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Flowers adorn the cordon near Hagley Park, where the attacker struck first. Photo / Michael Craig

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Big Read: Our spies and the hunt for a 'lone wolf' killer

19 Mar, 2019 7:40pm
13 minutes to read

Spies and how they hunt for "lone wolf" killers

Police and flowers at the Deans Avenue mosque in Christchurch. Photo / Michael Craig

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Spy agencies managed only 'small' improvements with $179m

18 Mar, 2019 5:49pm
4 minutes to read

Fresh review says only "small" improvements in intelligence agencies defence of NZ.

DPMC chief executive Brook Barrington (with case) heading for an Odesc meeting in the Beehive bunker. Photo / Derek Cheng

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Christchurch shootings: Meet the PM's top secret advisers

18 Mar, 2019 11:50am
5 minutes to read

It's called ODESC and it gathers in times of crisis.

Armed Police guard the Masjid Al Noor, Deans Avenue Mosque, Christchurch. Photo / Michael Craig

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Christchurch spree came as spies tried to fix security gaps

17 Mar, 2019 5:34pm
5 minutes to read

Spies warned of risks discovered in reviews and moved to keep New Zealand safe.

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Accused mosque killer's links to British extremist groups probed

17 Mar, 2019 11:28am
4 minutes to read

Britain's MI5 has taken the lead in the investigation.

Police directing weapons towards a man whose vehicle they had rammed from the road. Photo / Supplied

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David Fisher: How did we miss Christchurch killer?

15 Mar, 2019 6:26pm
6 minutes to read

There are questions for security agencies after Christchurch massacre, says David Fisher.

Lawyer Deborah Manning. Photo /Doug Sherring

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Big Read: Lawyer laid flat by Hit & Run

13 Mar, 2019 6:43pm
10 minutes to read

A lawyer, the NZSAS, and a new Goliath-sized fight.

Fatima, aged 3, who was claimed to have been killed by US aircraft supporting a 2010 NZSAS raid in Afghanistan. Photo / Supplied

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NZSAS raid claim: Afghan villagers say inquiry 'unlawful'

13 Mar, 2019 11:49am
7 minutes to read

Lawyer Deborah Manning chucks a potential spanner into the works of NZSAS inquiry.

Former blogger Cameron Slater. Photo / Michael Craig

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Bankrupt Cameron Slater ordered to pay $70,000 for 'character assassination'

12 Mar, 2019 3:18pm
7 minutes to read

Cameron Slater has been found to have carried out an "extended" character assassination.

The work of the Tomorrow's Schools Independent Taskforce aims to turn out education system on its head. Photo / Michael Craig

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Big Read: One night with the man who will change your kids' lives

27 Feb, 2019 7:38pm
11 minutes to read

Our schools face an overhaul - David Fisher finds out what passes for public consultation.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater. Photo / File

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Cameron Slater's claims of ill-health challenged by defamed victim

26 Feb, 2019 2:08pm
5 minutes to read

The businessman who sued Cameron Slater and won casts doubt on extent of stroke damage.

Invercargill MP Sarah Dowie and Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross in 2016. Photo / Supplied

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Sarah Dowie and that text: what the police won't tell you

16 Feb, 2019 8:40pm
4 minutes to read

Even the home base of detectives on the text message investigation is secret.

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'Māori nationalist groups' pose threat from prison - Corrections

16 Feb, 2019 7:36pm
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Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis slaps prisons over "provocative" language.

Blogger Cameron Slater, leaving the High Court at Auckland. Photo / Doug Sherring

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Whaleoil blogger Cameron Slater loses defamation case

15 Feb, 2019 5:30pm
6 minutes to read

Six years in the courts and blogger Cameron Slater fails to come up with a defence.

Lawyer Deborah Manning, whose intervention stopped a deportation order being served on a client. Photo / Jason Oxenham

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Immigration NZ attempts to deport man with valid visa

14 Feb, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

No paperwork on removal order which almost saw Immigrant X put on a plane.

The plan envisaged by Clint Rameka involves climbers scaling mighty kauri trees for the seed pods.

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A sanctuary for our mighty kauris

13 Feb, 2019 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Clint Rameka dreams of a sanctuary built on a sanctuary.

