Articles by Benjamin Plummer
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National
'Disgraceful': Principal disgusted after young student called racial slur after rugby game
Tuesday, 14 May 2024, 12:18PMA Lower Hutt principal has publicly addressed an incident in which one of his students was racially abused following a rugby...
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Crime
'Felt like a lifetime': Man arrested over Porirua woman's 2019 cold case death
Monday, 13 May 2024, 9:42PMA 47-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the murder of Kathleen Kawana five years ago. Kawana, 46, disappeared...
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National
Auckland police monitor Killer Beez gang convoy for Ponsonby gunman
Friday, 10 May 2024, 7:13AMPolice overnight monitored the movements of Killer Beez gang members across the Auckland region, part of a convoy that accompanied...
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National
King's Counsel files complaint over tikanga Māori in NZ law courses, Peters agrees
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 9:06PMA senior King’s Counsel has filed a complaint to the Government’s Regulations Review Committee over incoming compulsory tikanga...
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Crime
'Unresolved factual issues': Inquest to be held over Auckland supermarket terror attack
Monday, 6 May 2024, 9:27PMA coronial inquest will be held as to whether government agencies could have done more to prevent an Islamic State supporter...
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National
'She's a bully': Details emerge of Green MP's heated exchange with florist shop owner
Friday, 3 May 2024, 7:18AMA fresh allegation of intimidation against Green MP Julie Anne Genter has surfaced, this time allegedly getting into a heated...
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National
Watch: ‘Please resume your seat’ - Complaint made after Green MP clashes with Minister
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 7:13AMGreen MP Julie Anne Genter has apologised in Parliament and could face further disciplinary action after a complaint was...
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Politics
'Huge step backwards': Nine roles at the Ministry of Ethnic Communities to be cut
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 3:33PMNine jobs at the Ministry of Ethnic Communities are set to be cut in a move the Public Service Association has called “more...
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National
NZ 'close to the tipping point' of measles epidemic, health experts warn
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:39AMNew Zealand is “close to the tipping point” of unimmunised children that set off measles epidemics in previous years, public...
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National
Skipper of vessel that capsized on notorious bar describes dramatic rescue
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 7:05AMThe skipper of a boat that capsized on the notorious Manukau bar at the weekend, prompting a courageous rescue mission, says...
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National
'Pack a lot of punch': Why rams attack and why pet animals can be worse
Friday, 19 April 2024, 12:35PMRam attacks - especially in breeding season - are common on farms and lifestyle blocks across New Zealand, but fatalities...
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National
'Snapped in half': Passenger breaks leg on seven-hour Air NZ flight
Friday, 19 April 2024, 8:18AMAn Air New Zealand passenger suffered a badly broken leg just 30 minutes into a seven-hour international flight after the...
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National
Auckland Council inspector accused of accepting more than $58,000 worth of bribes
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 11:28AMA former Auckland Council building inspector allegedly accepted bribes in the form of significant renovations to his residence...
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World
Six heroes in the wake of the horrific Bondi Junction stabbings
Monday, 15 April 2024, 9:42PMSix heroes are being praised on social media after the “horrific attack” at a Bondi shopping centre that left six people...
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National
Snap, crackle, shock! Large mouse spotted eating cereal at Auckland supermarket
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:35PMA customer at a Pukekohe, South Auckland supermarket looked as if “she was gonna be sick” after a large mouse was spotted...
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National
Brian Tamaki voices support for man accused of vandalising K Road crossing
Monday, 15 April 2024, 9:16AMAn Auckland man married to Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki’s granddaughter has pleaded guilty to vandalising the rainbow...
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Crime
Watch: Armed police storm Leo Molloy’s waterfront bar to arrest alleged kidnappers
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:09AMDramatic video shows armed police storming into one of Auckland’s most prominent waterfront bars this afternoon to arrest...
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National
'Ear-splitting': Gunshot heard before woman kidnapped from North Shore address
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:39AMAn “ear-splitting” gunshot was heard during an altercation at a property in the North Shore suburb of Beach Haven last night...
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National
'Something horrific': Man suffers skull fracture in bloody ED machete attack
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 7:36AMWarning: Graphic content A machete-wielding man allegedly entered a Wairarapa emergency department, asked a receptionist...
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National
'Didn't deserve that': Sushi shop owner fights for life after stabbing
Friday, 29 March 2024, 9:29AMSaddened locals are expressing their shock at the stabbing of an Auckland woman as police forensic teams comb the scene this...
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Crime
'It's a horrifying scene': One dead, one seriously injured after 'stabbing' at Browns Bay sushi shop
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 8:22PMOne person is dead and another seriously injured tonight after a woman was found lying in a pool of blood outside a Browns...
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National
Must do better - NZ students among worst behaved kids in OECD: report
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7:06AMNew Zealand school students are among the worst-behaved kids in the OECD and behaviour has worsened in the last two years,...
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National
'Loving dad': Gang member killed in Gisborne party brawl had recently become a father
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 7:08AMA witness of the 100-person brawl in Gisborne where two people were killed and three others hospitalised says they heard...
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National
'Staggering': Drunk driver blows nearly nine times the legal limit
Tuesday, 19 March 2024, 3:34PMAn Auckland woman blew nearly nine times the legal limit after police found her behind the wheel of a vehicle in Northland...