Articles by Maryana Garcia and Sandra Conchie
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Crime
Teen mall stabbing accused in court - police allegations revealed
Tuesday, 7 May 2024, 1:25PMA teenager accused of stabbing another girl with a knife at Mount Maunganui’s Bayfair Shopping Centre on Friday has made...
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National
The NZ city where an average 190 vehicles are stolen each month
Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 1:25PMMore than 2200 vehicles were stolen from the streets of Hamilton in the space of 12 months, police data has revealed. Data...
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National
Facial recognition: Mum's 'horrible' mistaken identity ordeal at New World
Saturday, 13 April 2024, 9:18AMA Māori mum misidentified as a trespassed “thief” at a Rotorua supermarket trialling facial recognition technology says she...
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National
Woman found injured near intersection
Tuesday, 9 April 2024, 2:54PMHamilton police have launched an investigation after a woman was located injured near a Hamilton intersection on Monday night...
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National
'Ram raid': Te Kuti Liquorland invaded by flock of lost sheep
Monday, 8 April 2024, 2:22PMEmployees at a Te Kūiti liquor store experienced a different kind of ram raid on Saturday when they became shepherds to a...
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National
'Being reviewed': Search for missing 79yo in Pureora Forest hits 11th day
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 3:49PMThe officer in charge of the search for a missing 79-year-old Auckland woman in Pureora Forest has advised the search is...
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Crime
Police investigating homicide in 'very quiet' street
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 10:46AMResidents of a leafy Hamilton cul-de-sac are shocked to find police investigating a homicide in their street. One person...
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National
Emergency services respond to death at Huka Falls Rd
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 4:08PMA person has died at Huka Falls Rd, near Taupō. Emergency services have responded to the medical event. According to a police...
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Crime
'We don't always get it right': IPCA finds police wrongfully arrested, used force on man with facial tattoos
Tuesday, 5 March 2024, 2:14PMFour Hamilton police officers wrongfully “wrestled” a man to the ground, put him in a headlock and pepper-sprayed him, an...
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National
200 arrests in 6 months: How this CBD is turning the tide on crime
Monday, 4 March 2024, 10:37AMMere months ago, shoplifting was costing Tauranga CBD pharmacy owners Garth and Kelly Mitchinson up to $10,000 a year – and...
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Opinion
Sandra Faulkner: Rising stronger from the cyclone
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 3:25PMAs farmers, we love what we do and we're privileged to enjoy a life working on the land. On a good day, when you're out...
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National
Tauranga motorists warned to expect major traffic delays for next two days
Sunday, 11 February 2024, 2:40PMTauranga City Council is urging motorists to avoid all unnecessary travel tomorrow and Tuesday and work from home, ride share...
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Crime
Man pleads not guilty to setting Spa Lodge blaze
Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 1:30PMA man pleaded not guilty to arson yesterday in relation to a late November fire at Rotorua’s Spa Lodge. The man appeared...
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National
New One Day School for gifted kids set to open: What are the signs of giftedness?
Monday, 29 January 2024, 8:51AMRotorua’s gifted kids will be able to participate in a new One Day School programme from April. The fully-funded One Day...
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National
Watch: Car keeps veering into traffic in 'bloody scary' 25km drive
Tuesday, 23 January 2024, 10:01AMA Tauranga woman says she is “amazed” no one was killed after witnessing a vehicle veering across the centreline multiple...
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National
Death of Tauranga grandmother Tina Shrimpton third tragic blow for family in 13 months
Saturday, 20 January 2024, 11:00AMA Tauranga family who have lost two family members in the past 13 months have been dealt another terrible blow. Tina Shrimpton,...
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Crime
Concerns of 'vigilante justice' raised after Rotorua man charged for prowler incident
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 3:32PMA Rotorua man has appeared in court after he was allegedly caught on camera prowling outside a woman’s home and peering into...
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Crime
Harley Shrimpton case: Alleged kidnapper now faces murder charge
Thursday, 18 January 2024, 2:06PMThe man accused of kidnapping Tauranga man Harley Shrimpton has now been charged with his murder. Police launched a homicide...
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National
Watch: 'Lock your door' - prowler filmed peering in mum’s kitchen window
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 7:03AMA “sick” prowler had been creeping around a Rotorua mum’s home and peering into her windows for 40 minutes before she received...
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National
Chopper case: Dog owner's son in court over abusive Facebook pages
Thursday, 11 January 2024, 1:17PMA man arrested at the border for breaching an order to take down two Facebook pages containing messages abusing a Tauranga dog...
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National
Rotorua police investigate multiple burglaries after shops smashed up overnight
Thursday, 28 December 2023, 1:51PMRotorua police are investigating a string of overnight burglaries after shopowners arrived to find smashed windows and stolen...
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National
Mount Maunganui fatal crash brings holiday road toll to eight
Thursday, 28 December 2023, 10:32AMA fatal crash in Mount Maunganui has brought the Christmas holiday road toll to eight. A section of State Highway 2 at Mount...
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National
Former PM speaks out after vandals target nesting colony of endangered birds
Wednesday, 27 December 2023, 3:27PMFormer Prime Minister Helen Clark has spoken out after vandals targeted one of the country’s largest nesting colonies of...
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National
Isaac Robinson sentenced in Rotorua for raping sleeping woman
Friday, 22 December 2023, 10:20AMWarning: This story discusses sexual offending and anxiety. A jury “rightfully rejected” a man’s defence of “somnambulism”...