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Whangārei considers cost of refusing fluoridation

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Whangārei has been resisting the government’s directive to fluoridate its drinking water. File photo. Photo: Alexia Russell Whangārei councillors will meet behind closed doors today to discuss the legal ramifications of refusing to fluoridate the city’s water. The council has so far resisted the government’s directive to fluoridate Whangārei’s drinking water. It risks incurring a … Read more

School lunch failures: Provider told to show daily visual evidence of quality

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Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi A menu of mishaps means the government’s school lunch provider is now facing new performance measures – including providing daily evidence of what it is serving up. Food Safety New Zealand is investigating the revamped lunch programme after a Gisborne student received second-degree burns from a Wattie’s cottage pie meal … Read more

Wellington Water chairperson unlikely to be forced to resign after extraordinary meeting

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Wellington Water says its higher spend is because the network is older and in poorer condition – so it broke frequently and cost more to fix. File photo. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER Wellington Water’s board chairperson is unlikely to lose his job after an extraordinary meeting with the water provider’s leadership group. Wellington Water … Read more

Advocacy group takes government to court over speed limit increases

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Transport planner Bevan Woodward. Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee A safe transport advocacy group is taking the government to court to stop it raising speed limits on a number of roads around the country. Transport Minister Chris Bishop last month announced plans to reverse the former Labour government’s speed limit reductions. The government’s plan would … Read more

Three taken to hospital after taking substance they thought was cocaine

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The people who took the substance believe it was cocaine, but it was likely an opioid. File photo. Photo: 123RF Three people were hospitalised in the Wairarapa over the weekend after taking something that they thought was cocaine. The three people received treatment and are expected to make a full recovery, said police. Detective Inspector … Read more

Bowel cancer screening changes ‘driven by ideology, not facts’

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Sir Collin Tukuitonga says setting the bowel screening age for Māori and Pacific people at 50 was based on need. Photo: supplied by University of Auckland The government is being accused of sacrificing peoples’ lives for ideology by delaying bowel cancer screening for Māori and Pacific people from 50 to 58. Pacific doctors say Health … Read more

Windbag: To be a world-class city, Wellington needs to be bigger

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Last month, a Vision for Wellington event asked ‘What makes a world-class city and how does Wellington become one?’. The panellists didn’t offer many answers, but it’s a good question that deserves a deeper look. What makes a world-class city?  The question is broad and inherently vague, but we all have an instinctive understanding of … Read more

New to streaming: What to watch on Netflix NZ, Neon and more this week

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We round up everything coming to streaming services this week, including Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, ThreeNow, Neon and TVNZ+ If you enjoy taught local dramas: End of the Valley (Whakaata Māori, March 6) The past and present collide in End of the Valley, a “tense, emotionally charged drama” almost entirely in te … Read more