18 Jun: If Chaucer makes a comeback in the proposed English curriculum rewrite, we shouldn’t dismiss what his work tells us about human nature – and contemporary New Zealand.... more
18 Jun: With a 40% staffing shortfall, midwifery needs better funding. But as new research shows, midwives also need recognition and support for the important work they do in the New Zealand health sector.... more
18 Jun: A large bird is believed to have caused an engine fire, that forced a flight from Queenstown to Melbourne to make an emergency landing in Invercargill last night... more
18 Jun: State Highway 2 at Whakaki, just north of the Hawke's Bay's town of Wairoa has now closed - as the road's expected to be blocked for some time... more
RUGBY The three New South Wales players under injury clouds have been cleared to play in Game 2 of the State of Origin series in Melbourne tonight More...
BUSINESS Power has been restored to more than a thousand customers across Wairoa and Tairawhiti -- as flooding subsides around a substation More...
