Nicholas Jones is an investigative reporter at the New Zealand Herald.
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Kiwi music stars fight against gold mine plan beneath conservation land
It could be among the first such projects approved under Govt bill.
Major hospital privacy breach ensnares dozens of patients
The hospital has 'immediately ceased using window envelopes'.
Leaked report: Problematic heart services at Waikato Hospital linked to avoidable deaths
Report finds "wide recognition of avoidable preoperative mortality".
Exclusive: Outbreak response hampered by DHBs flying blind on staff vaccination
The problem "presented a barrier to rapidly and safely deploying staff", an email reveals.
Heart patients caught in backlogs rushed to hospital for emergency care
"Suboptimal care does not necessarily lead to harm," Waikato DHB says.
Exclusive: 'Extensive' backlogs at Waikato heart services, govt adviser's warning
Patients needing urgent heart care were waiting more than six months, emails reveal.
'Consumed with grief': Widow says DHB failed her husband
"I am absolutely consumed, consumed with grief," widow of heart surgery patient says.
Exclusive: Gross understaffing, bullying and dysfunction at major hospital
Waikato DHB tried to keep expert panel's extraordinary findings from the public.
How is your DHB performing?
The Treasury report has rated DHBs - finding a number have significant issues.
Winners, losers in new school funding
Schools will today learn how much extra funding they will get as a result of having students "at risk" of educational underachievement enrolled.
Waikato MP to leave Parliament
Long-serving Waikato MP Lindsay Tisch will leave Parliament after next year's election.
Petition to extend breast screening age
The petition calls on the Government to extend the free national breast screening programme for women, to women aged 70 to 74.
Plan for DHBs to decide on fluorination
District Health Boards, rather than councils, will decide whether water supplies are fluoridated under proposals announced by the Government.
Flag taken down following MP's critcism
The homeowner who was blasted by Labour MP Sue Moroney for flying the alternative flag has taken it down.
'Abusive parents should lose their rights'
Foster parents have called for an overhaul of adoption laws, saying their decisions can be challenged in court by transient birth mother.
Labour MP criticised over flag tweet
A Labour MP who blasted an owner of a "flash beach house" for flying the alternative flag owns a holiday home herself.
Lending to investors grows
Investors took out nearly $2 billion in mortgages in a month, the latest statistics show - 33 per cent of all new lending.