Articles by Jaime Lyth and Chris Marriner
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Willis Not About To Deliver Her Own 'Black Budget'
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 9:15AMIn the end, it all comes down to taxes. This Government has promised to cut New Zealanders’ income tax, and that is precisely...
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National
Shocking video: Wrong-way motorway driver crashes into elderly couple
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 12:58PMShocking video has emerged of the moment a car driven by an alleged drink driver careered the wrong way down a Dunedin motorway,...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: On Watching the NYPD Enter Columbia University
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:45AMIt is such a small world. There was I, seated in front of a television set in suburban Auckland, watching the NYPD clear...
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Business
Revealed: The most complained-about telco
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 3:55PMA free dispute-resolution service says there is a “new normal” of high complaints against phone and broadband providers. The...
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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
'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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Business
Netflix reveals viewership for some of its biggest shows
Friday, 19 April 2024, 2:28PMNetflix has just reported its biggest quarter ever - on the back of its ongoing password-sharing crackdown and punters absorbing...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Collision Course
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 11:47AMIt was the cry that rang through the streets of Petrograd (St Petersburg) in the autumn of 1917: “All power to the soviets!”...
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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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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Saving The World From Climate Change, One Judgement At A Time
Thursday, 11 April 2024, 11:24AMNo doubt the European Court of Human Rights is congratulating itself on striking an important judicial blow against Climate...
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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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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: Making Choices
Friday, 5 April 2024, 12:27PM“It's all about choices” is how Labour deputy leader Carmel Sepuloni defines the substance of political partisanship in New...
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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
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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World
Obama, Clinton and Hollywood big names help Biden raise a record $25 million for his reelection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 4:17PMBarack Obama, Bill Clinton and some of Hollywood’s biggest stars teamed up Thursday night to deliver a rousing New York embrace...
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Sport
The best sport to watch this weekend
Friday, 29 March 2024, 2:09PMChris Rattue ranks the top sporting events to watch over the next few days. 4) Caitlin Clark, Monday 8am - Sky Basketball’s...
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Chris Trotter
Chris Trotter: God’s Own Country
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 8:15AMGloriavale docuseries Escaping Utopia, like Mr Bates v The Post Office, looks set to generate considerable upheaval. The...
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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,...