Articles by Christina Campbell, David Fisher, Gia Garrick
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National
45 seconds of terror: $1m worth of gems, gold stolen in brazen jewel store raid
Monday, 29 April 2024, 10:41AMSix masked thieves - one armed with a machete - targeted Manurewa jewellery store Glitter Jewellers, taking a $1 million...
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Audio
Wine: OTU (Otawhero Estate) Chardonnay
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 11:58AMBOB’S BEST BUYS Wine: OTU (Otawhero Estate) Chardonnay, 2023 Hawke’s Bay $20 Why I chose it: - Discovered it in a recent...
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Wellington
Wellington City Council ends negotiations to reopen Reading Cinemas in Courtenay Place
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 2:43PMWellington City Council has announced it has ended negotiations with Reading International to re-open the closed cinema complex...
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National
Watch: 'We could die'- Diabetic girls plead with Pharmac
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 4:33PMTwo 11-year-old girls have made a video begging Pharmac to continue funding the insulin pumps they rely on to keep them alive. Emily...
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World
Kiwi Ukrainians send 200 wheelchairs and 10 beds to war hospitals
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:56PMA group of Ukrainian New Zealanders have sent a container filled with 10 hospital beds, 200 wheelchairs, eight electric wheelchairs...
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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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National
Govt investigating mega tunnel underneath Wellington
Monday, 15 April 2024, 7:21AMThe Government has asked NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi officials to investigate a mega tunnel underneath Wellington from...
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Business
Commercial Bay developer eyes Wellington's Civic Square
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 3:16PMTe Ngākau Civic Square is meant to be the heart of Wellington but it has become a graveyard of closed buildings after the...
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Audio
Bob's Best Buys: Escarpment Gris 2023 Martinborough
Saturday, 6 April 2024, 1:44PMBOB’S BEST BUYS Escarpment Gris 2023 Martinborough $30 Why I chose it: -I like it very much and respect Escarpment as...
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Politics
Minister dodges questions on ferry letter, won't commit to new ships by 2026
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 4:25PMFinance Minister Nicola Willis will not commit to replacing Interislander’s ageing fleet by 2026 which is when the now cancelled...
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National
Letter from Nicola Willis forces KiwiRail to bin ferry contract after 2-month limbo
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 7:36AMKiwiRail only terminated its mega ferry ship-building contract after receiving a letter from Finance Minister Nicola Willis and...
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World
'Just crazy': Kiwi woman describes horror at being 16 floors up during Taiwan quake
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:32PMThree Kiwis who had been caught up in the 7.4 earthquake to hit Taiwan described side-to-side shaking and walls cracking,...
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National
'I want my son to have his daddy’: Family's anguish at Kiwi brothers' Thai arrest
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:01AM- Heartbreaking moments when mums told children their dads were locked up in Thailand - Trip was a chance for brothers to...
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World
Alaska Airlines flight: FBI tells passengers they might be crime victims
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 4:11PMThe FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might...
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Crime
'Lifetime of grief': Drink driver sentenced for killing 'deeply loved' Irish pedestrian
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 3:27PMEmotional friends and family of an Irish national killed by a drunk driver in Wellington say they have been left with a lifetime...
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National
Cognitive test given to senior drivers 'totally unreliable', claims neuroscientist
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 1:48PMA neuroscientist claims a cognitive test given to senior motorists to assess their fitness to drive is discredited, unreliable,...
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Travel
Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge
Monday, 18 March 2024, 10:57AMBoeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots’ seats in its 787 Dreamliner jets after a published report said...
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Wellington
Wellington's early amalgamation plans revealed, why it won't be a super city
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 4:37PMWellington civic leaders have secured a meeting with ministers to discuss a potential regional deal, and are considering...
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Politics
Transport Minister refuses to commit to walking and cycling path in new Mt Vic tunnel
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 4:15PMTransport Minister Simeon Brown has refused to commit to a walking and cycling connection in Wellington’s second Mt Victoria...
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Wellington
Corporate welfare or visionary? The secret Reading Cinema deal dividing Wellington
Wednesday, 28 February 2024, 6:58AMIn the middle of last year, Wellington Mayor Tory Whanau needed a win. She was being criticised for absences from civic functions,...
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National
Kiwi apartment owners seek overseas insurance after premium spikes $350k
Tuesday, 27 February 2024, 2:28PMWellington apartment owners are joining forces to try and find alternative insurance cover amid growing concern premiums...
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Audio
Wine: A hearty red for the months ahead
Saturday, 24 February 2024, 11:57AMTaylors Estate Limestone Coast, Clare Valley Shiraz $20 Why I chose it - Hearty red for the months ahead. - Taylor’s...
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Auckland
'I'm waiting for Wayne Brown': Boatie claims he beached yacht in sewage protest
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 4:17PMThe owner of a beached yacht on Mairangi Bay claims he’s driven it into the shallows of the popular east coast beach as a...
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Business
'Perfect storm': KiwiRail reveals what led to mega ferry cost blowout
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 3:18PMKiwiRail has dragged up an old stoush over the location of its Cook Strait mega ferry terminal in Wellington to explain why...