Articles by Kim BOWDEN
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World
Biden will try to use State of the Union to contrast with Trump, sell voters on a second term
Friday, 8 March 2024, 2:56PMPresident Joe Biden is aiming to use his State of the Union address Thursday evening to urge voters to reject "an American...
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World
Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas, first time method used
Friday, 26 January 2024, 5:48PMWarning: Graphic content Alabama executed a convicted murderer with nitrogen gas today, putting him to death with a first-of-its-kind...
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World
Covid holdout North Korea to welcome first tourists since the pandemic
Monday, 15 January 2024, 8:06AMA mysterious Hermit Kingdom and pariah state is to finally welcome its first tourists in four years, as the last country...
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World
South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in the neck by a knife-wielding man
Tuesday, 2 January 2024, 4:52PMSouth Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck by an unidentified knife-wielding man during a visit...
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Crime
Watch: Remuera restaurant ram raid, deputy mayor 'beyond angry'
Wednesday, 9 August 2023, 1:29PMSecurity footage of a ram raid at an upmarket Remuera restaurant shows it took two attempts to smash an SUV through a large...
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Audio
The reinvention of Paula Bennett: Private wealth, a new podcast and the art of the "no comment"
Sunday, 28 August 2022, 12:02PMPaula Bennett's new podcast with the Herald, which launches today, is called Ask Me Anything, but when Kim Knight sits down...
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Technology
Security tool will help protect against 'quantum' hackers
Tuesday, 12 July 2022, 2:44PMA security tool picked up by the US Government is based on Auckland University research and will help protect against cyber...
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Auckland
Most Aucklanders support Collins' free public transport proposal - poll
Monday, 4 July 2022, 7:58PMMost Aucklanders in a new poll support Mayoral candidate Efeso Collins' free public transport proposal for Tamaki Makaurau. A...
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Lifestyle
Who bought the $1 million Star of New Zealand?
Saturday, 3 July 2021, 9:16AMDubbed the country's "first $1 million diamond" its whereabouts has been a mystery - until now, reports Kim Knight. Diamonds...
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Christchurch
Christchurch high schools engulfed in cyber sexual harassment fight
Thursday, 25 March 2021, 3:38PMAn online fight over sexual harassment has broken out on social media fuelled by accounts linked to two Christchurch high...
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Business
Diners leave, staff sob as lockdown hits Auckland restaurants
Monday, 15 February 2021, 3:13PMNot all restaurants will survive this week's snap lockdown, warns a long-time Auckland hospitality operator. Mandy Lusk,...
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Christchurch
'Complete fail': New hospital parking charges some of the highest in the country
Monday, 18 January 2021, 9:07AMChristchurch residents will have to cough up for some of the highest hospital parking rates in the country. From today, new...
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National
North Shore baby death: Shocked driver says stroller came 'out of nowhere'
Monday, 5 October 2020, 10:02PMThe driver of a van that struck a runaway stroller carrying a five-month-old baby says he can't shake the image from his...
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National
Westfield employee thought linked to Auckland cluster being re-investigated
Thursday, 20 August 2020, 5:48PMA person with Covid-19 who was originally thought to be linked to the South Auckland cluster is again under investigation. A...
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Auckland
Auckland high school student tests positive for Covid - parents, staff alerted
Thursday, 13 August 2020, 9:56AMAn Auckland high school student has tested positive for coronavirus, parents have been told. Mount Albert Grammar School...
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Upper North Island
Staff in state of 'shock and disbelief' over Taupō councillor's racial comments
Tuesday, 30 June 2020, 4:15PMOfficial complaints have been laid against a Taupō District councillor who made a comment considered to have "extremely inappropriate...
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National
One person dead, another injured after violent altercation on Auckland's North Shore
Thursday, 4 June 2020, 8:11PMOne person has died and another is injured following an incident in Northcote this evening. Police were called to an address...
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National
New photos show tiny clearing where two missing trampers were spotted
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 4:31PMA new image shows the tiny clearing where two missing trampers were spotted among a blanket of thick bush after signalling...
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National
Kiwis reflect: 84 lessons we've learnt in lockdown
Monday, 27 April 2020, 9:21AMWe've been scared, tired and stressed. But we've also loved the silence, the time with our kids and partners and the opportunity...
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World
'So heartwarming': Nurse Jenny thanks Kiwis; speaks of caring for Boris Johnson
Thursday, 23 April 2020, 7:07PMThe Kiwi nurse who UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed as keeping him alive has shared what it was like to be at his bedside...
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National
Artist Dick Frizzell brings back Kiwiana icon to raise money for charities
Wednesday, 22 April 2020, 4:43PMA well-known Kiwi artist has teamed up with Four Square to support charities on the front line of the Covid-19 crisis. An...
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Lifestyle
What fast food will be available in alert level 3
Thursday, 16 April 2020, 6:53PMYou could be having takeaways for dinner next week if New Zealand's alert level is lowered. If your home-made versions of...
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Business
Briscoes, Mitre 10 join companies selling essential items
Tuesday, 31 March 2020, 7:51PMWhile their doors will remain firmly shut, Briscoes will sell a limited range of essential items online during the national...
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Education
Coronavirus: Four Auckland schools linked to Covid-19 in one day
Monday, 23 March 2020, 9:33AMFour Auckland schools have been linked to confirmed Covid-19 cases in the past day, as the number continues to climb nationally. Marist...