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Coroner urges review of hospital transfers after patient's death

The coroner has discovered a series of bungles after Ian Bell's early prostate surgery.

Night out ends in pub carpark beating, four surgeries for victim

Two strangers crossed paths outside a Taranaki pub and the result was a brutal attack.

Woman kidnapped at knifepoint, threatened to be sold to gang

Held at knifepoint, thinking of her son fuelled a woman's escape from her abductor.

Police withdraw all but one indecent assault charge against rap artist

Martin Frost originally faced 13 charges.

Man dials 111 - gets arrested

Police asked him to stop calling unless he had a genuine emergency. He kept abusing them.

Trio plead not guilty after 4-year-old severely injured

The boy's injuries include fractures to the hips, ribs, sternum, sternal and spine.

Local Focus: 'Confounding' sport of golf on the decline

Border restrictions mean more people are playing at Whanganui Golf Club's Belmont course but still they need players.

'You may not get the ambulance': The Kiwi town hit hard by anti-vaxxers

'The tearooms have lost so many staff they can't actually open Mondays and Tuesdays.'

Local Focus: Gisborne's special athletes

Gisborne to take first Special Olympic team to the National Māori Basketball Tournament.