The Central Hawke's Bay village of Pōrangahau is on standby for a possible evacuation with a pine forest fire burning nearby.

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Health NZ misconduct hotline complaints could not be followed up after a coordinator was made redundant last year.

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Police said the alarm was raised at 1.40pm today and Coastguard Hawke's Bay were deployed to help with the search.

A woman was hit over the head and strangled after an argument over unpaid rent turned violent. Mathew David Linch then ...

Renderings depict a vast space with gold and crystal chandeliers, gilded Corinthian columns, a coffered ceiling with gold ...