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[ad_1] Youth turnout increased dramatically between the 2017 and 2020 elections, but young people are still much less likely to vote than older generations. Turnout increased overall to 82.2 percent, with more people in each age group voting than in 2017. It grew the most for younger voters, many of …

[ad_1] Two GPs who care for patients who died after switching brands of an epilepsy drug say they were unaware of the Pharmac brand change when they prescribed the drug to their patients. Judge Marshall at the Auckland District Court Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly GPs were giving evidence in …

[ad_1] Police have released the image of a man wanted for a homicide in Wellsford on Saturday. Desmond Lawrence Bourne. Source: Supplied The victim in his 30s was found dead in a vehicle on Wayby Station Road after receiving a gunshot wound Saturday night, police said. Police are now requesting …

[ad_1] The organizer of WOMAD New Zealand says it had no choice but to withdraw from the 2021 event. The crowd at the Bowl Stage, WOMAD 2020 Photo: Isabella Brown Taranaki Arts Festival Trust said it risked losing millions of dollars and being declared bankrupt if Covid-19 disrupted the festival. …

[ad_1] Supplied / Stuff A Lower Hutt man faces multiple charges after police located firearms, including eight that were stolen, on his property on Monday. A 60-year-old man was charged after firearms and drugs were found on Lower Hutt property on Monday. Ten firearms were located on the Tirohanga property, …

[ad_1] Youth turnout increased dramatically between the 2017 and 2020 elections, but young people are still much less likely to vote than older generations. Turnout increased overall to 82.2 percent, with more people in each age group voting than in 2017. It grew the most for younger voters, many of …

[ad_1] David Unwin / Things Paul Palmerston North Society of St. Vincent President Mike Keenan looks through the food left over from a weekend robbery. Thousands of dollars in food destined for underprivileged families during the Christmas holidays have been stolen from a Palmerston North church. The Cathedral of the …

[ad_1] Meri Grace was driving under the influence of alcohol when her car veered off the road and killed her 4-year-old son. Photo / Archive A Superior Court judge has told a mother that no sentence he can impose on her for killing her 4-year-old son while drunk driving will …

[ad_1] Johanna Oliver spoke about the loss of her son William (26) after the brand of her epilepsy medication was changed without notice. Photo / Peter Meecham A farmer, a scaffold, a pet groomer, a college student, a new father, a daughter. And the common thread: they all had epilepsy …

[ad_1] Police say they are continuing to advance a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead in a car in east Auckland. Police launched a homicide investigation after finding a body in East Auckland yesterday that they now believe to be missing, 55-year-old Elizabeth Zhong. Photo: Liu Chen Police …