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Are you my father, Mr Banks?

16 Jun, 2017 4:04pm
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Phil Taylor

Senior writer, Weekend Herald and New Zealand Herald

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NEW ZEALAND
Twist in $1m heist riddle
  • 21 May, 2017 5:00am
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The plates on the getaway car used in the smash-and-grab art theft were tampered with.
NEW ZEALAND
'We never saw him again'
  • 20 May, 2017 5:00am
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Sarah Godwin's son Quentin went missing in Titirangi 25 years ago today.
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Did police bungle Burdett case?
  • 16 May, 2017 6:00pm
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Phil Taylor's 2013 story explains why Malcolm Rewa, not Teina Pora, was the likely killer.
NEW ZEALAND
Tiritiri Matangi to lose most of its takahe
  • 7 May, 2017 5:00am
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Plan to boost takahe population sees most of the birds moved from Tiritiri Matangi Island.
NEW ZEALAND
Foreign drivers cop blame for crashes
  • 3 May, 2017 5:00am
Foreign drivers are a worry but so are local drivers, say accident first-responders.
BUSINESS
Tourists cruise into Akaroa in droves
  • 3 May, 2017 5:00am
Cruise ships are mixed blessing for the once sleepy town of Akaroa.
BUSINESS
Tourist paradise with up to 6 in a room
  • 1 May, 2017 5:00am
Queenstown struggle to provide hotel rooms for visitors and to house its workers.
BUSINESS
Milford off track but visitors pour in
  • 1 May, 2017 5:00am
Developing accommodation along the highway will ease tourism pressure on Milford Sound.
BUSINESS
Mark Hotchin's new $8m mansion
  • 30 Apr, 2017 5:00am
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Interests associated with former Hanover co-director buy 'iconic Spanish Mission estate'.
NEW ZEALAND
New museum boss: Expect big changes
  • 22 Apr, 2017 5:00am
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The new director of the Auckland War Memorial Museum talks about the major changes ahead.
NEW ZEALAND
Bus bust-up: What's eating Waiheke?
  • 22 Apr, 2017 5:00am
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Phil Taylor takes a ride to investigate a stoush that's led to blockades.
NEW ZEALAND
Choppers down: Mystery of fatal flights
  • 1 Apr, 2017 5:00am
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Safety debate rages over Robinson helicopters after a series of unexplained crashes in NZ.
Helicopter black box tribute to lost son
  • 1 Apr, 2017 5:00am
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Helicopter legend designs black-box recorder for helicopters after death of her son.
NZ feared it would be subject of Moscow Olympics boycott, says diplomat
  • 14 Feb, 2017 5:40pm
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New Zealand had feared it would be the subject of a boycott at the Moscow Olympic Games rather than supporting an American-led boycott, says a diplomat.
Unfair games: 'A wound that won't heal'
  • 11 Feb, 2017 5:00am
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Phil Taylor talks to a team member about the Olympics that were airbrushed from our history.
Man loses appeal in hammer attack case
  • 10 Feb, 2017 4:28pm
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An Auckland man has failed in his appeal against a jail sentence for beating his wife with a hammer.
Did Armstrong take Kiwi fans for a ride?
  • 16 Jan, 2017 11:18am
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A United States expert on narcissism says Lance Armstrong's actions in New Zealand while here for a beer company promotion suggest
Lucky yachtie 'should buy Lotto ticket'
  • 14 Jan, 2017 5:00am
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A father and his seven-year-old daughter should count themselves lucky that the notoriously fickle Tasman Sea was kind to them, say experienced sailors.
Northland's Twin Coast Trail opens
  • 7 Jan, 2017 5:00am
After many missed deadlines, the ribbon is cut on the route from Opua to the Hokianga.
SPORT
Kiwi cycling great: Don't scapegoat Lance
  • 20 Dec, 2016 7:00pm
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It was a rotten era and rotten system and Lance Armstrong should not be the scapegoat, says Bruce Biddle.
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Nemesis of Lance Armstrong: 'Sorry he's in your country'
  • 20 Dec, 2016 12:57pm
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"Don't hold your breath waiting for Lance to aplogise" - that's Betsy Andreu's advice to Steve Swart.
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Lauding drugs cheat Armstrong dopey
  • 19 Dec, 2016 7:51pm
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COMMENT: What set Lance Armstrong apart was his brazenness, his appetite for destroying anyone who crossed him, writes Phil Taylor.
'Too-dangerous' inmate in bottle attack
  • 3 Dec, 2016 5:00am
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A prisoner who a probation officer tried to warn was too dangerous to release will spend full sentence behind bars after bottling a man while on parole.
Doubts grow about Scott Watson's guilt
  • 27 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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A growing number of New Zealanders believe convicted double murderer Scott Watson may be an innocent man.
Louisa Wall tables euthanasia bill
  • 19 Nov, 2016 5:00am
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MP Louisa Wall championed the right of everyone to marry. She has now tabled a Bill that sets out a process for terminally ill person to legally end life.
Teina Pora going to court over payout
  • 16 Nov, 2016 2:52pm
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Teina Pora has filed proceedings asking the court to review the Government's decision not to add inflation to $2.5 million compensation paid to him.
Watch: Dying prisoner reunited with kids
  • 10 Nov, 2016 5:00pm
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Exclusive: Cancer-stricken prisoner Vicki Letele arrives home to an emotional welcome with her family.