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As more than 700 people sit down to community Christmas Day lunches, the levels of need in the community this year are the worst it has been, both Auckland and Wellington city missioners say.

Armed attackers have opened fire on a group gathered for a press conference to announce the reopening of Haiti's largest public hospital, a witness to the attack says.

Tracy Sialega-Fili worked with Hawaiian Airlines for nearly four years but was terminated this month after getting the tatau in May to honour her father, who has been seriously ill.

A blast has ripped through an explosives factory in Turkey on Christmas Eve, killing 11 people and injuring others, the country's interior minister says.

A woman who was carjacked by a prisoner who escaped Waikato Hospital last month is shocked another prisoner from Spring Hill Corrections Facility has escaped from custody at the same hospital again.

The summer holiday period often heralds celebration and cheer but, for sobriety coach Noelene Brown and many others, it can make for a lot of "tricky" social situations.

The man who escaped custody has been named as 48-year-old Damon Anderson.

Youth advocates are worried tighter rules for emergency housing could lead to someone dying due to the impacts on mental health and physical safety for those denied shelter.

There is anecdotal evidence that "non-parents feel pressure to pick up the slack" - like working over Christmas - when those with caring responsibilities are unavailable, experts say.

New Zealand is the first country in the Commonwealth on Christmas Day to broadcast the message, which will be on RNZ National at 6.06pm, and TVNZ.

Family members and friends have embraced Maia Johnston who has been carried out of the bush by search and rescue, and loaded into an ambulance.

About one in 10 drug samples KnowYourStuffNZ tested this year were not what they were sold as or thought to be.

The hearing in a New York courtroom marked Mangione's first opportunity to formally address the accusations brought by the Manhattan District Attorney's Office after the fatal shooting of…

A prisoner who escaped the custody of Corrections staff at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton was there for "medical oversight".

At The Movies - Simon Morris looks back on 2024, still wondering what happened after Barbie and Oppenheimer changed the rules last year.

Auckland shoppers have been out in force today, as they hunt for their last-minute Christmas gifts.

The Medical Council is tripling the number of places for NZREX exam spots for international candidates next year.

Its owners say the project will boost services in a region where the population is increasing.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region, including the cost of tobacco-related illnesses in Fiji.

Did you spend the year counting your macros and considering whether the carnivore diet would solve all your problems? Let's look back at some of the wildest wellness trends of 2024.

The job is leaving "almost everyone" who does it with post-traumatic stress disorder, a campaigner says.

Money should be based on students' NCEA results, rather than race or disability, universities say.

'The government promised to build it,' a Dunedin nurse says of plans for a new Dunedin Hospital building.

Health NZ has proposed getting rid of the national maternity and early years programme Starting Well, and 25 fulltime roles will be cut from Health NZ's funding team.

The dog had been for a full check-up the day before the family left and his vet noted he was in good health.