Alanah Eriksen is the Herald's live news managing editor.
Alanah has held various positions at NZME including editor of the Herald on Sunday, chief reporter and police reporter. She has experience in newsrooms overseas including the Daily Mail, the Sun and the News of the World. She started her career as a cub reporter at the Rotorua Daily Post.
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Meeting the Queen: Forbidden photos of royal thrones and henchmen at Buckingham Palace
Herald on Sunday editor Alanah Eriksen was caught taking photos of the royal loos.
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When your child's first word is 'bye': Joining the permanently guilty club of working parents
It's six months since Herald on Sunday editor Alanah Eriksen became a working mum.
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New-look Herald on Sunday: Vertical masthead, new lifestyle magazine
The new look Herald on Sunday is bigger, brighter and better than ever.
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Woman told she can't use her dead partner's sperm to get pregnant
The man stored his sperm 10 years ago.
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Serial sperm donor detained in Fiji while on way to NZ for 'donation tour'
Kyle Gordy has nearly 60 biological children.
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More young, single Kiwi women want children on their own
Covid has helped put motherhood higher up on the priority list.
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Secrets of a WhatsApp group: Five countries, seven different bouts of Covid-19
A group of Kiwi friends around the world started a group chat. Then each got Covid.
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Serial sperm donor will soon have 58 kids - and is looking to add Kiwi babies
Fertility Associates have labelled Kyle Gordy's practices as 'unsafe'.
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NZ's secret sperm donors - and the DNA unravelling the truth
David Glen donated at a time when doctors never kept records and parents were told to lie.
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'I re-evaluated my life': NZ cop packs it all in to protect elephants in Africa
Working alongside local Africans to safeguard wild animals makes for a fulfilling change.
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New Zealand lockdown babies turn one
Their mums talk postnatal depression, miscarriage, canned weddings and major life changes.
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'Myself as the expert': The women giving birth at home without medical help
The conversation around freebirths has become 'louder'.
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Famed US doctor and influencer quits the States ... for job in Invercargill
Mama Doctor Jones has two million followers and is a locum OBGYN in the States.
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'Just horrendous': Kiwi mum, newborn baby's UK Covid nightmare
Rachael Helsby had already had one jab of the Pfizer vaccine.
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'Tinder for mums' arrives in NZ - new app helps women make friends
Having a new baby can be isolating - one woman came up with a solution.
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Couple search for stranger to have their baby after heartbreaking decision
Pregnancy put Jorjia's life at risk following heart problems and damage during surgery.
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Officials protect heritage of Māori baby with mum of different ethnicity
IVF decision: The woman's friends, a Māori couple, donated embryos to her.
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Records of her sperm-donor father didn't exist. How one woman tracked down her 'enormous' family
Her parents were told to lie to her about how she was made, now she's fighting for change.
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'I viewed women as objects': Teen addicted to porn at 11, overcame it by 14
Tom shares his struggles with groups of mums.
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Oz 'Donor Daddy': Dad of 21 to campervan around NZ to help Kiwi women get pregnant
Saying he has enough children in Australia, Adam Hooper, 36, wants to create Kiwi babies.
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'Gen Z are superior': NZ's biggest TikTok star weighs into culture wars with millennials
TikTok star Zephan Clark explains why they're attacking our skinny jeans and side parts.
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'I'm being targeted': Influencer Simone Anderson cleared by ASA
The influencer had posted about storing her unborn baby's cord blood.
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Five complaints against pregnant influencer's social post on cord blood banking
The Advertising Standards Authority has received five complaints about the influencer.
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Some influencers are banking their babies' cord blood. Should I do the same?
Simone Anderson, Laura McGoldrick and Megan Papas have all worked with a cord blood bank.
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The ultimate gift: NZ woman battles legal, Covid hurdles to carry baby for sister
Amy White's embryos were shipped 18,000kms so her sister in Raglan could be her surrogate.
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Demand for overseas embryos, sperm increasing - but Covid issue
Finding a surrogate or egg/sperm donor can be difficult. Covid has made it even harder.
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'Defying the leaders': Mum of 13 quits Gloriavale regime for teaching job
Sharon Ready, who joined when she was 14, is also trying to remove the leadership.
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Connie's story: Gloriavale leaver who reported father to police opens home to him
When it was her father's time to flee, Constance Ready welcomed her dad in
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Mum delivers her own baby in ute in hospital carpark
Tommy Greene couldn't wait to get inside the hospital.
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Meet 'Chopper': Baby born 11 weeks premature in rescue helicopter
Kora Lord was born in the air over a tiny place called Hamilton Burn.
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A luxury, dog-friendly Bay of Islands escape
Ōpua's Marina Cove caters for those wanting a boutique getaway
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Not much bigger than a pen: Kiwi twins born at 23 weeks
While Riley sadly lost his battle a few days later, Declan is thriving eight months later.
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Covid 19 coronavirus: Focus on clusters
Large events often the key to infection in 16 biggest groups.
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A mates' trip to New York, a rugby team and a stag party - NZ's 16 Covid-19 clusters
Many are linked to big events, described as 'a mixing bowl for infection'.
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Revealed: When hairdressers can reopen - more details of alert levels released
NZ could be coming out of lockdown - but don't be rush for a cut and colour just yet.
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Coronavirus - Attending an event? Latest updates and essential information
Everything you need to know about the disease and the effect on New Zealand.
