Articles by Hamish%20Rutherford,%20NZ%20Herald
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National
'Educated and cunning': Small town cop's unusual find inside hidden compartments of car
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 4:34PMRemote doesn’t mean out of sight, when it comes to the poaching of paua. Police and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)...
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National
Little-known banking 'handbrake': Insurance paid them out, then ASB said they couldn't touch it
Monday, 1 January 2024, 1:44PMThe insurance money’s in the bank; the only problem for Hayden Downer and Maria Hollingshead is that their bank won’t let...
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National
DoC concerned over shot gulls found around Dunedin
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 3:12PMThe Department of Conservation says there’s “no excuse” for a recent spate of gull shootings in Dunedin. The department...
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National
Blocked by rocks: Landowner wants $200,000 to reopen beachfront drive
Thursday, 21 December 2023, 8:47AMEru Smith wants $200,000 from the Hastings District Council, plus an annual sum of $8000, before he’ll reopen the latest...
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National
Police dog handling dream comes true: 'You get to go home at the end of the day with your mate'
Tuesday, 19 December 2023, 11:07AMConstable Cole Devenport sympathises with the dog owners among us, whose prized family pooches don’t always do as they’re...
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National
Iwi boss installs boulders to block vehicle access to beach
Monday, 11 December 2023, 3:11PMNgāti Kahungunu leader Bayden Barber has placed large limestone boulders to block vehicle access to Waimārama Beach, east...
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National
'Fool's paradise': Why residents want vehicles off a famous Kiwi beach
Thursday, 23 November 2023, 3:15PMSophie Siers says you’re living in an “absolute fool’s paradise” if you think manners and common courtesy can make Waimārama...
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Sport
Sachin flies in to play Hawke's Bay club cricket
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 5:06PMWith a name like his, Sachin Jayawardena was always destined to be a cricketer. The Sri Lankan batting allrounder arrived...
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National
‘It’s gone’: Forester paints grim picture of planting industry under new fees regime
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 3:38PMA forester claims a Ministry for Primary Industries decision to cut an $18 million swathe through his industry could result...
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National
Who's leading our cyclone recovery?
Friday, 25 August 2023, 2:13PMThe Regional Recovery Agency is about a month away from charting the first way forward for Hawke’s Bay. The initial iteration...
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Sport
ABs to be kept busy at working bee
Monday, 7 August 2023, 3:45PMNo pressure fellas, but Diana Taunao is pretty keen on a new hen house. The All Blacks’ Rugby World Cup squad is doing a...
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National
The slow road to the Civil Defence review
Sunday, 28 May 2023, 2:14PMThe terms of reference for a review into the Cyclone Gabrielle response of the Hawke’s Bay Civil Defence Management (HBCDEM)...
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National
Resident says Hastings District Council's felling of trees 'heavy-handed'
Friday, 7 April 2023, 1:36PMThe Hastings District Council’s attempts to clean up the Karituwhenua Stream walkway after Cyclone Gabrielle are being described...
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National
Teachers pick up a shovel, not a placard
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 3:24PMHawke’s Bay’s exceptional circumstances were reflected in the way industrial action was observed by teachers on Thursday. Many...
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National
Hawke's Bay Civil Defence boss was on leave for tramping trip when cyclone hit
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 7:59AMHawke’s Bay Civil Defence Emergency Group controller Ian Macdonald was on leave for a tramping trip in the South Island when...
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National
Cyclone Gabrielle: Deliveries go off with military precision
Tuesday, 21 February 2023, 5:15PMKirsty Meynell is in her element. In her day job, she’s the administration and facilities manager for Taranaki Regional Council. But...
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National
Napier Golf Club thieves take 'whatever was left undestroyed'
Monday, 20 February 2023, 1:40PMLooting has added insult to injury for Napier Golf Club management and staff. The club shop, run under contract by Golf New...
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Politics
MP to stop advertising mobile offices in his electorate due to ‘death threats’
Wednesday, 25 January 2023, 3:22PMA Alleged death threats have caused Wairarapa MP Kieran McAnulty to stop advertising mobile offices in the electorate. McAnulty,...
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Politics
The intriguing battle for Tukituki
Monday, 23 January 2023, 4:15PMThe respective mobile phone numbers give a hint of Anna Lorck and Catherine Wedd’s shared past. Just one digit differs, befitting...
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Crime
'Smashing, yelling and screaming' - Merivale jewellery daylight robbery
Tuesday, 4 October 2022, 11:47AMThree masked men brandishing hammers have robbed a jewellery shop in broad daylight in the middle of Christchurch, making...
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National
Kaikōura tragedy: Whale surfaced underneath the boat - source
Tuesday, 13 September 2022, 1:47PMA sperm whale is understood to have flipped a boat at Goose Bay, claiming the lives of five photographers near Kaikōura. The...
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Crime
Blackmail targets 'naive' victims on NZ social media
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 10:36AMAt least three people in Dunedin have fallen prey to attempted blackmail this week after sharing explicit images of themselves...
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National
'Unsurvivable': Helicopter rescue crew hovered over crashed plane in Southern Alps
Friday, 5 August 2022, 12:05PMThe rescue helicopter crew who flew to the scene of a light plane crash in the Southern Alps believe that crash was "unsurvivable". Senior...
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National
Off-duty cop reduced to tears by racial abuse at school pickup
Thursday, 28 July 2022, 12:04PMAn off-duty police officer says he was racially abused and threatened in front of his child outside an Auckland school. It...