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki at Waitangi today. Photo / Michael Craig

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Brian Tamaki signals political return: 'New breed of Māori rising up'

6 Feb, 2019 1:28pm
3 minutes to read

Tamaki warned change was coming during a heated Waitangi sermon.

Don Brash speaks to media after his speech at Te Tii Waitangi marae. Photo / Michael Craig

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Don Brash at Waitangi: 'I hate being called racist'

5 Feb, 2019 7:59pm
4 minutes to read

Don Brash went to Waitangi to speak - then surrendered in the face of an angry crowd.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern arriving at Waitangi to meet with Māori leaders. Photo / David Fisher

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Ardern meets with iwi leaders at Waitangi

1 Feb, 2019 11:57am
3 minutes to read

Meeting in the Bay of Islands ahead of Waitangi Day commemorations.

MP Sarah Dowie and former National MP Jami-Lee Ross. Photos / Supplied

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The MP and the text message inquiry

25 Jan, 2019 5:00am
6 minutes to read

National MP Sarah Dowie has been revealed as focus of a police investigation.

Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater has had a life-altering medical event. Photo / Doug Sherring

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David Fisher: Whaleoil attacked me but I wish him well

22 Jan, 2019 4:09pm
7 minutes to read

COMMENT: Reporter David Fisher on why the Whaleoil blogger deserves sympathy.

Opito Bay, Kerikeri Inlet. The poisoned pohutukawa are those on the right-hand side of the grass beach reserve. Photo / David Fisher

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Pōhutukawa massacre at Opito Bay - Four poisoned and the hunt for a killer

22 Jan, 2019 5:00am
11 minutes to read

Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.

Fishing for brown trout. Photo / Alan Gibson

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World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish

20 Jan, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.

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RSA clubs get blunt message of survival - change or die

19 Jan, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

RSA needs to appeal to younger military personnel, says report.

Herb and Colleen Subritzky run Te Paki Station and live in the northern-most occupied home on State Highway 1. Photo / David Fisher

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Meet the couple at No.1 State Highway, Far North

12 Jan, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Meet the couple who built a life at the end of the road.

Alexandra Kitto says she complained to the NZ Defence Force after discovering her partners were in other relationships. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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On Her Majesty's sneaky service: 'The spies who cheated on me'

2 Jan, 2019 5:00am
7 minutes to read

This summer we look back at the big stories of last year. This is from November.

The NZDF on patrol in Bamiyan. It was repeated attacks against these soldiers which NZDF says led to its NZSAS mission. Photo / Supplied

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Secret hearings for NZSAS inquiry into Afghanistan claims

21 Dec, 2018 4:53pm
4 minutes to read

Limited public hearings planned for NZSAS probe.

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Inside story: The one-punch killer who got home detention

20 Dec, 2018 7:20am
19 minutes to read

In desolate small towns, a criminal record can be a birthright.

Karel Sroubek at his sentencing for using a false passport. Photo / Steve McNicholl

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Karel Sroubek: Claims against me are false

16 Dec, 2018 5:00am
8 minutes to read

From inside prison, drug smuggler Karel Sroubek says he's not threat to ex-wife.

Intelligence agencies' minister Andrew Little. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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Minister of Spies backs watchdog over Kiwi intercepts

14 Dec, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Spies' minister Andrew Little says incidental surveillance on Kiwis is serious.

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Cheryl Gwyn. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Oversight inquiry - is the GCSB breaking the law again?

13 Dec, 2018 11:01am
7 minutes to read

Is the GCSB scooping up information belonging to Kiwis without proper legal authorisation?

Reiha McLelland, 13, with her former teacher Sam Back. Photo / Supplied

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Reiha: No change to 'loophole' to protect vulnerable children

11 Dec, 2018 6:20pm
5 minutes to read

A law change urged following the suicide of Reiha McLelland, 13, did not happen.

Reiha McLelland, left, and teacher Sam Back, right.

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Failures in probe before Reiha McLelland's suicide

11 Dec, 2018 10:00am
8 minutes to read

IPCA finds fault in police handling of teacher Sam Back's contact with 13-year-old girl.

