hadn’t communicated with them, they wouldn’t have communicated with me.”

Building consent a year ago was for a Taco Bell with drive-through and 51-seat restaurant.

'It looks like they’ve taken an axe to it.'

“It’s never desirable to have people waiting."

Between 50 and 100 people flocked to the filming location to meet the Baywatch star.

'There’s less money available, but often that’s when people are most generous.'

“Investment like this is still crucial because it creates jobs and boosts wages."

"That means telling women’s stories as much as the usually more well-known men’s stories."