Wellington, Dec 22 NZPA - MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) has terminated its contract with Palmerston North's Rose A Lea rest home after an audit upheld complaints about the standard of care provided to residents.

A Christchurch man has been convicted and ordered to pay just over $2500 after pleading guilty to nine charges laid by the Christchurch City Council under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) act. The charges related to the illegal

Following recent decisions on the route for the Wellington Northern Corridor, the NZ Transport Agency has announced it will establish a roading 'Alliance' for the Sandhills Expressway (Mackays Crossing to Peka Peka).

At 4.10am today a 28 year old, male Police Officer was shot several times outside a house in Buckingham Crescent, Papatoetoe.

Energy Safety, part of the Ministry of Economic Development, has banned the importation, sale, distribution and use of a particular type of travel plug adaptor, known as a "Universal Adaptor" or "all-in-one adaptor".

Police have been liaising closely with the Independent Police Conduct Authority to provide information required for its inquiry into management of child abuse cases.

Check, Clean, Dry is a message you'll come across if you're out enjoying the Rotorua Lakes this summer.

A quality audit of the Rose A Lea Rest Home in Palmerston North has upheld complaints about the standard of care provided to residents and as a result the MidCentral District Health Board (MDHB) has terminated its agreement with the

Wellington, Dec 22 NZPA - A prominent central North Island farmer and his farm manager have been found guilty of ill treating a cow, which was shot and then impaled still alive on a tractor fork.

Wellington, Dec 22 NZPA - A New Zealand-born Queensland man who headed up one of the world's largest online spamming operations has been given a $A210,000 ($NZ265,600) penalty.

A keen group of knitting prisoners from Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility (ARWCF) only want one thing this Christmas - balls of wool so they can continue knitting blankets and hats for brand new babies in the Counties Manukau area.

The second phase of the aim to raise the profile of Feilding's 2 industrial areas has been completed.

The Auckland International Buskers Festival is one event that really needs no introduction!

Maize farmers John and Margaret Hodge are the first people to be recognised under a new scheme designed to acknowledge people voluntarily doing excellent pest control work in the Waikato region.

Horowhenua company Electra is the latest electricity specialist to join the New Zealand Regional Fibre Group.And with the Government's blessing, it hopes to be rolling out fibre in the region within a year.

A number of recent methamphetamine finds at Auckland Region Women's Corrections Facility shows the corrosive influence the drug has on its users says Prison Manager Agnes Robertson.

Christchurch Art Gallery is filled with exciting new art and all the exhibition spaces are open to the public - for the first time in nearly five months.

With traffic expected to be heavy over the Christmas holiday period, NZTA is advising motorists to plan ahead to avoid expected delays.

Canterbury, the new national under-19 cricket crown holder, will have four reps in the national team for the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in January.

We mow our hedges with a lawnmower, have just sent our first rocket to space, and we make MacGuyver look like a school boy when it comes to getting out of a tight spot of bother with a piece of