Articles by Kelly Makiha
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National
Tribesman killed by 'hotbox' beating after secretly using gang account, Crown alleges
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 9:44amMark Hohua was beaten to death by the “men he called his brothers” because he was secretly using his gang’s bank account...
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National
'Biggest scale of forgery': Engineer jailed over fraud linked to almost 1000 properties
Friday, 10 May 2024, 7:49pmFor nearly six years, Jon Hall fraudulently signed more than 1900 documents purporting to be a more qualified engineer than...
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National
Mongrel Mob gang patch theft leaves six injured in cascade of crashes
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 7:12amA carload of Mongrel Mob gang members was hot on Wharekite Te Runa’s tail because he and his Black Power mates had just stolen...
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National
Mum, daughter injured after stolen car smashes into their vehicle
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 9:19amA Rotorua mother and her teen daughter say they are grateful to be alive after a stolen car failed to stop at an intersection...
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National
Award-winning restaurant reopens after car smashed through doors during dinner
Friday, 26 April 2024, 10:46amIt’s been six weeks since a car ploughed through the glass doors of Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro restaurant, seriously injuring Rotorua woman...
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National
Theft of artificial turf angers cricket boss: 'if this is just for s****s and giggles'
Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:32amPaul Wylie hopes there’s a backyard somewhere in Rotorua that has a nice cricket pitch or hockey turf made out of stolen...
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National
'Learn from our ancestors': Teen's Anzac speech calls out Kiwis for divisiveness
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:19pmIn a room full of dignitaries, guest speakers, leaders, men, women and children paying their respects to war heroes, it was...
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National
'Container'-like Kāinga Ora homes shock residents
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 7:06amRotorua residents shocked to see what looked like steel “container homes” on a Kāinga Ora development. One says the area...
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National
'Blindsided and betrayed': Bid for two more years of Rotorua homeless motels shocks
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 7:26amRotorua residents say they feel “blindsided and betrayed” by a bid to keep contracting 10 motels to house homeless people...
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National
Street clean-up goes wrong after outsiders dump 'mountains of rubbish'
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 7:19amIt was supposed to be a Kāinga Ora initiative to bring the residents of Wrigley Rd in Fordlands together by helping them...
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National
Hot-pool heartbreak: Family of missing man wish they had chance to say goodbye
Monday, 8 April 2024, 7:38amIt’s been nearly two months since a man was suspected to have fallen to his death into a Rotorua hot pool. His family has...
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National
Gang shooting: Teen admits opening fire at busy city intersection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 9:22amHe pulled a hood over his head and a scarf over his face, leaned out the front passenger window and fired five shots at two...
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National
'It happened so fast': Mum hit by car in a restaurant tells how she survived
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 8:22amSian Habgood was out for dinner with her husband, Jethro, at Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro when a car smashed through the restaurant’s...
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National
'Malnourished and emaciated': Farmer found guilty in animal cruelty case
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 4:36pmWarning: Disturbing content Warren Koberstein’s sheep were emaciated, in pain and at the point of dying. Some couldn’t stand...
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National
'Biggest red flag': Teen victim reveals how to spot sexual grooming
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 11:09amRebecca (not her real name) was just 12 when Clayton Fox and Wikitoria Pepene started selling her cannabis. But Fox - the...
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National
'Fights breaking out' as 'organised' beggars make up to $400 a day
Saturday, 17 February 2024, 9:06amA Rotorua beggar says being hit by a car and charged in court won’t deter her as she makes up to $300 a day. She says local...
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National
'Simply unacceptable': Nine dead on Rotorua roads in 2023
Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 1:19pmThe families of nine people in Rotorua have just spent the holiday period with one less person at the table following a horror...
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National
P-addicted Rotorua man pimped out girls as young as 13 for sex
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 10:40amText messages of a P-addicted man who pimped out underage girls as young as 13 for sex, gave them drugs and ran an illegal...
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National
'Get off', children heard dad yell after mum stabbed him during sex
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 7:17amWarning: Contains graphic details. “Get off, what are you doing?” That’s what children heard their father yelling on the...
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National
'You're killing me': Woman on trial after stabbing husband with scissors during sex
Tuesday, 21 November 2023, 7:10amWarning: Contains graphic details. A wife who stabbed her husband with scissors while they were having sex claims she acted...
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National
Police given special search powers following simmering Ōpōtiki gang violence after woman shot
Monday, 23 October 2023, 3:37pmPolice dealing with Mongrel Mob and Black Power conflict in Ōpōtiki have turned to legislation to give them greater search...
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National
Council charged after tourist injured falling into geothermal sinkhole
Thursday, 19 October 2023, 4:23pmRotorua Lakes Council has appeared in court facing a WorkSafe charge relating to an incident last year where a tourist allegedly...
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Crime
'Terrified': Robber on parole holds up vape store workers at knifepoint
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 1:52pmHe was on parole when he cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and held up Rotorua vape store workers at knifepoint,...
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National
'That attracted some attention': Drunk driver on his phone nearly hits cop car
Wednesday, 27 September 2023, 7:31amA repeat drink-driver caught after veering into the path of a police car and nearly causing a head-on crash blamed the incident...