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Ōmārama residents are concerned they are not receiving timely medical care and they want change.

Eleven injured in hot air balloon crash near Arrowtown Newshub 1 hour ago Eleven people are injured after a hot air balloon crashed near Arrowtown. St John has confirmed to Newshub eight people have minor injuries, one person has moderate injuries, and two people have serious injuries. Police have confirmed there have been no fatalities. Those in a serious condition are being transported by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital while the others are being taken to Lakes District Hospital by ambulance...

Eleven injured in hot air balloon crash near Arrowtown Newshub 4 hrs ago Replay Video Eleven people are injured after a hot air balloon crashed near Arrowtown. St John has confirmed to Newshub eight people have minor injuries, one person has moderate injuries, and two people have serious injuries. Police have confirmed there have been no fatalities. Those in a serious condition are being transported by helicopter to Dunedin Hospital while the others are being taken to Lakes District Hospital ...

Hot air balloon crashes while landing, injuring 11 people in Central Otago © Getty CAPPADOCIA TURKEY, Feb. 20, 2021 -- A hot-air balloon flies in the sky over Cappadocia, Turkey, on Feb. 20, 2021. Choked off by the coronavirus pandemic and travel restrictions that it triggered, Turkeys tourism revenues, crucial for the nations economy, fell by 65 percent in 2020, Turkish Tourism and Culture Ministrys data showed. (Photo by Mustafa Kaya/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Mustafa Kaya via Getty Images)...

MARION VAN DIJK/Stuff Murchison Area school principal Andy Ashworth says its ridiculous that school buses were not required to have seatbelts. Parents were met with a “distressing scene” when they rushed to the crash site, near the end of the school bus run, after one of the students was understood to have texted a parent, Ashworth said. The children couldn’t initially get out of the bus because it had crashed onto its left-hand side, blocking the door, he said. Drivers of vehicles pas...

St John seeking volunteers in Dannevirke 26 Feb, 2021 02:36 AM 3 minutes to read Emergency Medical Technician Delwyn Walker at the Dannevirke A&P Show by the First Response vehicle the organisation wants to crew. Photo / Dave Murdoch Emergency Medical Technician Delwyn Walker at the Dannevirke A&P Show by the First Response vehicle the organisation wants to crew. Photo / Dave Murdoch Hawkes Bay Today By: Sue Emeny Dannevirke St John is looking for volunteers to join the emergency First Response...

Emergency teams pulled the person's body from the water near Cornfoot Ave.

Focus: 81-year-old Waikato man the victim of a road rage incident 23 Dec, 2020 09:47 PM 81-year-old Waikato man was the victim of a road rage incident in Otaki last night. Advertisement

ACC pulls funding for Rotorua Mountain Bike Club First Response Service 23 Dec, 2020 05:00 PM 5 minutes to read The future of a lifesaving medical crew that quickly reaches injured mountain bikers in Rotoruas Whakarewarewa Forest is in jeopardy after ACC pulled its funding. The Rotorua Mountain Bike Club First Response Unit has been operating for more than three years and during that time has rushed to the aid of an estimated 1000 riders in strife. But the club has just learne...

Social media left divided after parents PlayStation 5 Christmas prank 23 Dec, 2020 05:55 AM Social media left divided after parents PlayStation 5 Christmas prank on sons. Advertisement