Tens of thousands of reports of concern about child abuse in Hawke’s Bay have been made to Oranga Tamariki in the past five years, but less than 4 percent have been substantiated. The grim statistics were released to Hawke’s Bay Today under the Official Information Act for the years 2016 to 2021. The data covers Read more
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Hawke’s Bay’s grim reality: Oranga Tamariki gets thousands of reports of child abuse
Monday, June 21st, 2021New Zealand housing supports near $1billion in three months, public housing waitlist jumps another 1000
Monday, June 21st, 2021The costs of supporting Kiwis struggling with living costs has neared $1 billion in just three months as 1000 more applicants joined New Zealand’s ballooning public housing waitlist. In the three months to March, total housing support spending amounted to $964.9 million, an increase of more than $150m since the quarter to March 2020. The Read more
Parish and schools outreach to COVID affected India
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
Standing together in solidarity with those in India affected by Covid is what an Auckland parish and school is doing with a COVID fundraiser. Otahuhu Catholic Parish and School communities is sending help to those affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in India, says Lyndsay Freer, Media and Communications Officer for the Catholic Diocese of Auckland. Read more
Taranaki food charity introduces lottery system
Thursday, June 17th, 2021
A charity that redistributes surplus food to those in need says demand is so great it has had to introduce a lottery system to cut waiting times and reduce simmering tensions in the queue. Started in 2017, New Plymouth-based food charity On The House rescues unwanted edibles and gives them away. The offerings come from Read more
Taranaki students left shaken after school bus collides with van
Thursday, June 17th, 2021A Taranaki high school principal says a number of his students are being monitored after suffering minor injuries when their school bus collided with a van on State Highway 3 near Ngaere this morning. The 22-year-old driver of the van was seriously injured. He is being assessed at the Emergency Department at the Taranaki Base Read more
Anglican diocese confused after threats to sue made then withdrawn
Thursday, June 17th, 2021Wellington’s Anglican diocese has been left “in the dark” after a developer announced his intention to sue – but didn’t follow through. David Hitchins threatened to sue the Anglican diocese in March after claiming bad faith in the purchase of a Brooklyn church, but spokesman Ben Pringle said the Anglican diocese never received notice of Read more
Three former Christchurch bishops moved to temporary mausoleum
Monday, June 14th, 2021
Three of Christchurch’s former bishops have been disinterred and temporarily moved to a mausoleum at the Carmelite monastery, Halswell, in Christchurch. The move signalled earlier on, is part of the demolition of the old cathedral. Bishops John Grimes, Edward Joyce and John Cunneen were moved to the mausoleum over a period of three days during Read more
Catholic college wins national robotics champs – again
Monday, June 14th, 2021
Students from St Peter’s College in Palmerston North have again proved they are the stuff national robotics champs are made of. The Catholic school’s Evaristus team won the excellence award and the tournament championship at the national robotics championships in Christchurch. The four-member team has now been were invited to the world championships. The school Read more
Grand designs including Catholic buildings in Palmy Lego show
Monday, June 14th, 2021Among the grand designs on show in Palmerston North this week are two iconic Catholic buildings – made of Lego. The Wellington Lego User Group brought 120 exhibitors together from Auckland to Invercargill to showcase their plastic artistry at Palmerston North’s Central Energy Trust Arena from Friday to Sunday. An impressive replica of the Convent Read more
Auckland childbirth tragedy: Mum, baby die – grieving husband begs for investigation
Monday, June 14th, 2021A father who lost his wife during childbirth and their newborn daughter four days later is pleading for an investigation into their sudden deaths. Speaking exclusively to the Weekend Herald, Charitha Meepegama said his wife Nilakshani (Nishi) Silva underwent an emergency C-section in an ambulance last Saturday morning and died a short time later. The Read more