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The entrance to Smiths Harbour, Auckland Island. Photo / Greg Bowker

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First $2m step to make Auckland Island pest-free

23 Jun, 2018 1:00pm
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Eradication may cost $40 million to $50 million over eight to 10 years.

Touchdown: Emirates flight EK450 touches down in Auckland for the first time. Photo / Supplied

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Bali to Auckland with a surfboard on the inaugual Emirates flight

15 Jun, 2018 12:42pm
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Theres' space for a surfboard on Emirates first direct flight between Auckland and Bali.

Surfers will welcome the addition of new flight option to the Indonesian island. Photo/123RF.

BUSINESS

Emirates kicks off battle with Air NZ

15 Jun, 2018 9:53am
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The new direct route will see Emirates take on Air New Zealand.

Ruth Schumann received a $1200 refund after complaining to health authorities about the bill for her husband's care. Photo / Dean Purcell

BUSINESS

Investigation probes rest home charging

11 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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Premium room charges are a growing revenue stream for aged-care facilities.

NZ's ageing population will see a growth in the number living with dementia. Photo / Michael Cunningham

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Dementia unit monitoring welcomed

8 Jun, 2018 3:12pm
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Dementia New Zealand say the move is a step in the right direction.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush wants to meet Davidson. Photo / Michael Craig

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Police respond to racial profiling claims

8 Jun, 2018 2:49pm
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Suggestions of racial profiling at odds with police values, Bush says.

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MP accuses police of racial profiling, 'systemic racism'

8 Jun, 2018 11:29am
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Marama Davidson is the latest politician to speak openly on the subject.

A major improvement to screening for cervical cancer has been delayed. Photo/Andrew Labett Hawkes Bay Today

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Delay in cancer screening improvement

7 Jun, 2018 2:52pm
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The change to screening for HPV is expected to save lives - but is now delayed.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says the extension of his office's mandate is major. Photo / Paul Taylor

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Dementia monitoring 'will shine a light'

6 Jun, 2018 6:10pm
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Grey Power now want better monitoring of all rest home and aged-care facilities.

Some elderly patients have been left sitting alone for hours on end. Photo / 123RF

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Govt sees need for dementia unit oversight

6 Jun, 2018 11:14am
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Ombudsman keen to 'shine a light' into dementia units.

People involved in cervical cancer screening will have direct or

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Concern over proposed cervical screening law change

5 Jun, 2018 3:22pm
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Legislation being considered would increase access to a national register of women.

A cervical cell sample is applied to a slide. Screening rates have caused concern. Photo / File

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Women with cancer 'failed' by lack of screening

2 Jun, 2018 5:00am
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Only three of 20 DHBs are meeting a target for cervical cancer screening.

Evan - a man who stayed in the Palms Lifecare rest home in Pukekohe. His care was subject to a complaint by the DHB, after his family learnt he had maggots in his wounds. Photo / Supplied

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'Deeply distressing': Family's horror after 15 maggots found in rest-home resident

31 May, 2018 3:22pm
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The man's family have asked the DHB to keep investigating.

How Evan's family say they found him after he had his feet and leg wounds treated. Photo / Supplied

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Family's rest-home horror: Maggots found in wounds

31 May, 2018 5:00am
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How does a rest home resident end up with maggots in his wounds?

Pamela Duckworth was sent to St Vincent's home for unwed mothers in 1964. Photo supplied

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Forced adoption 'unimaginably horrific'

25 May, 2018 5:00am
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Pamela Duckworth says pressure to agree to give up babies was intense.

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Bowel screening: Almost 10,000 missed

18 May, 2018 1:41pm
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9540 people weren't invited for free screening.

Taxpayers may face more cost associated with the 2013 deal approved by the National government. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Saudi sheep saga: Govt faces legal action over tender

17 May, 2018 5:00am
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Taxpayers could fork out more over controversial Saudi sheep project.

The DHB says residents still in the rest home are safe. Photo / file.

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Kiwi rest home horror: Maggots and bloodied sheets

12 May, 2018 3:39pm
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Terminally-ill relative was left covered in flies and had maggots crawling in open wounds.

Jacinda Ardern took up Wilkinson's petition when in Opposition. Photo / Marty Melville

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Exclusive: Inquiry on forced adoption considered

11 May, 2018 5:00am
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The Australian Government apologised for forced adoptions in 2013.

Maggie Wilkinson with her daughters Vivienne Cory-Wright (left) and Rebecca Wilkinson, and granddaughter Pippa Wright. NZ Herald photo Mark Mitchell.

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'Please, don't take her': A heartbroken mother speaks

11 May, 2018 5:00am
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One woman's story about a traumatic chapter in New Zealand's history.

