Husband charged with his wife's murder, Aussie police investigate 'anti-Semitic threats' by health workers, and will Simeon Brown fix our 'dire' health system?
1 John Campbell: Will Simeon Brown fix our 'dire' health system?
New Zealand's health system is under-funded, systemically racist and inequitable, its workers are stressed, morale is low, and “we're not doing the right things, for the right people, at the right times, or in the right places”.
They’re some of the comments TVNZ Chief Correspondent John Campbell heard from four health professionals who, between them, represent tens of thousands of healthcare workers – from nurses, to midwives, to GPs, to specialists and dentists.
So how can the new Health Minister fix it?
2 Lake Hāwea homicide: Husband charged with woman's murder
The man accused of murdering a woman in Central Otago's Lake Hāwea last year can be named as her husband.
Robert White, a 61-year-old fisherman and husband of the late Karen White, appeared in the Queenstown District Court today at his first appearance.
A near year-long police investigation has been carried out into the death of the Invercargill woman in March 2024.
3 'Legend': Motorsport community pays tribute to rally ace Mark Tapper
The New Zealand motorsport community has paid tribute to Kiwi rally driver Mark Tapper, who has died aged 44.
The former Production World Rally Championship driver's death was confirmed by the RallySport magazine.
Tributes to Tapper from some of the biggest names in New Zealand motorsport have flowed in.
4 NSW police investigate 'anti-Semitic threats' by health workers
Two New South Wales health workers have been stood down and a police investigation launched over a video posted online including alleged anti-Semitic comments.
The video was posted to an influencer's social media account, showing a man and a woman in NSW health uniforms saying they would not treat patients from Israel at the hospital where they worked.
5 McDonald's consent application for Wānaka declined
Commissioners have declined to grant consent for a McDonald's restaurant to open in Wānaka.
Consent was being sought for a 455-square metre restaurant with a drive-thru at the Wānaka-Luggate Highway, below Mt Iron.
Commissioners noted in their decision that the proposed development would be at odds with the town's "rural living" environment and activities.
ONE NOISY SUBURB
Residents living in and around the Whakatāne suburb of Awatapu are fed up with being plagued by motorbikes day and night, but police say it is near impossible to catch the culprits.
"It has been a problem on and off for years, but over the past five or six months it has been every day and every night - and pretty much every day and every night either I or someone else is ringing the police, at least once. But nothing changes," one resident said.
ONE TO WIN IT ALL
The new Super Rugby Pacific season starts on Friday night when the Crusaders take on the Hurricanes in Christchurch.
Four Australian sides will be bolstered by the demise of the Rebels — five into four should strengthen all concerned — but the title winners are highly likely to come from New Zealand.
Here we examine the chances of the five New Zealand-based teams, plus Moana Pasifika.
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