Gisborne stories
Wastewater testing suggests methamphetamine is driving millions of dollars in weekly harm, with workplace detections also rising nationwide.
Auckland and Northland top a new index of New Zealand's most fragile infrastructure, as experts urge maintenance-first spending on resilience.
Zoom Health is urging an overhaul of New Zealand's pharmacy funding as 12‑month prescriptions loom, warning closures and care gaps will grow.
Changing drug patterns are forcing New Zealand employers to tighten testing and training as cannabis stays widespread and cocaine edges higher.
Cannabis now accounts for 71.1 percent of positive workplace drug tests, prompting New Zealand employers to tighten safety policies ahead of summer.
A permanent leader has been confirmed after 14 months in the interim role, bringing stability to the architects' institute and its members.
Prescription opioid detections in New Zealand workplaces have risen to 18.9 per cent, prompting warnings over safety in high-risk jobs.
Almost 80,000 New Zealanders moved to Australia in 2024 as economic pressure worsens mental health, with over half citing financial stress as their main concern.
A new qualification could ease labour shortages in hydraulics and pneumatics by giving workers a recognised career path in New Zealand.
Tairāwhiti forestry firms are gaining better safety standards as 12 women complete a health and safety course backed by Eastland Wood Council.
Microsoft and Straker partner with Stuff to use AI for translating content into te reo Māori. Trailblazing tech supports language preservation and cultural practices.
A long-standing skills gap in hydraulics and pneumatics is easing as the first NZQA-approved fluid power qualification opens new career paths in New Zealand.
Cyclone Gabrielle showed why decentralised power could keep homes, water and communications running when the main grid fails.
Three-quarters of Aotearoa’s land is adding too much E. coli to waterways, with farms facing the biggest cuts to meet national targets.
An alternative deck-on-pile design for Eastland Port's Wharf 7 has cut new piles by half and avoided 593 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
With 44,000 extra workers needed, New Zealand infrastructure firms are courting schoolgirls to fill trade and technical shortages.
Nearly half the reports involved firms that may have been open illegally, as WorkSafe reviewed 582 alleged Covid-19 breaches.
Two forestry firms have been fined more than GBP £600,000 after a worker was struck and killed in a preventable logging accident on the East Coast.
Additional public and transitional homes will be targeted at regional centres where demand has surged ahead of supply, worsening rents and overcrowding.
A Transport Accident Investigation Commission report says poor cargo-securing guidance left crew exposed to a snapped wire that killed an able seaman in Gisborne.