Trade Minister David Parker has been highly critical of the former Government for making the deal. Rotorua Daily Post Photograph by Ben Fraser

BUSINESS

Saudi sheep saga: 'model farm in desert' still unfinished

11 May, 2018 5:00am
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The ewes were flown over in October 2014.

Flying towards the Grand Canyon; dune buggies in the desert. Photo / Supplied

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Nevada: Desert rush

7 May, 2018 12:00pm
6 minutes to read

Forget the tawdry thrills of the casinos — the real excitement is just outside Las Vegas.

Big gaps have been found in a review of cancer care in the Auckland region and in Northland. Photo / Sherring

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Surgeons demand change: 'Patients are at risk'

5 May, 2018 5:00am
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Surgeons demand urgent "sea change" at one of the country's largest health boards.

Health spending has become a major political issue for the new Government. Photo / 123RF

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'Postcode healthcare': The hospital war putting patients at risk

5 May, 2018 5:00am
13 minutes to read

ADHB surgeons have called for an urgent "sea change".

The rest home changed hands late last year and shortly after a damning investigation. Photo / File

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Rest home ran out of incontinence supplies

25 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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No vacuum and lack of food at rest home: staff.

Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Rawhiti Roa was audited late last year after complaints by the former board chair. Photo / John Stone.

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'Eyebrow-raising' wages paid to principal's relatives

21 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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Auditors concluded "significant improvements in cash management are necessary".

Paramedic moves elderly woman being kept in recliner to hospital after daughter finds her with swollen legs and 'away with fairies'. Photo / Supplied

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'It tore my heart out': 95yo left in rest home armchair for 24 days

21 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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"All she wanted was a bed that they could raise her head a little bit."

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Runaway lawyer: Warrant issued after flee from 'death threats'

17 Apr, 2018 12:16pm
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The lawyer says he left New Zealand after receiving death threats.

Health Minister David Clark was told about the second issue the day before he announced a review of the screening programme. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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Bowel cancer screening: Hundreds more miss test

17 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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Documents show 333 more people weren't invited to take part in the bowel cancer screening.

The Government is facing calls to reform the aged care sector. Photo file

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Rest home access by postcode: report

11 Apr, 2018 4:00pm
5 minutes to read

"This can have serious consequences for their health."

Alice Newman and Reuben Clark, who had booked a wedding at Cassels but are now fighting for their money back. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Couple want refund over wedding uncertainty

9 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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A top wedding venue can't give brides assurances on their bookings.

Cornelis van der Zeyden and Anne Blythe were paired by Age Concern's visiting service. Photo / Michael Craig

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Lonely NZ: Third of elderly spend days alone

8 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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Thirty per cent of 37,000 seniors assessed last year spend eight hours or more alone a day

Alison Jackson died in the early hours of January 28.

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Resthome death 'can't be in vain'

7 Apr, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Exclusive: Daughter of dead woman received alarming email regarding her mother's care.

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Health bosses warn Govt: 'Patients could die'

5 Apr, 2018 5:00am
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Health Minister warned changes could be unethical and kill or seriously harm addicts.

Robert Love holds a picture of his late mother who suffered from failings during her care in a rest home. Photo / John Borren

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Who watches the rest homes? DHB accused of 'collaboration'

28 Mar, 2018 6:43pm
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Robert Love found his 92-year-old mother shivering in a urine-soaked blanket.

Rest home carers do a valiant job but many are overworked, says Grey Power.

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Shocking report: Elderly restrained in chairs all day at rest homes

26 Mar, 2018 5:00am
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Justice Minister Andrew Little is set to shake up the monitoring of aged-care facilities.

A review of rest home audit reports reveals repeated shortcomings, including staffing problems. Photo / 123RF

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Rest home residents left hungry, in pain

24 Mar, 2018 5:00am
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The Health Minister says stories of poor care are too common.

Paula Sole didn't lodge a formal complaint over the 2012 death, partly because the rest home apologised. Photo / Dean Purcell

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Our rest home shame: Death, hunger and expired meds

24 Mar, 2018 5:00am
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Preventable tragedies reflect wider problems in a sector trusted with our most vulnerable.

Las Vegas, another town that never sleeps. Photo / Getty Images

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USA: Eating Las Vegas

21 Mar, 2018 5:01pm
6 minutes to read

Las Vegas' once seedy downtown is experiencing a rebirth — as Nicholas Jones discovers.

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NZDF releases more info on SAS raid

13 Mar, 2018 1:24pm
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Nicky Hager says the release proves the raid was in the location as events in Hit & Run.

Farideh and Ronald LaPread own the Dryden Lodge in Grey Lynn. Photo / Olivia Hemus

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Commodores bassist owns lodge where two found dead

10 Mar, 2018 5:30pm
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The investigation into the deaths of Tania Ellwood and Timothy Kerr Hamilton is ongoing.