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White Island eruption: People gather for a moment of silence
The active volcano has hidden Itself as the nation prepares to mark a minute's silence.
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Meet the new wave of budding teenage politicians
Gen Z candidates are hoping to bring a fresh voice to town halls around New Zealand.
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Doctors fail to tell man he has cancer - for five years
After he was finally told, the cancer had spread but it wasn't picked up again.
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'My All Black father had dementia - now I have it too'
Wendy Reid on why she wants the right to die.
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Miracle survival: The girl who came back from the dead
Her family were preparing to donate her organs, now she's hoping to go back to study.
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Techweek 2019: 13 things that will change our world
All the latest in tech will be showcased this week
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How staying at home has created a new economy - and what it means for business
This is the homebody economy.
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Forget plastic-free Feb, try no-fly 2019
There are signs that pledges to give up flying are gaining traction.
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Redefining work: Quitting the 9-5 routine
The old five-day-a-week routine is fast falling out of favour.
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Insta-backlash: Is this the death of the influencer?
Companies and social media users are wising up to the unrealistic world of Instagram.
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'Can I say she looks nice?': Gender and dating etiquette in the #metoo era
Who should pay on a first date?
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Big read: The science that saved Stan Walker
One family had 25 members die of stomach cancer. Scientists found out why.
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Saving Stan Walker: How science helped cancer-stricken pop star and his family
Kiwi scientists grow stomachs in a lab as part of bid to help pop star's family and others
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Eating the weekend away in Northland
Alanah Eriksen and her partner find Northland has plenty to entertain them.
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Ways to unwind: Salt Cave Halotherapy
It's meant to be good for all sorts of health conditions.
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Watch: Woman in glitter body paint slaps man who grabbed her at RnV
Woman was shocked at the negative reaction after getting glitter art painted on her chest.
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Kiwi mum dies unexpectedly in sleep in Brunei
A Rotorua man is grieving the loss of his wife who died unexpectedly in her sleep
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The sad tale of a woman who just wanted to retire
Treena Hillman was months off retiring with plans to travel, having worked all her life.
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Fleet deaths: Police search Rotorua landfill
Police investigating the deaths of Raymond and James Fleet are at Rotorua's landfill
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Police search for car travelling along footpath
Cafe customers in amazement as car breaks all the rules of the road - and footpath.
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Bookabach owner hit with $10k rates bill
Council imposes business rates if properties are rented out for more than 100 days.
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Object slams into car: 'I thought I'd hit a body'
A motorist says he could have been killed when a flying tyre smashed into his car.
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Exclusive: Gunman had stabbed police officer
When a cop gave chase to the gunman in the '80s, he ended up "stabbed under a tree".
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Shot in cold blood: Mother, daughter in shooting tragedy named
Two women dead, man injured in 'out of the blue' shooting.
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Irish comedian nails Kiwi humour
Ed Byrne did his research before performing for the Kiwi crowd.
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Felled tree traps family
No school today for 7-year-old after massive tree crashes over driveway.
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Clement takes on Chachi over Trump
Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement took on Happy Days actor Scott Baio, an early and unwavering Trump supporter, in an explosive Twitter row.
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Taranaki: Tangerine dream
A mid-winter mission in a muscle car is just the ticket, writes Alanah Eriksen.
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DNA test key to tracking treasured pooch
A family whose beloved purebred dog was stolen turned into super sleuths to track her down, using DNA from one of her puppies.
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Traffic backed up on Auckland Motorway
Traffic has been crawling on the Auckland Motorway - spurred by a combination of minor crashes and holidaymakers heading in and out of the city.
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Crowd cheered explosions without realising
A Kiwi at the Stade de France stadium in Paris said the explosions outside the arena were greeted by cheers by a crowd unaware of what they were.
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Emerging designers to open NZ fashion week
Ten emerging fashion designers have been selected to open four shows at New Zealand Fashion Week in a colourful display of garments made from Indian saris.
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Is your name endangered?
Christopher and Robert are on the brink of extinction as children's names. But other old standards such as Brian, Kevin, Peter, Paul and Stephen are even rarer, having all but died out since last century.
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Little bro handles it like a royal
His sister is jet-setting around the world, staying in first-class hotels and fielding song-writing requests from musical megastars but Angelo Yelich-O'Connor got his own taste of luxury.
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Blaze claims couple's prized possessions
Fire destroyed a couple's newly renovated home and their rare sports car when it ripped through the two-storey house.
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Flight check: Auckland to Santiago on LAN
Alanah Eriksen flies LA800 from New Zealand to Chile.
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Reality TV queen offloads sports bar
TV mogul Julie Christie has placed her Auckland Viaduct-based sports bar on the market, along with her extensive personal collection of sports memorabilia.
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Puppy love thaws Dotcom rift
Kim Dotcom's estranged wife Mona celebrated her birthday dog-sledding with the Megaupload founder and their children yesterday.
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Punters bet $1m on Brazil semifinal
Kiwis bet more than a million dollars on the World Cup semifinal between Brazil and Germany - the biggest amount of the tournament so far.
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Bought for £100, now $900k
A tiny, almost untouched 100-year-old cottage with its original toilet and bath still under the house will likely sell for close to $1 million, despite needing a major renovation.
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Peru: Mountains of food
Alanah Eriksen reaches dizzy heights and has a few low moments on a culinary safari through Peru.