Articles by Kelly Makiha, Rotorua Daily Post
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National
Mum, daughter injured after stolen car smashes into their vehicle
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 9:19AMA Rotorua mother and her teen daughter say they are grateful to be alive after a stolen car failed to stop at an intersection...
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Award-winning restaurant reopens after car smashed through doors during dinner
Friday, 26 April 2024, 10:46AMIt’s been six weeks since a car ploughed through the glass doors of Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro restaurant, seriously injuring Rotorua woman...
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Theft of artificial turf angers cricket boss: 'if this is just for s****s and giggles'
Friday, 26 April 2024, 8:32AMPaul Wylie hopes there’s a backyard somewhere in Rotorua that has a nice cricket pitch or hockey turf made out of stolen...
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National
'Learn from our ancestors': Teen's Anzac speech calls out Kiwis for divisiveness
Thursday, 25 April 2024, 1:19PMIn a room full of dignitaries, guest speakers, leaders, men, women and children paying their respects to war heroes, it was...
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'Container'-like Kāinga Ora homes shock residents
Tuesday, 23 April 2024, 7:06AMRotorua residents shocked to see what looked like steel “container homes” on a Kāinga Ora development. One says the area...
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'Blindsided and betrayed': Bid for two more years of Rotorua homeless motels shocks
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 7:26AMRotorua residents say they feel “blindsided and betrayed” by a bid to keep contracting 10 motels to house homeless people...
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Police allege patrol car rammed in Tauranga
Monday, 15 April 2024, 2:13PMPolice have arrested a 21-year-old man after a patrol car was allegedly rammed in Tauranga. Detective Sergeant Leonie Smith...
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Street clean-up goes wrong after outsiders dump 'mountains of rubbish'
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 7:19AMIt was supposed to be a Kāinga Ora initiative to bring the residents of Wrigley Rd in Fordlands together by helping them...
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Hot-pool heartbreak: Family of missing man wish they had chance to say goodbye
Monday, 8 April 2024, 7:38AMIt’s been nearly two months since a man was suspected to have fallen to his death into a Rotorua hot pool. His family has...
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National
Gang shooting: Teen admits opening fire at busy city intersection
Friday, 29 March 2024, 9:22AMHe pulled a hood over his head and a scarf over his face, leaned out the front passenger window and fired five shots at two...
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Crime
Second person charged with murder of Mongrel Mob president
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 1:11PMA second person has been arrested and charged with murder following the death of Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven...
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National
'10 minutes of shaking': Uncommon style of earthquake activity at Ruapehu
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:39AMMount Ruapehu is experiencing an “uncommon style of small earthquakes”, GNS Science says. The volcano’s crater lake recently...
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'Just awesome': Missing man's miracle survival after two-week bush ordeal
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 9:16AMA Dunedin man who had been missing for almost two weeks has turned up safe and sound after pulling himself out of the bush...
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'It happened so fast': Mum hit by car in a restaurant tells how she survived
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 8:22AMSian Habgood was out for dinner with her husband, Jethro, at Rotorua’s Urbano Bistro when a car smashed through the restaurant’s...
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Chronic pain rarely improved by surgery, academic says
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 5:02PMThe over-reliance on surgery to treat chronic pain should join bloodletting on the list of outdated medical practices, an...
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'Malnourished and emaciated': Farmer found guilty in animal cruelty case
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 4:36PMWarning: Disturbing content Warren Koberstein’s sheep were emaciated, in pain and at the point of dying. Some couldn’t stand...
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Invercargill mayor unapologetic for racial, sexuality slurs
Friday, 22 March 2024, 9:28AMInvercargill Mayor Nobby Clark has given an extraordinary interview to comedian Guy Williams, in which he appeared unapologetic...
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Crime
Dunedin killer released from prison after just five months
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 2:27PMA man responsible for a fatal stabbing in Momona, Otago will be released from prison this week after just five months behind...
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Restaurant closed for repairs after car smashes through window
Sunday, 17 March 2024, 3:25PMA Rotorua restaurant is closed for repairs after a car smashed through its window on Friday and left four people injured. A...
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National
New study reveals: Mentally ill and men are more likely to start vaping
Monday, 11 March 2024, 4:03PMA new study by University of Otago researchers has revealed the psychological factors most likely to have non-smokers reaching...
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National
Billionaire's proposed lodge 'wrong development in the wrong location'
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 8:39PMA luxury lodge overlooking Lake Wānaka proposed by billionaire Peter Thiel is the “wrong development in the wrong location”,...
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Crime
International drug cartel fixer admits role in $27m cocaine plot
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 8:26PMThe middle-man for an international drug cartel involved in a $27m cocaine that came to a head in Dunedin has pleaded guilty. Carlos...
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Crime
Helicopter company heading to trial over pilot's death
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 2:19PMThe owner of a Milton helicopter company has denied charges after one of his pilots crashed and died while flying at night,...
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National
Car crashes through Dunedin high school fence
Monday, 4 March 2024, 3:08PMA car crashed through a Dunedin secondary school’s fence and landed on two parked cars, sparking a schoolwide lockdown this...