Enjoying a replay of an All Blacks game isn't a bad way to wait for a flight. Photo / Photosport

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Flight check: Auckland to LA

6 Mar, 2018 9:00am
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Nicholas Jones flies Air New Zealand from Auckland to LA.

NZQA is working on making paper-based exams a thing of the past. Photo / Brett Phibbs

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Frozen screens and broken passwords: NCEA's online exam fail

3 Mar, 2018 5:00am
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NZQA is working towards offering almost all exams online by 2020.

Police have initiated a recruitment drive as the new Government expands frontline officer numbers. Photo / File

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The police, the cocaine bust and the racism row

25 Feb, 2018 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Drug charges dropped after police accused of racial profiling.

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Free uni fees push students to courses they 'won't pass'

22 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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Universities want the Government to stump up with extra cash.

The popular online game Grand Theft Auto V. Photo / supplied.

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Predators target online gaming kids

18 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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"Parents before who have gone through and done huge culls of the friends list."

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Census should ask about sexual orientation: Shaw

11 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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James Shaw wants census to include questions on gender identity and sexual orientation.

Negotiations are ongoing over how to host the next America's Cup. Photo / Chris Cameron / www.photosport.nz

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Deal on America's Cup bases closer?

10 Feb, 2018 1:12pm
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David Parker and Phil Goff met with Grant Dalton yesterday.

IVHQ founder Daniel Radcliffe. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Kiwi firm scraps orphanage volunteers

10 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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Kiwis won't be sent on foreign placements amid concerns the children are being exploited.

Locations can be idyllic but volunteers may find themselves unqualified for the placements they have been given and without support, or having travelled thousands of kilometres simply to wash dishes.

BUSINESS

Voluntourism: Are best intentions enough?

10 Feb, 2018 5:00am
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Who benefits when Kiwis head overseas to volunteer?

The principal said there were a number of primary schools that had a similar philosophy of focusing solely on reading for homework. Photo / 123RF

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'They are exhausted': School scraps homework

9 Feb, 2018 3:23pm
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Principal says children should have time to join clubs and do activities after school.

Steve and Diane Loach bought a 2013 Volkswagen Amarok ute that had previously been written off by an insurance company in Australia. Photo / Supplied

BUSINESS

Couple bought $40k car - then found out it was a write-off

1 Feb, 2018 12:32pm
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Calls for action after loophole revealed.

New regulations will mean written-off vehicles would need to be specified as such by a dealer. Photo / Greg Bowker

BUSINESS

Buyer beware: New rules on write-off cars

1 Feb, 2018 10:28am
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Cars written-off in Australia can be repaired and on-sold in New Zealand.

Buns and a crab dish in Singapore's China Town. Photo / Erwin Verbruggen

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Singapore: Streets of delight

24 Jan, 2018 4:00pm
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The city state's food stalls are delicious and fabulously cheap, writes Nicholas Jones.

Auckland Primary Principals' Association president Kevin Bush says the restraint rules are concerning teachers. Photo / Michelle Hyslop

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Kids left to trash school property

20 Jan, 2018 5:00am
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Principals say teachers are now hesitant to restrain unruly students.

The hardline policy of arresting student loan defaulters at the airport is likely to face scrutiny next year,. Photo / Doug Sherring

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Student loan debtor arrested at border

21 Dec, 2017 5:00am
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The new Government has signalled the arrest policy could be scrapped.

The fees free policy is being rolled out next year. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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'Gaming' risk with free tertiary policy

20 Dec, 2017 7:41pm
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A Cabinet paper on the policy has been released.

The earthquake damaged Christ Church Cathedral in Cathedral Square. Photo by Geoff Sloan.

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Christ Church Cathedral legislation passes

20 Dec, 2017 4:30pm
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The Government will put $10 million towards the rebuild cost.

Law changes make it easier for terminally ill people to access cannabis. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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Terminally ill now able to use cannabis

20 Dec, 2017 1:00pm
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Details of how products will be prescribed are yet to be confirmed.

A report has highlighted serious animal welfare issues. Photo / Wanganui Chronicle

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Too many dead greyhounds: Ban racing says the Greens

20 Dec, 2017 11:46am
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Dogs should not be dying for people's gambling pleasure, says party spokesman.

National says there is no good reason to rush the legislation through.

BUSINESS

Overseas buyer ban rushed through

19 Dec, 2017 7:00pm
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The ban scratches a racist itch, Act leader David Seymour says.

The Government will enter pay equity negotiations with mental health and addiction support workers. Photo / Dean Purcell

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Unions jump gun on pay equity announcement

19 Dec, 2017 4:33pm
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The unions announced negotiations - but David Clark says none are confirmed.