On today's episode, disability support providers say the sector fought long and hard to get its own ministry to improve the lives of disabled people, and gutting it is not the answer to funding issues, over-worked staff at Bay of Islands Hospital say it won't have enough doctors this weekend - nor for weekends to come - because Health New Zealand is refusing to hire more staff or pay for locums, Police in Auckland have now recovered at least 30 blocks of methamphetamine, disguised in sweet wrappers, and a week-long celebration of the coronation of the Maori monarch, Koroneihana begins today in Ngaruawahia.
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