Senior doctors' emphatic rejection of the Health Minister's request for binding arbitration was "not surprising", according to one employment law expert.
Julia DeLuney has been sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum non-parole period of 18 years, for the murder of her mother, 79-year-old Helen Gregory.
Police say they will have an increased presence around Christchurch over the coming days after flammable projectiles were thrown at a gang pad this morning.
An officer who was accused of accessing the police national intelligence database to allegedly "fix a problem" for the family of Christchurch's Mama Hooch rapists has had the charges dismissed.
A man has been arrested after two others suffered stab wounds in a disagreement between a motorist and people washing car windows in central Manukau on Thursday night.
A supermarket duty manager was left with facial injuries after a man punched him in the head, then kicked him as he lay on the ground, in a brutal surprise attack.