Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell avoided trial Thursday on charges that she attacked her husband with a crowbar during a marital dispute, having one felony count dropped and a second misdemeanor ...

The letter, released Wednesday by the National Iwi Chairs Forum and Ngā Rangatira o Aotearoa/Te Waipounamu and signed by representatives from more than 80 whānau, hapū, Iwi and Māori organisations, ...