One of the treatment areas in Nelson Hospital's upgraded emergency department. Photo: Samantha Gee / RNZ The upgrade of Nelson Hospital's emergency department has been completed, increasing capacity for patients in need of urgent care - but the health minister says there remains a bed shortage, which the government is working to address. Simeon Brown officially opened the new emergency department in Nelson on Monday.

Wallace has been a mainstay on the hit UK quiz show since 2009, and is travelling the country for a series of charity quiz bouts for local organisation Cure Kids. The Chase quizmaster Shaun Wallace aka The Dark Destroyer. Photo / ITV Wallace’s last tour in 2023 raised $80,000 for local charities, but besides his passion for the cause, it’s the moments with his fans he treasures the most.

After that audit, it was found he’d accessed 44 patient records for people he had no involvement with, and admitted he had no business accessing them when confronted by Te Whatu Ora. Today, at a hearing of the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal, the physio, who has ongoing name suppression, accepted that what he did was inappropriate, but it was borne from a place of “professional curiosity”.

It did say the lease was a “cost-effective long-term solution” and favourable terms were negotiated. The Herald complained to the public sector watchdog, Ombudsman John Allen, citing the need for transparency for the use of ratepayer funds, and pointing to the publication of details of similar lease arrangements for other city councils’ headquarters. The Ombudsman investigated and wrote to council CEO Matt Prosser.

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Monday, 3 November 2025, 2:31 pmPress Release: Cloudian AUCKLAND – 3 November 2025 – Cloudian is enabling governments, enterprises, and service providers worldwide to develop sovereign AI projects within their national borders, using its proven S3-compatible storage platforms. With Cloudian HyperStore for AI data management and the Cloudian HyperScale AI Data Platform – which integrates NVIDIA accelerated computing, networking and NVIDIA…

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Monday, 3 November 2025, 1:02 pmPress Release: Kiwi Economics Offshore data and events drove financial markets last week. A hawkish dissent to the Fed rate cut and a hot Aussie inflation print saw expectations for further easing from the Fed and RBA pared back. That repricing found its way to Kiwi markets, with yields climbing in sympathy and the Kiwi dollar under pressure.

Monday, 3 November 2025, 1:04 pmArticle: RNZ Russell Palmer, Political Reporter The public will not find out until after the election how Labour would handle the thousands of property valuations needed for its capital gains tax (CGT) policy. Under the CGT policy released early on Tuesday - in the wake of leaks to RNZ over the weekend - profits from selling commercial and residential…

Photo: Biosecurity NZ Northland conservationist Brad Windust has slammed Biosecurity New Zealand's response to the arrival of yellow-legged hornets, calling it "hopelessly inadequate". The former Far North beekeeper and pest trapper said he's sounding the alarm over what he describes as a lack of urgency shown by authorities over eradicating the pest. Biosecurity New Zealand has so far found five yellow-legged hornets, including three queens, in and around the suburb of Glenfield on Auckland's North Shore.

Who is playing, when and where? Ireland are playing New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago in the first of the autumn internationals that also sees them play Japan, Australia and South Africa this month. It kicks off at 8.10pm on Saturday night. How can I watch? You can watch it on Virgin Media One on terrestrial TV, where coverage begins at 7pm, or you can watch it on TNT Sports 2 if you prefer, where coverage starts at 7.45pm.

Speed was cited as an important factor in choosing a plan, but almost half of the people surveyed said they did not know what speed they were on. Male said, for most people, a reliable 100Mbps (megabits per second) fibre connection was enough to stream, work from home, shop, video-call family and manage bills online. A 100Mbps fibre connection might cost about $35 less a month than a 500Mbps plan, he said.

Police agreed that intensive supervision would be a suitable outcome. Police released CCTV stills and mugshots of Richard Hona while looking for him in 2014. Photo / Supplied But Judge Hermann Retzlaff said a short term of imprisonment was necessary given Hona’s over 50 previous convictions for similar offending - almost 30 of which resulted in past imprisonment. “Unfortunately, that is the sentence that has to be imposed for the protection of the community,” the judge said.

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Sunday, 2 November 2025, 1:36 pmArticle: Bill Bennett In this edition: City Rail Link passengers to get continuous mobile TCF - Making it easier for consumers to understand their broadband options Opensignal Wild weather drives 300% surge in texting through space on One NZ Satellite 350 transmitters, 74km of cable for underground network One New Zealand is leading the build programme so passengers get…

Sunday, 2 November 2025, 2:27 pmPress Release: Netsafe New Zealanders lost significantly more money to online credit card scams in October, despite the number of reported cases dropping. Netsafe, New Zealand’s independent online safety organisation, recorded a 235% jump in financial losses from these scams last month, climbing from $1,865 in September to $6,264 in October. While reports to…

Sunday, 2 November 2025, 2:49 pmArticle: RNZ Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent Households living on JobSeeker Support or NZ Super alone have to spend more each week than they have coming in to cover the basics, on average, a new report says. Ka Mākona, the Zero Hunger Collective, has issued its latest annual report, which notes that 27 percent of…

Sunday, 2 November 2025, 2:52 pmArticle: RNZ Susan Edmunds, Money Correspondent Fixing a home loan for less than 5 percent is possible at the moment - but should you do it? As interest rates have fallen over this year, all home loan fixed term rates have dropped. From a high of more than 7 percent, they now…

More than 13,000 homes in Southland and Otago remain without power. Photo: RNZ / Katie Todd Residents in rural Southland and Otago have been urged to get in touch with PowerNet, if they remain without power. The latest figures show 12,090 homes remain without power in Southland and 1100 in Otago, with 630 restored on Saturday. The South Island was battered by severe winds that tore roofs of buildings, …

After reading about sometimes-controversial New Zealand broadcaster Paul Henry, The Chase UK star Anne Hegerty wasn't sure what to expect when she met him for dinner last year. The best way to proceed, she decided, was to make fun of him. "I realised that I could take the mick out of him and he would let me, basically. He seemed to absolutely love it.

Student pilot Matthew Leydon has caught the attention of avid flight trackers with his aerial artwork. Photo / Flightradar24 His latest creative sky art design came two hours before his flight while driving to the airport on Friday. “I saw people trick or treating and thought I’d do my own festive aviation version. “My first idea was a ghost, but I didn’t think it would look as good.

The Raglan Search & Rescue squad was also made aware of the emergency. Raglan surf lifeguards responded in an Inflatable Rescue Boat and Rescue Water Craft alongside the Coastguard. All four people were successfully removed from the water and returned to shore safely. The people were then handed over to ambulance crews to be assessed, Surf Life Saving New Zealand said.

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Friday, 31 October 2025, 5:24 pmPress Release: Science Media Centre With measles spreading in the community and vaccination coverage too low to stop it, a national immunisation week starting on Monday aims to raise vaccination rates. Immunisation coverage of 95% is needed to prevent measles spread, but estimated rates in Aotearoa are much lower, and childhood vaccination rates have dropped in recent years.

Friday, 31 October 2025, 5:43 pmPress Release: Flora and Fauna of Aotearoa New Zealand at a dangerous turning point Right now, Parliament is considering the Gene Technology Bill (2024) – a bill that would replace the 1996 Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act when it comes to genetic engineering and end nearly 30 years of New Zealand’s GE-free status. The Government says the bill will “enable…