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School cellphone ban: What you need to know
Explainer - What will a ban on cellphones in schools achieve? Can students use them during lunch breaks? And what happens if you need to contact your child?
How to talk to children about traumatic events
In the wake of a brutal stabbing attack at a Sydney mall, RNZ asks a clinical psychologist how parents should talk to their children about traumatic events.
Wānaka supermarkets deliberately breaching Easter trading rules
Foodstuffs says its Wānaka New World stores have decided to stay open across Easter Weekend in breach of the holiday's trading laws.
'Absolutely appalled': Call for tighter rules as injuries rise in beauty industry
It comes after a mother of three received first and second-degree burns during a treatment.
Woman burned during beauty treatment: 'It was really terrifying'
A mother of three says she was left humiliated and unable to hold her baby after a simple treatment left "checkerboard" burn marks on her chest.
Understanding of terror attack transitioning from 'darkness to light'
Questions that families of the 51 shaheed killed in the Christchurch terror attack have held for four years have finally been answered, an inquest has heard on its final day.
'Noise, confusion': Paramedics need realistic training for major incidents like terror attack - expert
Intense and realistic multi-agency training is needed to help prepare paramedics for major incidents like the Christchurch terror attack, an inquest has heard.
Confusion, delays in mass casualty incidents not uncommon, expert says
A US emergency medicine expert has praised first responders for their actions on 15 March 2019, but has highlighted some areas that could be improved for if such an attack ever happened again.
Survivability of five terror attack victims questioned in court
Getting victims of the Christchurch terror attack to hospital sooner would not have necessarily saved their lives, an inquest has heard.
111 call about terror attack threat 'clearest example of Priority 1 call', expert says
Police could have possibly stopped the shooting at a second mosque during the Christchurch terror attack, but a call-taker did not label a 111 call as a priority, an inquest has heard.
Use of Eagle helicopter could have saved lives during terror attack, inquest hears
A senior sergeant who responded to Linwood Islamic Centre during the Christchurch terror attack said lives could have been saved if the police Eagle helicopter was available, an inquest has heard.
New radio network will help with multi-agency communication, inquest hears
Poor communication between police and paramedics has emerged as a key issue in the inquest into the murder of 51 worshippers at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre on 15 March 2019.
Wife of terror attack victim forced to leave dying husband
Saira Patel told the Christchurch terror attack inquest that not being with her husband in his final moments still distresses her to this day.
Christchurch terror attack inquest: Chaotic St John leadership call played in court
The call shows St John still believed only four or five people had been injured more than 20 minutes after first shooting began.
St John ill-equipped to deal with Christchurch terror attack - expert
A counter-terrorism expert says St John needed to have a plan and training for a terror attack because "you don't learn to dance the night of the ball".
All front-line police should be trained to go to sound of gunfire - American counter-terrorism expert
All front-line police officers should be trained to enter a scene with an active armed offender, an American expert in counter-terrorism has told the mosque attack inquest.
'I am sorry': St John dispatcher apologises for mistake during terror attack response
Armed Offenders Squad members rushed to Christchurch Hospital's ED in the middle of the terror attack response after a false report by a St John staffer that a shooting was taking place there.
'Absolute despair': AOS desperate for St John assistance at scene of terror attack
A senior police tactical operator told the inquest he contemplated going to St John himself to ask them to have paramedics attend Al Noor Mosque.
'It will save money' - National on promise to extend parliamentary term to four years
Among a number of agreements made during talks with New Zealand First and ACT, National has agreed to push for a four-year term between general elections.
'Keep Christchurch safe': Mission for police on day of terror attack revealed
Dramatic recordings of police radio communications as the mosque attacks unfolded capture officers scrambling to respond have been played in the inquest into the shootings.
'Bombs in the car, he's armed up': Radio transcript from terrorist's arrest read out in court
The officers who apprehended a terrorist after he attacked two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019 believed he had bombs in his vehicle.
'Always a risk' of an attack at places of worship - senior police officer
A senior policeman has told the Christchurch mosque inquest that there is always a risk of attacks at New Zealand places of worship.
Paramedics pulled over for 6 minutes en route to Linwood Islamic Centre following terror attack
Paramedics spent more than six minutes parked and needed to be convinced to proceed to Linwood Islamic Centre, an Australian police officer says.
Terror attack inquest: Medic not aware of 'load and go' strategy
An AOS medic says he was not aware of a "load and go" strategy to help worshippers shot in the terror attack at Christchurch's Linwood Islamic Centre, because ambulances were so stretched.