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If a New Year honour didn’t sit easily with Turuki Health Care chief executive Te Puea Winiata at first, the aftermath has made it worthwhile 

For someone charged with satisfying the greatest of expectations, Riana Manuel laughs a lot when she speaks

Alan Perrott catches up with people putting meaning into the ‘localities’ concept

It’s a bitterly cold Wednesday morning outside the Ōtāra Kai Village food bank and Thomas Swinburn is slowly working his way through the patient crowd.

A Te Puke-based DIY food security programme is delivering an unexpected harvest and it’s all down to some dodgy knees, says Poutiri Wellness Centre chief executive Kirsty Maxwell-Crawford

Once again, Simon Royal had fallen in at the deep end

You know, when I heard the Alert Level at Mt Ruapehu had gone up, my first thought was “yeah baby, boom, it’s lava time...bring it”

Alan Perrott followed the ups and downs of a disciplinary case against a GP with a special interest in ADHD

Specialist GP Bryan Betty talks about his stoical mother, Catholic school education, and stints in improv theatre and mining-town doctoring. Alan Perrott draws together the threads between these experiences and the leadership for which Dr Betty is renowned

Specialist GP Bryan Betty talks about his stoical mother, Catholic school education, and stints in improv theatre and mining-town doctoring. Alan Perrott draws together the threads between these experiences and the leadership for which Dr Betty is renowned