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Vocational education minister Penny Simmonds. Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver By John Gerritsen of RNZ Tertiary Education Minister Penny Simmonds says staff numbers at some polytechnics are so high they are abysmal.

Image: RNZ Matariki celebrates the Māori New Year and is a time for people to gather, honour the dead, celebrate the present and make plans for the future.

Image: RNZ Matariki celebrates the Māori New Year and is a time for people to gather, honour the dead, celebrate the present and make plans for the future.

Photo: File image / Getty The Crusaders are calling on their fans to send the team a message of support ahead of their Super Rugby Pacific final this weekend.

Photo: Christchurch City Council Christchurch City Council staff and the mayor will be unable to use part of their central city offices for up to six months as work to strengthen the building gets under way.

A major fire at a central Auckland supermarket has left thick black smoke billowing over the city.

Graham Shaw who has retired as secretary of the Amberley Bowling Club after 21 years. He remains treasurer and bar manager, and will continue to bowl as his health allows. PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW Graham Shaw had no idea what he was going to do when he and his New Zealand-born wife Pat arrived in Amberley in 2003.

If you can identify this man, call the police on 105. Photo: Canterbury Police Police investigating an incident on the New Brighton Pier over the weekend are asking for help to locate this man.

The native tītī or sooty shearwater is native to New Zealand and classified as at risk/declining. Photo: Wiki Commons More than 200 seabirds were accidentally caught and killed by a fishing trawler in Te Waewae Bay in Southland earlier this year.

The review document said too high a cost restricted access to early childhood education. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES By John Gerritsen and Jazlyn Whales of RNZ

The Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal held a hearing into the matter in late 2024. Photo / Jeremy Wilkinson. By Jeremy Wilkinson, Open Justice reporter WARNING: This article discusses domestic violence. “I’m gonna see you burn at the stake”, a paramedic told his partner before biting her nose, pulling her hair and strangling her.

Amanda Broughton. Photo: Supplied By Susan Edmunds of RNZ

Shane Buckner and his pupils holding a poster asking the North Canterbury community to vote for their "beautiful tree" at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GBSR22Z. Photo: Shane Buckner By Shelley Topp Rangiora Borough School’s giant redwood and a cluster of cabbage trees in Burnside have been named as finalists in the NZ Tree of the Year competition.

Amanda Broughton. Photo: Supplied By Susan Edmunds of RNZ

Pak’nSave Rolleston will be located on Levi Rd within a new shopping hub. Image: Foodstuffs South Island Canterbury's newest and largest supermarket is set to "open two months early".