Articles by By David Mchugh, Justin Spike, Karel Janicek and Veselin Toshkov
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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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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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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
'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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World
Alaska Airlines flight: FBI tells passengers they might be crime victims
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 4:11PMThe FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might...
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National
Cognitive test given to senior drivers 'totally unreliable', claims neuroscientist
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 1:48PMA neuroscientist claims a cognitive test given to senior motorists to assess their fitness to drive is discredited, unreliable,...
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Travel
Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge
Monday, 18 March 2024, 10:57AMBoeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots’ seats in its 787 Dreamliner jets after a published report said...
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Auckland
'I'm waiting for Wayne Brown': Boatie claims he beached yacht in sewage protest
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 4:17PMThe owner of a beached yacht on Mairangi Bay claims he’s driven it into the shallows of the popular east coast beach as a...
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Auckland
Weeks of chaos: Up to one in three Auckland train services cancelled from today
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 1:49PMAuckland Transport (AT) says potentially one in three train services will be cancelled from 3pm today and the commuter chaos...
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National
'Dangerous propaganda': Kiwi-Ukrainian urges people not to believe Putin
Monday, 12 February 2024, 2:38PMMembers of the local Ukrainian community are urging New Zealanders not to forget the war is still ongoing, and that it’s...
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National
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 1:17PMWaitangi is so packed that those wanting to be there busted through gates to drive across a farm, arriving through a back...
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National
Doctor accused of peddling Covid misinformation committed professional misconduct
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 9:00PMA doctor who was suspended from practising after complaints that he was spreading Covid-19 and vaccine falsehoods has been...
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National
CCTV shows mystery man who delivered $5000 cash to pensioner then ran away
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:54PMThe Herald reported the astonishment and concern of an Auckland pensioner handed a $5000 envelope filled with cash. The “delivery...
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National
Park plans on hold as costs and antisocial behaviour increase
Friday, 19 January 2024, 2:12PMDevelopment of the expansive Otaraua Park, in Otaihanga, on the Kāpiti Coast, has been put on hold as costs have skyrocketed. And...
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World
Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after Alaska Airlines plane suffers a blowout
Sunday, 7 January 2024, 9:22AMFederal officials ordered the immediate grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a...
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Sport
Djokovic not concerned by injury despite shock loss
Thursday, 4 January 2024, 1:28PMWorld No 1 Novak Djokovic isn’t fretting about his wrist injury, saying he has time to get himself in top shape for his Australian...
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National
Police seeking witnesses to South Auckland shooting that left two people critical
Monday, 1 January 2024, 3:17PMTwo people are fighting for their lives in hospital after a shooting in South Auckland overnight. Police said they were...
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World
Prague gunman had no criminal record
Saturday, 23 December 2023, 11:35AMCzech politicians tend to boast that their country is one of the safest in the world from gun violence. But the worst mass...
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World
Prague shooting: 15 people killed, 24 injured in a mass shooting at Charles University in Czech Republic
Friday, 22 December 2023, 10:38AMPolice gave no details about the victims or a possible motive for the shooting at the building located near the Vltava River...
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National
'Tooth fairy' fined $7k for making dentures for desperate locals
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 7:20AMThey called her the Tooth Fairy of Kaikohe. Claire Wihongi-Matene made and repaired dentures at cut-price cost for those...
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Politics
The baubles of office: What's the salary for the new PM and Cabinet ministers?
Friday, 24 November 2023, 2:45PMNow that Christopher Luxon is to be sworn in as the actual Prime Minister, his weekly pay packet will jump to $9058.63 before...
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National
Pro-Palestine protest: Boy hit by shovel-wielding man, police make 3 arrests at rally
Monday, 13 November 2023, 7:30AMA young child was allegedly hit on the head by a shovel-wielding man while leaving a pro-Palestine rally in Auckland’s Aotea...
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Crime
'I shouldn't have to go to jail': Billy TK on Covid protest prison sentence
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 9:59AMOne-time politician, preacher, and Covid-19 activist Billy Te Kahika is fighting to stay out of prison over a protest that...
