Equity Residential said Friday it will buy New York-based Wellsford Residential Property Trust for $996 million in stock and debt, which will increase its apartment holdings by 26 percent to 317 ...

Wellsford coach Ross Neal couldn't hide his delight as the final whistle sounded. "It was all from a good start," Neal said of his team's ability to break their finals hoodoo.

Wellsford raced to a healthy 30-22 lead after an adventurous 53m penalty was nailed by Blundell with 10 minutes to go but the host's wing Rayden Smith touched down in the corner minutes later.

There is a public health nurse operating out of her own office in Wellsford. The local DHB's deputy director of funding, Tim Wood, says she's not going anywhere.