Articles by Jaime Lyth and James Pocock
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National
'Caught out': Councillor's surprise at 500 per cent hikes for small number of ratepayers
Monday, 13 May 2024, 1:19PMA Hawke’s Bay regional councillor feels “caught out” by proposed rates increases that will see 55 properties in the region...
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National
'Green' firewood sold to unassuming customers; call for industry regulation
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 10:51AMA Hawke’s Bay firewood seller says the Government needs to start regulating the industry to stop bad players from selling...
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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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National
‘They were just laughing’: Man says he was chased 700 metres then 'bashed with scooter by youths'
Friday, 26 April 2024, 11:56AMA building apprentice’s late-night walk to get a pie in Waipukurau turned into a nightmare when he was chased and assaulted...
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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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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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National
'Lots of crying': Family reunited with cat missing after cyclone one year on
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 3:32PMA Hawke’s Bay family has been reunited with their cat more than a year after she went missing during Cyclone Gabrielle. Jana...
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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
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...
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National
Easter exodus: Akl city to Bombay taking slow 1hr 24 minutes, SH1 closed after double fatal crash
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 11:10AMTruck fire on Southern Motorway blocks lanes near Manukau, creates major delays Double fatal crash closes SH1 in Marlborough,...
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National
Gisborne rainbow crossing restored after Destiny churchgoers paint it white
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 2:44PMGisborne’s rainbow crossing has been restored after Destiny Church members defaced it in protest of a drag queen story reading...
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Crime
Police investigating homicide in 'very quiet' street
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 10:46AMResidents of a leafy Hamilton cul-de-sac are shocked to find police investigating a homicide in their street. One person...
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National
'I heard all the screaming': Neighbour describes brawl that left two dead
Monday, 25 March 2024, 11:50AMA neighbour says she heard screaming and stepped outside to see a brawl of about 100 people that ended with two men dead...
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National
From $380 a year to $2200: Parents stung by hike in bus fares
Friday, 22 March 2024, 8:26AMParents face paying up to six times more for children’s school bus fares under a pending increase. Children and pensioners...
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Audio
'There is hope': Nicola Willis on recession, GDP
Friday, 22 March 2024, 7:51AMNicola Willis promised Kiwis that there’s still “hope” despite the bleak outlook for the economy. Finance Minister Nicola...
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National
'Behind every great man is a great woman': PM's wife Amanda Luxon hosting $110 afternoon tea
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 8:28PMAmanda Luxon is hosting a more than $100-a-head “ladies’ afternoon tea” in the Botany electorate where she will reveal what...
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Crime
'Extremely lucky no one was injured'; Six youths arrested after intersection vehicle pile-up
Thursday, 21 March 2024, 11:20AMSix youths, including an 11-year-old, have been arrested after slamming a stolen car into vehicles waiting at an Auckland...