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.

Budget 2024: Promised cancer drugs won’t be funded for at least a year, Cancer Society says decision heartbreaking for patients

Cancer patients have expressed disappointment that the promise was not honoured yet.

Pauanui plantathon to help combat coastal erosion and restore dunes

Thousands of plants help to slow coastal erosion.

Nga Tawa student selected for prestigious NZSA youth mentorship

'I was fully certain I wasn’t going to hear back – so it was definitely a happy surprise.'

The chef who put Oakland on the culinary map

A chef with soul food roots and classic French training, Tanya Holland is Oakland, California's, most beloved restauranteur. Holland is known for both her sublime waffles (a Brown Sugar Kitchen favorite) -- and her efforts to raise awareness and...

Three Michelin-starred chef plates perfection inspired by her life

Dominique Crenn was the first female chef in the US to earn three Michelin stars for her restaurant Atelier Crenn. But Crenn, who was born in France, cares about more than the stars. The dishes demonstrate her struggles and her dreams.

Labour leader Chris Hipkins unveils his vision for the party through to 2040

Labour's set its sights on regaining power and improving NZ's tech, education and housing.

Māori lawyers back controversial tikanga study for law students as Parliament asked to veto the course

Hunga Roia Māori defends the introduction of compulsory tikanga

The Foxton railway station sign returns to town

The Allen family worked for the railways and rescued the sign.

People with rare disorders the most vulnerable in society - Chris Higgins

OPINION: Kiwis have been showing their aroha and support for the rarest among us.

Foxton War Memorial Hall Society sees transfer as best option to save the treasured building

Society is determined to save the war memorial hall for community use against all odds.

Middle Ages Spread comes to The Woolshed

Te Awamutu Light Operatic Society opens season with Middle Age Spread.