Articles by Carla Penman
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National
Sir Ed Hilary's granddaughter to conquer Everest in 2020
Sunday, 21 October 2018, 9:21AMLily Hillary is determined to conquer Mt Everest, just like her grandad did, in 2020. It's been 65 years since Sir Edmund...
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National
Simon Bridges urges fuel tax reversal after surplus
Wednesday, 10 October 2018, 5:48AMNational leader Simon Bridges is calling for the Government to reverse the new petrol taxes in light of the $5.5 billion...
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National
Groundwater survey to test for controversial weed killer Roundup
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 5:34PMRoundup is for the first time being tested for nationwide in groundwater - which is used to supply up to half of the country's...
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National
High Court overturns ruling of breach of privacy in Kim Dotcom case
Tuesday, 2 October 2018, 2:44PMThe High Court has overturned the Human Rights Review Tribunal's finding of a breach of privacy in the Dotcom case. Kim Dotcom...
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National
Paramedics in favour of new bill to jail attackers
Wednesday, 19 September 2018, 8:37PMA new law could strip judges of the power to decide on anything less than jail time for people who attack paramedics and...
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National
SPCA investigating suspected poisoning of famed Titirangi chickens
Monday, 17 September 2018, 1:10PMThe SPCA is investigating the deaths of up to five chickens following a suspected poisoning on a west Auckland street. Chickens,...
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National
Paramedic keeps job after 'offensive' comments
Sunday, 2 September 2018, 4:18PMSt John ambulance has apologised to a female patient and disciplined a paramedic who told her she had a throat infection...
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Education
Teachers' strike: Everything you need to know
Wednesday, 15 August 2018, 5:25AMTeachers will jam New Zealand's city centres at lunchtime today to stake their claims for better pay and conditions to overcome...
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National
Another suspected synthetic drug death confirmed in central Auckland
Friday, 10 August 2018, 8:48PMA man died on Auckland's Queen St in broad daylight last Saturday after using synthetic drugs, the Herald can reveal. St...
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Crime
Tensions flare at inquest into 18-year-old decapitation case
Monday, 6 August 2018, 7:12PMTensions ran high during a coroner's inquest today as experts again clashed over why a piece of a truck came off and flew...
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National
Household bills 'crippling' Kiwi families, driving more to apply for hardship grants
Tuesday, 31 July 2018, 8:49PMFood, rents, petrol and power bills are getting more expensive, forcing more Kiwi families to take extraordinary measures...
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News
'What haven't I have been fined for?': Stripper speaks out on unfair fines
Tuesday, 22 May 2018, 3:23PMWhen asked what she's been fined for while working as a stripper, Brooke West responds with a laugh and a rhetorical question:...
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National
'Babies run over the worst': Fatal crashes etched in mind of crash investigator
Tuesday, 8 May 2018, 5:38AMA senior policeman can recall all 250 fatal crashes he's attended over the past 20 years. Serious Crash Unit Senior Constable...
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National
'Had to go home and give my kids a hug'
Monday, 7 May 2018, 5:35AMBrutal reality of deaths hits medics as road crash numbers keep climbing. Most people in car crashes aren't ready to die. You...
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Christchurch
Dashcam footage shows tourist's wrong turn before crash
Friday, 23 March 2018, 5:08PMDashcam footage shows a tourist driver fail to give right of way and plough head-on into a white truck. The 15-second clip...
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National
Exclusive: The man who cracked the Coral Burrows case
Saturday, 10 March 2018, 6:46AMFormer detective makes sobering return to crime scene, writes Carla Penman The detective who got Coral Burrows' killer's...
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National
High numbers of children and pets rescued from hot cars
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, 5:37PMAlmost 600 children have had to be rescued from boiling hot parked cars so far this year - the highest number since 2013. The...
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National
NZ's biggest cemetery running out of room
Monday, 13 November 2017, 12:28PMPeople will have to get in quick to reserve a plot at the country's biggest cemetery, as it is soon to run out of space. Records...
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Māori
Maori agribusiness sector set for boost
Saturday, 14 June 2014, 2:36PMA new joint venture looks set to give the Maori agribusiness sector a boost.
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Lower South Island
Township must sit tight as slip is cleared
Monday, 12 May 2014, 5:43PMA small Otago township is being urged to sit tight as contractors plan to work away at clearing a major slip over the next...