Melissa Nightingale

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale

Vaughan Tairoa (right) with defence lawyer Michael Bott in the Hutt Valley District Court. Photo / Melissa NightingaleJust one second made the difference between life and death for teenager Hunter Ives. If bus driver Vaughan Tairoa had turned one second earlier, he would have cleared the intersection before Hunter, 17, came through on his motorcycle. The calculations, which came down to a split second, showed as much.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale

Annette Presley has launched a charitable foundation to support initiatives that lift up young women. Photo / Carmen Bird PhotographyAnnette Presley has launched the Annette Presley Dream Foundation to support young people and women. The foundation will fund initiatives in health, education, leadership and wellbeing, with a minimum grant of $10,000. Applications open on July 1 and run to August 31, with successful applicants notified by the end of October.

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale

AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME. Two people are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Pātea this morning. Emergency services and Coastguard South Taranaki volunteers are responding to the incident, which happened shortly after 10am. Police were notified a boat had capsized about 200m offshore, with three people on board, police said in a statement. “One person has been located in the water and is receiving treatment,” police said. AdvertisementAdvertise with NZME.

2 weeks ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale

Adam Vardey was always a protector. Even at the very end, perhaps as a final act of protection, he waited until his family left the room for a cup of tea before he slipped away quietly in his hospital bed. His death this week came fast, just a day after doctors told his wife they would sedate him for his pain, but that he’d be unlikely to come back out of the sedation. Everything about his cancer happened with cruel speed. He was only diagnosed seven weeks earlier.

2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale

Adam Vardey was always a protector. Even at the very end, perhaps as a final act of protection, he waited until his family left the room for a cup of tea before he slipped away quietly in his hospital bed. His death this week came fast, just a day after doctors told his wife they would sedate him for his pain, but that he’d be unlikely to come back out of the sedation. Everything about his cancer happened with cruel speed. He was only diagnosed seven weeks earlier.