Banking not made simple for 97-year-old man in rural Taranaki town stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A night in a luxury hotel is being used to entice staff at the Taranaki District Health Board to get a flu shot.
The DHB has declared itself a 'Fortress' against winter ailments.
Only about 50 percent of its workers have been vaccinated so far and close to 200 kaimahi are off sick on any one day - compounding existing staff shortages.
Taranaki Whanganui reporter Robin Martin has more
SunLive - AA wants alcohol interlock system beefed up - The Bay s News First sunlive.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sunlive.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Thousands of drunk drivers who are eligible are not getting an alcohol interlock sentence and even if they did they might get away with never having the device fitted to their vehicle