Articles by Lane Nichols

Education

'Highly concerning failures' at Teaching Council; firm run by CEO's husband gets $1.7m contracts - report
Tuesday, 17 February 2026, 3:21pm
This story has been updated after the Public Service Commission clarified the $1.7m figure in its review was the amount in...
National

'Persecuting one of their own’: Legal heavyweight unco-operative in judge conduct probe, panel hears
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 4:17pm
A judge with potential information about events at a New Zealand First function at an exclusive Auckland club -which left...
National

Statutory manager sent into troubled Auckland college's board
Monday, 9 February 2026, 3:11pm
A statutory manager has been appointed to the board of an embattled Auckland school ordered to close its hostels due to student...
Auckland

'Exceptional measures': Judge's unprecedented hearing kicks off after Northern Club 'fracas'
Monday, 9 February 2026, 1:23pm
An unprecedented hearing is underway to help determine whether District Court Judge Ema Aitken should be removed from office...
National

Pair accused of trying to smuggle 36kg of meth into NZ concealed in green tea
Wednesday, 4 February 2026, 1:11pm
Two men caught trying to smuggle 36kg of methamphetamine into the country from Singapore had concealed the vacuum packed...
Auckland

Watch: Court releases graphic images of blood-soaked couple implicated in bizarre killing
Sunday, 1 February 2026, 8:15am
Graphic content warning: This story discusses extreme violence and includes distressing images Graphic images of a couple...
National

Watch: Images released of knife-wielding man storming flat before 'frenzied' killing
Saturday, 6 December 2025, 8:18am
Graphic content warning: This story discusses extreme violence Confronting images of a bloody knife and the moment an armed...
Auckland

Jailed tax evader’s Auckland apartment for sale at huge discount – but there’s a catch
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 9:50am
An Auckland apartment owned by a jailed tax evader has been listed for sale by the High Court at a huge discount – but it...
National

Watch: No arrest after hooded man storms field, punches schoolboy rugby player
Tuesday, 10 June 2025, 4:20pm
A hooded man videoed storming the field during a First XV rugby game and punching a teenage player in the head is yet to...
National

'High degree of culpability': Luxury Waiheke vineyard convicted and fined after long legal battle
Sunday, 8 December 2024, 1:30pm
A luxury Waiheke Island wine company has been convicted and fined $50,000 for breaching noise limits in the latest round...
National

'Evil will come to you': Woman loses life savings to deepfake Luxon crypto scam
Sunday, 20 October 2024, 9:40am
A Taranaki grandmother lost $224,000 to an AI deepfake scam featuring Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. The scammers manipulated...
National

Ponsonby CEO pleads not guilty over alleged road rage attack on pensioner
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 3:03pm
A Ponsonby chief executive charged after an alleged road rage attack involving a North Shore pensioner and a $430,000 European...
National

Top Auckland school responds to revelations former music teacher had sex with student
Monday, 23 September 2024, 2:05pm
One of the country’s top secondary schools has responded to revelations that a former music teacher and Auckland Symphony...
National

Muslim school caught up in toxic receivership stoush involving warring charity, nearly $2m
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 4:42pm
A toxic legal stoush involving a warring charity has seen a trust tipped into receivership, nearly $2 million placed into...
National

Watch: Man Tasered before death in custody, family hopes footage a 'wake-up call'
Monday, 1 July 2024, 3:23pm
Warning: This story and video contain graphic content that may be distressing A coroner has released graphic video footage...
National

Family 'gobsmacked' after bank tellers help widow with dementia withdraw $300k
Sunday, 2 June 2024, 9:41am
An 89-year-old widow with dementia was able to withdraw more than $300,000 in cash with assistance from bank tellers in an...
National

'Misled by lies': Divorcee loses $580k in romance scam
Saturday, 25 May 2024, 9:06am
A US oil rig worker, a fake UK bank account and a supposed $3 million fortune. Lane Nichols investigates how an elaborate...
Auckland

Former Port of Auckland boss takes stand in own defence in first of its kind workplace death case
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 4:19pm
Former Port of Auckland CEO Tony Gibson has taken the stand in his own defence at an unprecedented trial into a workplace...
National

'She had no choice': Naked woman forced to jump for her life from upper window to escape fire
Monday, 29 January 2024, 4:26pm
A naked woman enjoying a hot bath was forced to jump for her life from a second-storey window to escape a house fire last...
Crime

'Fuelled by greed': Disgraced realtor granted parole from prison
Wednesday, 6 September 2023, 2:15pm
Disgraced real estate agent and convicted fraudster Aaron Drever will be released from prison next month and intends to work...
Auckland

Ōrākei couple accuse property developer of 'bullying' after being banned from local shops
Sunday, 27 August 2023, 2:56pm
A pensioner couple embroiled in a festering spat with a property developer claim they are being bullied, harassed and banned...
Crime

'Highly p***ed off': Mule used ANZ account to steal money from up to 9 victims
Thursday, 24 August 2023, 9:28pm
An Auckland money mule used her ANZ account to steal cash from up to nine scam victims before one of the duped investors...
National

'No red flags': Heartbroken realty agent loses $100k in elaborate finance scam
Sunday, 14 May 2023, 2:13pm
A real estate agent tricked into wiring $100,000 as part of a sophisticated investment scam says police told her the recipient...
Emergency

'Anything could happen': Piha residents brace for more damage as heavy rain sparks fresh flooding
Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 1:45pm
An isolated West Auckland beach community devastated by Cyclone Gabrielle is bracing for further damage today after torrential...