With COVID in retreat (thanks to highly effective vaccines), the three infectious diseases causing public health officials the greatest concern are malaria (a parasite), HIV (a virus) and tuberculosis ...

Rotorua Lakes Council removed the public bins from Blue Lake (Tikitapu) in March 2023 and said at the time it was to deter wasps and was on a trial basis. Now, the holiday park's operations manager, ...

First, Auckland were swept aside 4-0 by Western United at home to end their unbeaten debut campaign in quite the unfestive manner. The Phoenix could not improve the holidays for the nation the ...

The search continues for eight divers who failed to surface following a dive expedition. Island Times reports the divers, seven tourists and one dive guide (three women, five men) did come up after a ...

Suspected and confirmed cases of whooping cough have reached 127 in Samoa. Samoa's deputy director general of health, Dr Robert Thomsen, said 14 cases were confirmed and 113 suspected between ...

Arguably the most high-profile case of the year, retired Auckland eye surgeon, Philip Polkinghorne, was on trial for the ...

Seventeen-year-old Arvid will be the latest Red Bull Junior to compete in the New Zealand championship, a roster than ...

Police have commenced a homicide investigation into the death of a 42-year-old woman in Ngāruawāhia this afternoon.

Shoppers have packed into stores on one of the busiest shopping days of the year, to take advantage of Boxing Day sales. At ...

The Suzuki man qualified fastest and then won both F2 races on Thursday, before also going out in the all-capacities Robert ...

Christmas Day: Surf lifeguards at Hot Water Beach in the Coromandel provided first aid to a surfer who had dislocated their shoulder.

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