Closures follow laboratory results confirming traces of tremolite and chrysotile asbestos in several sand products widely ...

Dozens of schools in Australia and New Zealand shut after play sand recalled over asbestos fear - Closures follow laboratory ...

Early childhood centres and schools in New Zealand are following Australia's lead and hurrying to remove and dispose of ...

More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products.

Four people have died, including three children, in a house fire that has left one woman “enduring a devastating loss beyond ...

A community has come together to support a grieving mother, raising over 100k, after she tragically lost her three young ...

University of Otago, Christchurch Ōtautahi researchers investigating cures for cancer, heart disease, inflammatory bowel ...

As education bosses consider the future of Gloriavale’s private school, one of the commune’s highest-profile leavers has ...

Firefighters battled the ferocious blaze for more than an hour but were unable to save the home or the four occupants trapped ...

Type 1 diabetes used to be called 'juvenile diabetes', and Type 2 affected adults. But that's no longer the case, and the ...

A total of 69 schools in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will be forced to close on Monday after coloured play sand ...

Three young children have died in a house fire, with a devastated New Zealand community now rallying around the grieving ...