Articles by David Fisher , Jaime Lyth , Vaimoana Mase and Aaron Dahmen
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National
'I just about fell over': Elderly dog found after 60 days missing
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 3:38PMChris Alty and her family feared the worst after their golden labrador Sydney had been missing for so long without a trace. The...
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Crime
'Kick in the teeth': Break-in piles more pressure on Morningside café
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 1:51PMCrave Cafe in the Auckland suburb of Morningside said an overnight burglary is a “real kick in the teeth” in the face of...
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Politics
Deputy PM Winston Peters announces multi-million dollar solar upgrade in PNG
Monday, 13 May 2024, 2:51PMNew Zealand has announced a multi-million dollar boost to help Papua New Guinea improve its solar energy potential - declaring...
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National
Two dead in house fire: Hero dad helped rescue sole survivor
Monday, 13 May 2024, 10:17AMA man driving by the scene of a fatal house fire in Auckland this morning has told of the moment he helped the only survivor...
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National
'Couldn't believe it': Kiwi shoppers left 'deflated' by supermarket prize error
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 1:45PMWoolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition. The...
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Politics
'Disciplinary process' underway into Julie Anne Genter after confrontation
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 1:19PMThe Green Party has commenced a disciplinary process into the behaviour of MP Julie Anne Genter after a confrontation in...
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Travel
Travellers to Samoa advised to get insurance including medical evacuation
Wednesday, 1 May 2024, 1:26PMPeople set to travel to Samoa are being told to get comprehensive medical and travel insurance - including the provision...
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National
Attacked waiting for bus: Boy left bruised, needing psychological help
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 10:48AMA 13-year-old boy attacked while waiting for a bus home is so afraid of being targeted again he is seeing a psychologist...
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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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National
'He was aggressive': Ram that killed elderly couple belonged to neighbours
Monday, 22 April 2024, 8:26PMThe ram which killed an elderly couple on a West Auckland property was owned by neighbours and had broken through an electric...
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National
Residents of fire risk Auckland high-rise face eviction within days: 'we can’t go back in’
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:07PMAn Auckland apartment tower is so dangerous that “injury or death” is likely if it catches fire. City Garden Apartments residents...
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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
'Sad and bizarre': Swarbrick slams K Road rainbow crossing vandal, man arrested
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:09PMPolice have arrested a man after the vandalism of the rainbow pedestrian crossing on Karangahape Rd amid calls for a “restorative...
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National
Screaming heard as two critically injured people found in Westmere cul-de-sac
Friday, 12 April 2024, 11:30AMEmergency services are at the scene of an unfolding incident in the upmarket Auckland suburb of Westmere. Several police...
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Crime
Blockbusted: Pair charged for $20,000 Lego heist
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 2:31PMA 45-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man are allegedly behind $20,000 worth of theft of a popular children’s toy. Police...
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Audio
"Get stuffed": Paddy Gower hits out at 'Facebook keyboard warriors'
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 7:52AMPaddy Gower has slammed “keyboard warriors” claiming the media is getting what it deserves for going “woke” amid mass job...
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Politics
'Unacceptable': Seymour tells schools to mark climate protest students absent
Friday, 5 April 2024, 1:09PMAssociate Minister of Education David Seymour says students protesting against the climate crisis should be marked absent...
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Crime
Kaikōura man part of criminal network 'responsible for most scams' in 2023 charged
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 3:02PMA 28-year-old Kaikōura man has been charged as part of an investigation into a network responsible for most SMS scams in...
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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
NZ-wide morphine shortage impacting palliative care, new stock months away
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 8:29PMA country-wide shortage of morphine is impacting those in palliative care, while more stock could be months away. The daughter...
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National
Diary of an officer: Why police are moving to Australia
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:10AMWARNING: THIS ARTICLE DISCUSSES SUICIDE Frontline police are warning the force could soon reach a tipping point as officers move...
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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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National
Police investigating brutal Orewa College student assault
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 3:29PMPolice are investigating after video of an Orewa College student being assaulted surfaced online. The video shows a girl...