With temperatures rising, vaccines rolling out, and international borders reopening, the pent-up demand for travel is taking off this summer. But that doesn’t come without its complications. In an effort to help young travelers starved for adventure, Contiki, a company…
Read MoreYoung drivers face disproportionate risk of death on country roads
Rural roads see 71 per cent of all road fatalities among young drivers, compared to 57 per cent among wider population Young drivers are at a disproportionate risk of dying in a collision on a country or rural road, according…
Read MoreAudrey Young: Little’s Cabinet paper shows how Heather Simpson was rolled
OPINION: If the ideal health system for a small country were being created from a blank canvas, there is no doubt it would be closer in design to the blueprint Andrew Little has outlined today than the hodgepodge that currently…
Read MoreYoung boy seriously injured in cow attack was at Geraldine Adventure Race
A young boy who was attacked by a 500kg cow in Geraldine was watching his sister compete in a local adventure race. A Canterbury West Coast Air Rescue spokesman said the 7-year-old was with his family on Sunday when the…
Read MoreFinancial Times: Why aren’t young people driving?
OPINION: There is a reason why there are so few great songs about catching the night bus. Similarly, The Beach Boys classic just doesn’t sound the same with the lyrics: “And she’ll have fun, fun, fun till her daddy takes…
Read MoreWellington fatal assault: Young man dies after incident outside Te Papa
A man has died after spending four days in hospital following a serious assault in central Wellington. Police have now started a homicide investigation after the fatal assault that occurred outside Te Papa on Saturday night. The man died in…
Read MoreCovid 19 coronavirus: Audrey Young – Political focus turns to whether lockdown was caused by border failure
OPINION: Now that the immediate impact of the latest Covid-19 lockdown in Auckland has sunk in, the political focus is turning to whether it was caused by a border failure -and whether it could have been prevented. The Government is…
Read MoreAudrey Young: US President Joe Biden an inspiration for political has-beens
OPINION: Sleepy Joe Biden, as Donald Trump malignly called him, is a wake-up call to apparent has-beens in politics everywhere. And it’s a lesson to those of us who are quick to write off politicians as failures. Successful leaders are…
Read MoreHousing crisis: Young Napier family’s Kāinga Ora home leaking for years, while children get sick
A Napier mother-of-four says her complaints about living in a leaking and mouldy state home that has made her children sick have been mostly ignored for the six years she has lived there. Kāinga Ora recently had a new roof…
Read MoreYoung boy missing in Auckland, police call for public’s help to find him
A young boy has gone missing in Auckland, and police are appealing for any information about his location. Aiden was reported missing from his Saint Heliers home today. “Police are seeking the public’s help in finding missing Aiden,” a spokesperson…
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