Employers can legally ask you for a medical certificate if you need to take sick leave – even for one day. It can be a long wait to see a GP but there are other ways to get a sick note.

Daniel Nganeko, 37, was allegedly punched by Daytona Thompson outside the Tukapa Rugby and Sports Club in New Plymouth on July 26.

The teenager who died after a street fight in South Auckland has been named by police. He was 19-year-old Greig Kelvin Temarama-Abela from Auckland. Police are conducting a homicide investigation ...

Former National Party Cabinet minister Aussie Malcolm likely engaged in coercive and/or criminal sexual conduct with “multiple young boys”, a police review reveals. Anthony ‘Aussie’ Malcolm died in ...

A 25-year-old Taitā man has been charged after a man was shot in Stokes Valley, Lower Hutt, yesterday. Police rushed to ...

Authorities have warned that Warragamba Dam in New South Wales is expected to start spilling within hours. WaterNSW said on Sunday evening that based on forecasts, the dam was likely to start a small ...

Auckland semifinalists decided; Palmerston North’s thrilling Super 8 triumph; classic rivals set for Wellington and Canterbury; Feilding and St Peter’s Cambridge to ...

Photo / Leslie Adkin, gift of G.L. Adkin Estate, 1964, Te Papa (A.005955) A nod to the history of the original Puketapu Bridge will be reflected in its new name – the Mōteo-Puketapu Bridge.

Vehicles have been bogged down, phone service cut, and thousands of residents are without power after heavy snow blanketed parts of New South Wales. Parts of the state’s Northern Tablelands recorded ...

A Wellington student has welcomed an overhaul of the “flawed” NCEA curriculum, although most of his fellow pupils are less enthused about the shift away from internal assessments. The Government ...

In a new twist to the long-running Kāeo water saga, the operator of the troubled water scheme has been trespassed from the town’s. Last month the Far North town marked 10 years under a boil-water ...

The race for council seats is on with nominations confirmed for this year’s local body elections and multiple mayoral contenders around the region. In Whanganui, incumbent Andrew Tripe will face ...