Rotorua Daily Post

13 hours ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jamie Ensor

Karen Chhour, the Family Violence Prevention Minister, announced the decisions last week. Photo / Mark Mitchell A Māori advisory group’s co-chairs have taken issue with claims Family Violence Prevention Minister Karen Chhour made last week when announcing she was replacing it with a “multi-cultural” board. They are “disappointed” in the minister’s statement and worried outcomes for Māori may become less of a focus by disbanding their advisory group.

13 hours ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jamie Ensor

Education Minister Erica Stanford says Hobson’s Pledge is spouting "utter garbage". Photo / Mark MitchellLobby group Hobson’s Pledge and Education Minister Erica Stanford have clashed over a claim the minister is sneaking a “radical” Treaty of Waitangi clause into legislation. The allegation has been rejected by Stanford, who criticised Hobson’s Pledge for whipping up “hatred”, “frothing at the mouth”, and “spouting complete and utter garbage, lies”.

14 hours ago | nzherald.co.nz | Jenny Ling

Questions have been raised about the credibility of a NZIER report touting the benefits of a four-lane highway connecting Auckland and Northland. Concerns the Northland Expressway could be canned have followed an independent report that prompted opposition from two political parties.

15 hours ago | nzherald.co.nz | Denise Piper

Te Aupōuri’s Oranga Whenua Oranga Tangata Taiao celebrate winning both the kaitiakitanga award and the overall Te Tohu Matua - Supreme Award at the Whakamānawa ā Taiao - Environmental Awards. Photo / Dawn Dutton PhotographyA group that has installed more than 16km of fencing and planted more than 120,000 native plants in the Far North’s Te Aupōuri has won a top Northland environmental award.

18 hours ago | nzherald.co.nz | Denise Piper

Dr David Waterhouse works on a patient in the Tarāpunga mobile clinic, when it was based in Kawakawa. An surgeon using his sabbatical leave to set up a mobile clinic for rural Northlanders says more like-minded colleagues will be needed to help make the service sustainable. Dr David Waterhouse from Whangārei’s Tūhauora Clinic has been helping establish the mobile specialist clinic, Tarāpunga, to improve access for patients waiting months to be seen.