Ongoing issues around the provision of court-ordered psychiatric reports for offenders have given rise to two High Court proceedings.The Waikato District Health Board, whose understaffed forensic mental health service (FMHS) is... Read...
A personal security guard who assaulted someone in his family is among eight security workers who`ve had their operating licences cancelled this year.Complaints made to the authority that issues the licences include security guards... Read...
New Zealand has halted the deportation of a Falun Gong follower who entered on fake papers, granting her refugee status on the grounds she could face serious harm if returned to China. The Chinese woman and her `husband` landed... Read...
Climate change and indigenous rights are areas of common ground for Australia and New Zealand with Labor taking back power after nine years under a conservative coalition, a political expert says.But Australia`s harsher approach... Read...
A southwesterly is expected to flow over the country this week, bringing showery conditions to much of the North Island.The good news is that an anticyclone will arrive on Friday and push the rain away. MetService forecaster Gerard... Read...
Each week the NZ Herald`s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it`s the ultimate guide to what first-home buyers need to know to improve their chance of getting on the property ladder. Hosted by Frances... Read...
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will head to the United States on Monday night - but her recent bout of Covid-19 has put at risk her first White House visit and meeting with US President Joe Biden.Ardern was expected to visit the... Read...
Max Verstappen has won the Spanish Grand Prix and taken the lead in the F1 world championship after Ferrari`s Charles Leclerc was forced out of the race.Leclerc started on pole position and appeared to be cruising to victory before... Read...
Manchester City are the champions of England again but they needed three late goals to secure the title after trailing Aston Villa on the final match of the English Premier League season.City won the title by just one point over... Read...