Articles by William Wan, David Weingrad, Fred Barbash, Washington Post
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National
45 seconds of terror: $1m worth of gems, gold stolen in brazen jewel store raid
Monday, 29 April 2024, 10:41AMSix masked thieves - one armed with a machete - targeted Manurewa jewellery store Glitter Jewellers, taking a $1 million...
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World
Kiwi Ukrainians send 200 wheelchairs and 10 beds to war hospitals
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:56PMA group of Ukrainian New Zealanders have sent a container filled with 10 hospital beds, 200 wheelchairs, eight electric wheelchairs...
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National
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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National
Brian Tamaki voices support for man accused of vandalising K Road crossing
Monday, 15 April 2024, 9:16AMAn Auckland man married to Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki’s granddaughter has pleaded guilty to vandalising the rainbow...
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World
'Just crazy': Kiwi woman describes horror at being 16 floors up during Taiwan quake
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:32PMThree Kiwis who had been caught up in the 7.4 earthquake to hit Taiwan described side-to-side shaking and walls cracking,...
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National
'I want my son to have his daddy’: Family's anguish at Kiwi brothers' Thai arrest
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:01AM- Heartbreaking moments when mums told children their dads were locked up in Thailand - Trip was a chance for brothers to...
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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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World
Alaska Airlines flight: FBI tells passengers they might be crime victims
Saturday, 23 March 2024, 4:11PMThe FBI has told passengers on the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max that lost a door-plug panel in midflight that they might...
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National
Cognitive test given to senior drivers 'totally unreliable', claims neuroscientist
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 1:48PMA neuroscientist claims a cognitive test given to senior motorists to assess their fitness to drive is discredited, unreliable,...
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Travel
Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge
Monday, 18 March 2024, 10:57AMBoeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots’ seats in its 787 Dreamliner jets after a published report said...
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National
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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Auckland
'I'm waiting for Wayne Brown': Boatie claims he beached yacht in sewage protest
Tuesday, 20 February 2024, 4:17PMThe owner of a beached yacht on Mairangi Bay claims he’s driven it into the shallows of the popular east coast beach as a...
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Auckland
Weeks of chaos: Up to one in three Auckland train services cancelled from today
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 1:49PMAuckland Transport (AT) says potentially one in three train services will be cancelled from 3pm today and the commuter chaos...
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National
'Dangerous propaganda': Kiwi-Ukrainian urges people not to believe Putin
Monday, 12 February 2024, 2:38PMMembers of the local Ukrainian community are urging New Zealanders not to forget the war is still ongoing, and that it’s...
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National
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 1:17PMWaitangi is so packed that those wanting to be there busted through gates to drive across a farm, arriving through a back...
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National
Doctor accused of peddling Covid misinformation committed professional misconduct
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 9:00PMA doctor who was suspended from practising after complaints that he was spreading Covid-19 and vaccine falsehoods has been...
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National
CCTV shows mystery man who delivered $5000 cash to pensioner then ran away
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:54PMThe Herald reported the astonishment and concern of an Auckland pensioner handed a $5000 envelope filled with cash. The “delivery...
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National
Park plans on hold as costs and antisocial behaviour increase
Friday, 19 January 2024, 2:12PMDevelopment of the expansive Otaraua Park, in Otaihanga, on the Kāpiti Coast, has been put on hold as costs have skyrocketed. And...
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World
Federal officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after Alaska Airlines plane suffers a blowout
Sunday, 7 January 2024, 9:22AMFederal officials ordered the immediate grounding of Boeing 737-9 Max jetliners after an Alaska Airlines plane suffered a...
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National
Health warning for lake as 'potentially toxic' algae blooms
Friday, 5 January 2024, 3:56PMA health warning has been issued for Okawa Bay at Lake Rotoiti, in Rotorua, due to a bloom of “potentially toxic” blue-green...
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National
Police seeking witnesses to South Auckland shooting that left two people critical
Monday, 1 January 2024, 3:17PMTwo people are fighting for their lives in hospital after a shooting in South Auckland overnight. Police said they were...
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National
Coastguard Rotorua Lakes rescues four swimmers from Lake Rotorua
Friday, 29 December 2023, 11:02AMTwo people have been rescued after floating off on a “small inflatable mattress” on Lake Rotorua. In a press release, Coastguard...
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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...
