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- Expert panel to advise on welfare system overhaul announced May 27, 2018Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni has announced the members of an expert group to advise the Government on its promised overhaul of the welfare system, including the sanctions regime.Former Children's Commissioner Cindy...
- Critic cover features censored letter from uni May 27, 2018Student magazine Critic Te Arohi has hit back at University of Otago "censorship" by redacting a statement from the institution in its latest issue.It was revealed last week the proctor and university Campus Watch staff had removed...
- Cockroaches found on Air NZ plane in second incident within a month May 27, 2018Air New Zealand is in the spotlight for a second time in a week for reports of cockroaches on board Australia to New Zealand flights.The Herald was contacted by an Air NZ passenger who travelled from Sydney to Auckland on May...
- Judith Collins doing an 'outstanding job', Simon Bridges says following poll May 27, 2018National leader Simon Bridges does not appear concerned by the appearance of his MP Judith Collins in the preferred prime minister stakes in a new poll."She is like, a number in our caucus, doing an outstanding job. And I think...
- 'Give me cash or I will hit you with this hammer': Papamoa pizza store robbed May 27, 2018A man is alleged to have threatened to hit a Papamoa pizza shop worker with a hammer if the worker did not give him cash from the till. Another worker at Domino's Pizza at Fashion Island said a shift manager was working at the back...
- Police continue hunt for dangerous driver In Napier May 27, 2018Police are continuing to hunt for a dangerous driver who narrowly missed a bus in Napier on Friday night.Police had been pursuing the Holden Commodore after they spotted it driving dangerously on State Highway 2 at Awatoto about...
- Another fatality pushes Northland's road toll to 20 May 27, 2018A man died and eight others, including two unrestrained passengers in the boot of a car, were injured after a two-vehicle crash in Northland.A 21-year-old man from Waipū was the sole occupant in a car that collided with a Mitsubishi...
- Drunk man accidentally shoots himself in the chest in Tokomaru Bay May 27, 2018A person has accidentally shot themselves in Tokomaru Bay, near Gisborne.A police spokeswoman said they were notified by ambulance at 6.45am that a man had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. "He appears to have been intoxicated...
- Youth gang blamed as 30 cars in Rotorua broken into May 27, 2018Police say a group of crooks are targeting cars in Rotorua's central suburbs with almost 30 cars broken into in 18 days.Rotorua police say they are working hard to catch the thieves who are hitting the Victoria area.The thefts...
- Rose robbers a thorn in the side of Matthews Nurseries in Whanganui May 27, 2018Nothing is off-limits, not even plants.Two service stations and a liquor store were targeted in aggravated robberies last week, where cash, cigarettes and alcohol were stolen.And on Saturday morning Bob and Cath Matthews of Matthews...