Peter Bircham and Elane de Moraes Lobo with their daughter Ana-Carolina at her fifth birthday. Photo / Sally Ahern

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Parents brace for legal challenge to daughter's care

25 Nov, 2018 11:46am
4 minutes to read

Is a court hearing next in a fight between doctors and parents?

NEW ZEALAND

Exclusive: 'The spies who cheated on me'

25 Nov, 2018 5:00am
7 minutes to read

The secretive nature of their jobs meant she never knew of their secret lovers.

Operation Burnham Inquiry members Sir Terence Arnold and Sir Geoffrey Palmer during day one of the hearing at the High Court in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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'Secret inquiry' would not help public confidence, hearing told

22 Nov, 2018 4:13pm
4 minutes to read

Second day of two-day hearing focused on privacy concerns v public confidence.

Willie Apiata's VC award saw NZDF engage in a huge publicity campaign, which included press conferences and a book. Photo / Getty Images

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Inquiry: VC-winner Willie Apiata's high profile was a 'risk'

22 Nov, 2018 12:00pm
3 minutes to read

The disclosure came during the second day of the Inquiry into Operation Burnham.

Author Nicky Hager during his submissions at the Operation Burnham Inquiry at the High Court in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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'Highly secret' NZDF documents available on internet: Nicky Hager

21 Nov, 2018 4:56pm
5 minutes to read

Intelligence and military concerns on classified information challenged as probe opens.

Deborah Manning, representing the former residents of Khak Khuday Dad and Naik villages, during her submissions at the Operation Burnham Inquiry at the High Court in Wellington. Photo / Mark Mitchell

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Inquiry into controversial SAS raid on Afghan village begins

21 Nov, 2018 11:18am
4 minutes to read

The book "Hit & Run" alleged six civilians were killed in a "revenge" raid in Afghanistan.

NEW ZEALAND

'105 errors': Defence Force hits back at Hit & Run book claims

21 Nov, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

NZDF claims a US drone video would show the NZSAS did nothing wrong in Afghanistan.

Fatima, the 3-year-old girl it is alleged was killed during an NZSAS raid which killed five other people and left 15 wounded.

NEW ZEALAND

Secrecy debate over Hit & Run inquiry

21 Nov, 2018 5:00am
8 minutes to read

Critics say hearings must be open so the public can have faith in the outcome.

NZSAS troops leave a Chinook helicopter in Afghanistan. Photo / Supplied

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Big Read: Details revealed of NZSAS assault in Taliban territory

15 Nov, 2018 8:30pm
11 minutes to read

NZDF's full narrative on the NZSAS raid behind an official inquiry starting next week.

Forestry minister Shane Jones with Ngati Hine Forestry Trust chairman Pita Tipene. Photo / John Stone

NEW ZEALAND

'Mulched': $160k of taxpayers' trees destroyed in bungle

14 Nov, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Government ordered 1.2m pine seedlings - then found it couldn't plant where planned.

Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters and Forestry Minister Shane Jones, with former minister Meka Whaitiri, at the ceremony launching a joint venture with Ngati Hine. Photo / John Stone

NEW ZEALAND

Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit

13 Nov, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

The plan was to plant 1.1 million pine trees - then someone looked at the ground.

Jami-Lee Ross has been in the spotlight since the National Party revelations. Photo / Michael Craig

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Inside story: How it all went wrong for Jami-Lee Ross

1 Nov, 2018 6:25pm
20 minutes to read

David Fisher traces the downfall of a man who seemed born for politics.

NEW ZEALAND

Four words raised alarm: Jami-Lee Ross' text to lover

27 Oct, 2018 6:25pm
6 minutes to read

National's rogue MP sent a four-word text message to his lover which sparked fears.

Botany MP Jami-Lee Ross with former Prime Minister Sir John Key in the 2011 election. Photo / Brett Phibbs

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Jami-Lee Ross text to lover led National to race for help

26 Oct, 2018 5:24am
6 minutes to read

Chain of events challenge blogger's claims of National Party's role on Ross.

