Articles by Murray Robertson
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World
Armed Aussie man in police standoff at medical clinic, staff held hostage
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 4:31pmA man has died in a confrontation with police after reportedly producing a firearm inside a medical clinic in New South Wales, Australia. Officers...
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Politics
Covid 19 Delta outbreak: Deputy PM Grant Robertson responds to Sir Ian Taylor
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 12:07pmIn his column for the Herald, Sir Ian Taylor claimed the Government was going on holiday at a dangerous time in the fight...
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Science
World's oldest fossil forest discovered in New York
Monday, 23 December 2019, 12:01pmEvidence of the world's oldest forest, dating back some 385 million years, has been discovered in an abandoned quarry in...
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World
'Someone's protecting her captors': Maddie McCann 'still alive' - investigator
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 10:47amMadeleine McCann could still be alive and trapped in an underground dungeon, a retired detective who investigated her disappearance...
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Entertainment
Comment: Chasing down a winning formula
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 3:45pmCOMMENT: Before I discovered the very popular British series The Chase, it had been a long time since I'd actually sat down...
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Opinion
Comment: Three made the right choice in axing Jono and Ben
Wednesday, 31 October 2018, 8:20pmWhere were you when you heard Jono and Ben was being cancelled? Chances are you weren't watching the announcement on the...
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World
Elon Musk labels Thai rescue hero a 'pedo'
Monday, 16 July 2018, 6:18amBillionaire Elon Musk has labelled a British diver involved in the dramatic rescue of 12 trapped Thai soccer players and...
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Entertainment
Comment: The battle for 7PM dominance heats up
Wednesday, 18 April 2018, 9:14amIt's been a while since I've visited the 7pm timeslot on free-to-air telly. At that point of the evening, I'm usually busy...
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Dunedin
Grave vandals cause hundreds of thousands in damage
Wednesday, 23 March 2016, 11:50amVandals have caused around $120,000 worth of damage to gravestones at a Dunedin cemetery. Up to a dozen headstones have been...
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Emergency
Woman's heroic act saves six youngsters
Sunday, 5 April 2015, 9:38amUPDATED 3.01pm: A Gisborne grandmother is being hailed a hero for pulling six young children from her burning home late last...
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Emergency
Mystery of man missing in Gisborne surf
Sunday, 9 November 2014, 9:22amA mystery for police in Gisborne, which involves a man possibly missing in the surf at Wainui Beach. The man is thought to...
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Lower North Island
Northern Hawke's Bay home gutted in blaze
Thursday, 10 July 2014, 5:20pmFire destroyed a four bedroom home at Tuai in northern Hawke's Bay this morning.