Royal Humane Society Awards: Hawke’s Bay rescuers Tim and Matt Dodge recognised for Cyclone Gabrielle bravery

'It still puts a lump in your throat thinking about it.'

Gang patch ban in home order ‘railroaded’ through without proper consultation - Law Society

A clause to ban insignia in homes of repeat offenders was added after Select Committee.

Waikato rallies behind Daffodil Day

Waikato residents rally behind Daffodil Day in a bid to help support rising cancer cases.

Pianist Anne Falconer honoured for 20 years with TALOS juniors

Madagascar Junior rehearsals continue at The Woolshed Theatre.

Martin Setchell to perform at Waikanae Music Society concert

Setchell to play Bach, Handel, Guilmant, Fauré, and light-hearted opera and film music.

Ngāi Te Rangi law student’s hopes for more Māori lawyers

Ngāi Te Rangi law student Oliver Gudsell has found where he's meant to be.

Shane Jones’ judges comments: Law group wants greater action by Government

The Law Society said it's written to Collins again about the minister.

The Olympics, a triumph of ambition, lift France from its gloom

New York Times: All sectors of society came together to achieve the nation’s dream.

David Seymour’s ‘whole of society’ plan for tipping millions of dollars more in to Pharmac – and Big Pharma

Analysis: Pharmac presents a conundrum for Act Leader David Seymour.

Thames Music Group still bringing the sounds nearly 50 years on

A not-for profit incorporated society is bringing live music to Thames.

Hunchback of Notre Dame an ‘excellent’ return for Hamilton Operatic Society

It's the Hamilton Operatic Society's first full-length musical since Chicago in 2021.

Abuse in Care records: NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton on leave after complaints laid

The Law Society confirmed he had taken leave “while any complaints are addressed".

Abuse in Care records: Second complaint against NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton over advice to church group

The Herald can reveal NZ Law Society president Frazer Burton is facing a second complaint.

Formal complaint laid against NZ Law Society president Frazer Barton after church group advised it could destroy records of all children in its care

A staff member at Presbyterian Support Otago decided the records were “too much of a risk"

Putin: No One Will Not Succeed in Attempts to Intimidate, Divide Russian Society

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Those who try to intimidate and divide Russian society, and pull on religious or national heartstrings will not succeed, inevitable retribution will await, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday.

LGBT writer talks alienation in the Mideast

Homosexuality is still criminalized in relatively liberal Beirut, Lebanon, just like around the rest of the Arab world. Watch "Christiane Amanpour: Sex & Love Around the World" Saturdays at 10 p.m. ET.

Cardiac Society warns of ‘crisis’ in hospitals, pleads for Pharmac to cover heart failure drugs

Heart drugs that add more than eight years of additional life aren't funded.

How NZ fell out of love with Jacinda Ardern: New book explores what happened to the ‘Team of Five Million’

Political scientists explore the question in a new book.

'This is like my new job': Inside the struggle to get a Covid-19 vaccine

These senior citizens have waited on the phone for hours, driven miles, set-up work stations so they could get a Covid-19 vaccine appointment. See who was able to get one.

Kāpiti police officers receive Royal Humane Society bronze medals

'We do things like this all the time,' says Eddie Dunn.

Budget 2024: Open letter from 16 NZ cancer charities to Christopher Luxon, Nicola Willis, and David Seymour

OPINION: Cancer patients and advocates sat in disbelief when the Budget was announced.