National Party leader Simon Bridges, who sought out a controversial blogger over the Jami-Lee Ross affair. Photo / Supplied

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Jami-Lee Ross saga: Why Simon Bridges made call to Whaleoil

24 Oct, 2018 6:00pm
5 minutes to read

National leader Simon Bridges has made a surprising phone call to an old party enemy.

Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier says the inquiry will look at the way Callaghan Innovation handled its OIA requests. Callaghan Innovation says it welcomes the inquiry. Photo / Paul Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Lobby group's false names exploit leads to OIA inquiry

24 Oct, 2018 2:28pm
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Investigation after NZ Herald investigation reveals use of fake names for OIA requests.

Rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross complained to the police about National Party leader Simon Bridges, then released evidence which struggled to support his claims. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Analysis: Jami-Lee Ross and the holes in National's story

19 Oct, 2018 8:04pm
9 minutes to read

There are questions about the Jami-Lee Ross debacle the National Party has not answered.

National Party's Manurewa candidate Katrina Bungard. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

A woman speaks: I was harassed by rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross

18 Oct, 2018 6:00pm
6 minutes to read

Katrina Bungard tells the Herald Ross had harassed her in 2016 and 2017.

Rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross - is there a plan behind his destructive week? Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Inside story: 'Botany Bagman' Jami-Lee Ross and what's next

18 Oct, 2018 5:00am
12 minutes to read

Jami-Lee Ross MP might have a plan to his destructive attacks on his former party.

National Party leader Simon Bridges speaks to media after a caucus meeting at Parliament yesterday. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Ross saga: Cathedral Club donor's identity revealed

17 Oct, 2018 11:12am
6 minutes to read

The identity of the secret $10,000 "Cathedral Club" donor is now known.

Businessman Yukin Zhang and National Party leader Simon Bridges, in pictures distributed by rogue MP Jami-Lee Ross. Photo/Supplied

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National put up Chinese millionaire for QB honour list

17 Oct, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

National Party said to be behind Queen's honour for Chinese businessman.

Taxpayers' Union mascot Porky (left) with the lobby group's executive director Jordan Williams during a publicity stunt. Photo / Stephen Parker

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How lobby group was caught using false IDs for information bid

3 Oct, 2018 10:00am
11 minutes to read

Herald investigation finds links between "ghost" identities and Taxpayers' Union.

The video intended to showcase more of the personal side of the senior National MPs may land their Party in copyright hot water. Photo / Supplied

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Was Simon Bridges' carpool karaoke a copyright clanger?

28 Sep, 2018 7:40pm
4 minutes to read

Clip on Simon Bridges' Facebook plays music from industry heavyweights such as Elton John.

NEW ZEALAND

NZSAS inquiry: Public shut out after military, spies appeal

24 Sep, 2018 3:23pm
5 minutes to read

Evidence and testimony at inquiry into NZSAS said to be too sensitive for public airing.

Waipareira Trust chief executive John Tamihere. Photo / Greg Bowker

NEW ZEALAND

John Tamihere: Fix Auckland's housing crisis or I'll run for mayor

22 Sep, 2018 5:30am
6 minutes to read

John Tamihere gives Auckland mayor Phil Goff a deadline over housing.

Defence Minister Ron Mark. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Six cleared in NZDF probe into instructors misbehaving

20 Sep, 2018 3:08pm
3 minutes to read

Investigations into four others ongoing.

Justice Minister Andrew Little - two weeks and nothing to say on bail, parole and sentencing changes. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Big Read: Andrew Little ducks for cover on law changes

19 Sep, 2018 7:30pm
9 minutes to read

Justice Minister Andrew Little's justice reform struggles on law changes.

Every single firing pin of the 2017 procurement of MARS-L rifles had to be replaced. Picture / NZDF

NEW ZEALAND

NZDF's new rifles - all 9040 of them - get firing pin replacements after breakages

19 Sep, 2018 4:24pm
3 minutes to read

All 9040 of NZDF's new rifles get firing pins replaced after the originals break.

Activist Penny Bright at Auckland Hospital where she is battling terminal cancer. Photo / Dean Purcell

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Rates rebel Penny Bright given days to live: 'The words for my gravestone'

6 Sep, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

On the eve of her presumed death, Penny Bright rang to offer a few thoughts.