Lumino The Dentists has acquired four more high quality practices bringing the number of outlets for the burgeoning national dental health care provider to 48.

The 2009 Abortion Supervisory Committee report, issued Monday, shows New Zealand women are having later abortions because of problems accessing services, the president of the Abortion Law Reform Association, Dame Margaret Sparrow, said today.

Slow Food Celebrates 20 years and Eating Locally around the world on December 10

Greymouth, Dec 5 NZPA - A West Coast man whose house was awash with nearly 4kg of cannabis had simply had "a good year" rather than being a drug dealer, a judge has ruled.

Solid Energy should come to the table and work out a deal miners can accept rather than cynically attempting to play them off against each other and their union, says the Engineering, Printing and Manufacturing Union.

New Zealanders have been fascinated by how many possums there are in New Zealand ever since the estimates of 60-70 million were generated in the 1980s.

Mayor Penny Webster is encouraging people in Rodney to have their say on the Local Government Commission's (LGCs) proposed ward and board boundaries for the area and how it will fit into new Auckland super city.

Wellington, Nov 18 NZPA - Slowing immunisation rates have prompted the Health Ministry to consider new ways of reaching its target of 95 percent coverage within three years.

The Fonterra payout announcement was great news for farmers, but whether or not it will have a flow on effect in rural real estate sales and land values depends on banks' lending policies, says REINZ President Peter McDonald commenting on rural figures released today by the Real Estate Institute

By: Advocating Kahurangi Action (KAKA)