By Rowan Quinn of RNZ A nurse at a rural aged care home stayed at work for three days straight, sleeping there because they were so short staffed.In a separate incident, she worked 32 hours on site with just three hours` sleep.It... Read...

By Rowan Quinn of RNZ A nurse at a rural aged care home stayed at work for three days straight, sleeping there because they were so short-staffed.In a separate incident, she worked 32 hours on-site with just three hours of sleep.It... Read...

The nurse at a rural aged care home arrived for work on a Monday and didn`t leave until the Wednesday night because they were so short staffed. Read...

Emergency services have rushed to the scene of crash on the Kaipara Coast Highway north of Auckland this evening. Reports of multiple casualties and people trapped in separate vehicles between the rural community of Glorit and... Read...

A worker cutting a pipe has caused an explosion in Christchurch`s Yaldhurst this morning.Emergency services were called to the incident at a rural property on Pound Rd at 11.30am.A Fire and Emergency NZ spokesman said a pipe being... Read...

`Tangata whenua had to defend themselves in the first lockdown, we put up borders, we set up systems within the iwi and within the rural areas to be able to cope whilst waiting for a vaccine. So no, it wasn`t equitable, and many iwi paid for that thems... Read...

Vegetable growers in Auckland`s rural south say drought conditions are playing havoc with their day-to-day operations and will only add to increased prices for consumers. Read...

It has been dubbed the `little butchery in the middle of nowhere` - a traditional German sausage outlet that is stopping traffic in remote North Taranaki. Read...

The owner of a rural English pub says he was asked to change the bar`s name by a fashion magazine because of the village where it`s located: Vogue.Mark Graham, who runs the Star Inn at Vogue, said he received a letter from British... Read...

Police say someone could get hurt if an outbreak of `extremely unsafe` poaching continues in South Otago.Police have been investigating illegal hunting in rural communities and making arrests.Senior Sergeant Chris Wakelin, of... Read...