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Clockwise, from top, now in her mid-80s, Joan Bishop has made the difficult decision to retire from writing her food column; in action in the 1980s as a food demonstrator for Sunbeam Appliances; the "Crockpot Queen" in 2007; training air hostesses in the 1960s; a selection of her hugely popular cookbooks. Photos: Linda Robertson (main photo), Stephen Jaquiery (Crockpot Queen), supplied For nearly four decades Joan Bishop has shared her recipes with Otago Daily Times’ readers.

Photo: RNZ An independent review has found Pharmac's current approach is not fit for purpose and has called for an overhaul of both strategy and culture.

William Walmsley. Photo: Supplied / Wellington District Police Missing Wellington 12-year-old William Walmsley has been found and taken home to his parents.

The North Shore facility was destroyed in the blaze. Photo: RNZ Almost $200,000 has been raised for workers with disabilities who have been left without a place to work after their North Shore recycling plant burned to the ground last week.

The people who will decide the fate of alleged poisonous mushroom cook Erin Patterson have been chosen for her trial.

A rescue helicopter took Denis De Pass to hospital. Photo: Supplied A Canterbury farmer was injured after he was headbutted by one of his rams.

By Peter de Graaf of RNZ

Liberal Party supporters celebrate polling numbers at their election night headquarters in Ottawa. Photo: Reuters Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberals look set to retain power in the country's election, but CTV News predict they will fall short of the majority government he had wanted to help him negotiate tariffs with US President Donald Trump.

Katherine Hughes at sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch. Photo: George Heard A Christchurch man with advanced Parkinson’s disease woke to find his wife standing at the end of his bed holding a knife.

Katherine Hughes at sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch. Photo: George Heard A Christchurch man with advanced Parkinson’s disease woke to find his wife standing at the end of his bed holding a knife.