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DHBs ask Employment Court to stop healthcare strike

The DHBs says patient services shouldn't be used for bargaining leverage.

Andrew Alderson: Three big questions after Black Caps loss

Opinion: NZ have squandered their chance for a first test series cricket win over.

'Too much boob': Physiotherapist accused of touching breast

A physiotherapist is accused of touching a woman's breast three times during a massage.

'Let's not make this the new toilet paper': Warning as demand for RATs ramps up

One pharmacy owner sold up to 6000 RATs to the public across five outlets on Monday.

The $40,000 kidnap plan: Victim tortured for two days for money that didn't exist

The man was locked in a room, threatened with a knife and stabbed with a screwdriver.

Bloomfield misled public over testing capacity, says opposition

ACT leader David Seymour went further, calling for Dr Bloomfield to be removed.

Rapist tried to add victim on Facebook while awaiting trial

A convicted rapist attempted to add his victim on Facebook while awaiting trial.

19,566 new cases: Supermarket warns of fewer online order slots as 'nearly 1000' staff off work

Suppliers, growers, manufacturers feeling pinch, Countdown says.

Guilty: Jury rejects insanity finding for schizophrenic who murdered pregnant girlfriend

Akash pleaded guilty to Gurpreet Kaur's murder in 2016 but was later granted a trial.

Lozenges and loo paper for those isolating - and a free lunch for a child in need

Are isolation gift boxes with lozenges and loo paper the new version of sending flowers?

Threats emerge in Germany as far-right and pandemic protesters merge

New York Times: Concerns movement against Covid is an incubator of political violence.

Omicron outbreak: More than 800 staff from one DHB off work

All of Auckland's district health boards are now postponing some non-urgent operations.

'Have no illusions': Ukraine ambassador addresses UN

'If Ukraine does not survive... international peace will not survive'.

Ukrainian tries to scuttle Russian boss's New Zealand built superyacht

Engineer Taras Ostapchuk opened hatches on the luxury launch as he was leaving for war.

MPI investigating rider who kicked and hit horse

Video shows a woman beating a horse for about a minute before someone intervenes.

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