Articles by Patrice Dougan, Lynley Bilby
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National
North Island storm: Fresh flood threat, 130km/h gales for Akl north, 6m-high seas
Friday, 27 October 2023, 2:12PMFirst warnings have been issued of potentially destructive winds and heavy rain and possible flooding set to slam into the...
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Education
Ex-King's College teacher jailed for historical child sex abuse; call for NZ victims
Friday, 29 September 2023, 5:24PMWarning: This article discusses sexual assault. A former King’s College teacher and housemaster is to spend four years in...
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Auckland
Dog-loving Auckland couple who died in crash named, family, friends mourn devoted pair
Monday, 12 June 2023, 3:09PMAn elderly couple who died three days apart after a crash were devoted dog lovers who were often seen walking their pet beagle...
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Crime
'Shut up or be killed': Manhunt under way after schoolgirl abducted, brutally assaulted
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 9:27AMWARNING: Distressing content A 15-year-old schoolgirl was bundled out of her home at knifepoint by an intruder who chased...
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Crime
'I am nothing and nobody': Ex-broadcaster Liz Gunn pleads not guilty over airport scuffle
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 8:21AMFormer TV presenter Liz Gunn has pleaded not guilty after she and a cameraman allegedly got into a scuffle with Auckland...
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National
'Totally devastated': Wife of man who drowned at Piha had lost parents, brother to Covid
Monday, 23 January 2023, 7:26AMThe grief-stricken wife of one of the men who died at Piha Beach on Saturday has been left utterly lost and bereft after...
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National
Raging seas threaten to take historic Coromandel boating club
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 9:26AMThe Coromandel boating club behind New Zealand’s first bid to contest the America’s Cup is now facing a fight to save its...
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National
Live: Coromandel cut off; SH25 blocked by fallen trees, floods, slips
Thursday, 5 January 2023, 10:03AMLATEST UPDATES SH 25 in Coromandel closed by slips and flooding More than 200 mm of rain to fall in Coromandel, Bay of Plenty Upper...
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National
Death rate jumps 10 percent, Covid-19 sees NZ mortality rate climb to new high
Thursday, 17 November 2022, 10:50PMNew Zealand has just recorded its highest death count in a 12-month period - driven by the Covid pandemic and our ageing...
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Crime
'I don't know how I'll get around': Car theft victim's dismay after reckless joyride
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 2:17PMA car belonging to a pregnant woman stolen in an audacious day-time theft from Middlemore Hospital has been recovered but...
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Crime
Woman to appear in court over nine-year-old cold case, faces arson and murder charges
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 11:51AMA 62-year-old woman has been charged with murder and arson in relation to a Gisborne war veteran who died in a house fire...
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National
Died alone in her car: Residents repeatedly sought help for homeless elderly woman in swanky suburb
Friday, 8 July 2022, 7:07AMA review is under way after Auckland Council wrongly classed an elderly woman living in a car on a Remuera street as a freedom...
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National
Irish rugby hero's life-saving kiss: All Blacks fan brought back from dead
Wednesday, 6 July 2022, 10:05AMA touring Irish fan has given the kiss of life to a Waikato rugby stalwart whose heart stopped beating as he parked his ute...
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Crime
Otago University bomb threat: Woman sent hoax to hide failure from parents
Thursday, 12 May 2022, 7:55PMA woman sent fake bomb threats to Otago University warning of carnage greater than the 2019 Christchurch mosques attacks...
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Covid-19
Family to lodge complaint after man isolating at home dies with Covid
Friday, 12 November 2021, 7:18AMA grieving daughter whose father died a painful death at home 12 days after contracting Covid-19 says he tried to get help...
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National
Snow in Wellington, giant wave warning - storm surging north
Tuesday, 29 June 2021, 7:05AMLight snow is now falling across Wellington suburbs as an ice-laced wind sends temperatures in the capital plunging below...
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National
Auckland's dire August - the Covid cluster that changed everything
Monday, 7 September 2020, 2:31PMA month ago New Zealand was delivered the news no one wanted to hear. After 102 days of no new Covid-19 cases in the community,...
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Auckland
Warning to Waiheke Island day trippers - 'I'll see you at the wharf with my pitchfork'
Monday, 17 August 2020, 11:48AMThe head of Waiheke Island's community board is threatening to greet Aucklanders arriving on her home patch with a pitchfork,...
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National
Questions remain over how Covid escapee spent 70 minutes
Wednesday, 8 July 2020, 3:33PMAs a section of external fencing was being replaced outside the smoking area of Auckland's towering Stamford Plaza a 32-year-old...
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National
Govt restricting seats on Air NZ flights as Kiwis scramble to get home
Tuesday, 7 July 2020, 9:56AMThe Government has confirmed it is restricting seats on international flights for people wanting to return to New Zealand. In...
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Auckland
Fatal crash: Pedestrian killed after being hit by rubbish truck in Auckland
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 10:13AMA pedestrian is dead after they were hit by a rubbish truck in West Auckland during rush hour this morning. A section of...
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National
Man dies after falling in council tree pit
Monday, 22 April 2019, 12:28PMA grieving Auckland woman is seeking legal advice after her elderly partner suffered fatal injuries when he fell into an...
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National
Elderly arson victim praying for perpetrators
Wednesday, 10 January 2018, 12:16PMAn elderly fire victim whose home was torched after giving a group of teenagers water says she's praying they get the help...
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National
Watch: Two terrifying raids on bottle store
Tuesday, 9 January 2018, 5:01PMThis is the terrifying moment workers at a South Auckland bottle shop fear for their lives as a band of armed thugs burst...