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The St James Presbyterian church hall on fire on the corner of View Rd and Esplanade Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

Accelerant used in huge blaze that destroyed Mt Eden church hall

12 May, 2019 5:00am
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Court ruling made on demolition just weeks before blaze.

Ōtara town centre had left the bad old days behind. Photo / Dean Purcell

NEW ZEALAND

Gang shooting throwback to bad old days for suburb trying to make good

11 May, 2019 5:00am
7 minutes to read

Meeting planned to calm tensions in Ōtara after gang shooting.

Osama Abukwaik died on in the attack at Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. Pictured with his three children. Photo / supplied

NEW ZEALAND

'Do not fear me': Brother of victim to alleged gunman's family

4 May, 2019 6:15pm
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'I have lost my brother and you, too, have lost your son ... I'm sorry for you.'

NEW ZEALAND

Wife of policeman killed during Napier siege breaks her silence

4 May, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Exclusive: 'For me, life is about squashing down sad and putting on a brave face.'

Lenny Holmwood at home with his dog, Kūkupa. Photo / Phil Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Napier siege hero: 'I'm glad I'm here, it's been a hard 10 yrs'

4 May, 2019 5:00am
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Four people tell their harrowing stories of the Napier siege.

NEW ZEALAND

'Racist pamphlet by ignorant fool' enrages Justice Minister

14 Apr, 2019 5:00am
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Pamphlet that references Don Brash labelled racist by Justice Minister Andrew Little.

John Tamihere wants more events at the park. Photo / Jason Oxenham

NEW ZEALAND

I'll make Eden Park gem shine: Tamihere

13 Apr, 2019 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Mayoral candidate promises to ensure Eden Park's future as Auckland's premier stadium.

About six weeks ago Caroline's daughter complained that 'rude stuff' kept popping up on her phone. Photo / Stock Image / 123RF

LIFESTYLE

'Predatory': Westmere mum finds porn virus on 12yo's phone

6 Apr, 2019 5:34pm
4 minutes to read

Malware infects young girl's phone with predatory porn.

Damaged buildings in the central city on the evening of the February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake. Photo / Mark Mitchell

BUSINESS

$1 billion bill for botched quake repairs

6 Apr, 2019 5:00am
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Fixing poorly done earthquake repairs is likely to cost $1 billion

Facebook is strengthening steps to remove hate speech from its platforms.

NEW ZEALAND

Christchurch terror exclusive: Facebook vows to ban hate

30 Mar, 2019 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Facebook says it will take steps to rein in terror videos and clamp down on hate speech.

Author Brian Turner near his home at Oturehua in the Maniototo region of Central Otago. Photo / Richard Robinson

NEW ZEALAND

Poet, sportsman, environmentalist Brian Turner on turning 75

23 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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Turner talks about turning 75, the shape we're in and the art of keeping on keeping on.

Micheline Warri with Toby Janke. Micheline is now well on the way to recovery.

NEW ZEALAND

Girl found near death by Auckland yachties is now full of life

9 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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Girl has made remarkable recovery, but needs lifelong care and expensive medication.

Kim Dotcom faces legal action for renovations to a $4m rental apartment. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Kim Dotcom sued for $300k over apartment renovation

3 Mar, 2019 5:00am
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Landlords sue Kim Dotcom for adding black carpet - and other changes - to penthouse.

Malcolm Rewa gives evidence at the High Court today during his retrial for the 1992 murder of Susan Burdett. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Making of a monster: Phil Taylor on 30 years of covering Malcolm Rewa

23 Feb, 2019 7:51pm
14 minutes to read

Exclusive: Stepmother of rapist and murderer Malcolm Rewa breaks her silence.

Malcolm Rewa, Ponsonby serial rapist. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Third murder trial of Malcolm Rewa starts Monday

10 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Tomorrow Malcolm Rewa will defend for the third time a charge that he is also a murderer.

Juliette Sivertsen and John Barrett building a house on a rural site in Queenstown.

BUSINESS

'It's really cheap to build here, it's nuts': Expat Kiwi on why she won't rush home

9 Feb, 2019 11:30am
7 minutes to read

Outfit with own supply chain would force pricing rethink, says expert.

Web contracts are unreadable to many, a new study has found.

BUSINESS

You need a university degree to read online contracts, study finds

9 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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Common online contracts are unreadable but are still enforced, warn researchers.

The sudden death occurred about 4pm at the Sunnyvale Sports Centre, Green Island. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Dunedin cricketer dies during match

3 Feb, 2019 5:00am
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A cricketer died following a medical event during a match in Dunedin.

Ricardo Romanov being sentenced for the theft of a Ducati; that conviction was quashed on appeal.

NEW ZEALAND

'You see why I might be a little bit pissed?' Art thief to sue

26 Jan, 2019 5:00am
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Career criminal Ricardo Romanov has great ambition, including racing Superbikes.

NEW ZEALAND

Kiwi accused of $66m in kickbacks

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

A New Zealander embroiled in US$2 billion scam little known in New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND

'That dog was not going to let go until it either chewed her arm off or killed her'

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

Brave bystander saves woman attacked on Chatham Islands by own pig dog.

Woman told PM of concerns for her sons; court orders them back to Australia. Photo / Getty Images

NEW ZEALAND

Abduction case: Woman's heartbreaking letter to Ardern

23 Dec, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Women tells PM Hague convention child abduction rules are putting her children at risk.

Fred Hollows Foundation. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Readers donate $155,000 for eye care in Vanuatu

20 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Readers donate $155,000 for eye care in Vanuatu after Herald-Fred Hollows campaign.

NEW ZEALAND

Grace's legacy: Prominent women challenge men and Govt

15 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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More than 40 well-known women challenge men and the Government to act on Millane's murder.

Grace Millaine's murder has had such a powerful impact for many reasons.

NEW ZEALAND

Grace Millane: Why we care and why we need to

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

Why the murder of Grace Millane has touched a nerve and what may come of it.

TRAVEL

Flight check: Auckland to Port Vila

11 Dec, 2018 11:00am
2 minutes to read

Phil Taylor flies aboard Air Vanuatu from Auckland to Port Vila.

State Services Minister Chris Hipkins said nearly half of the spending was on a Royal Commission into historic abuse and the Pike River Authority.

NEW ZEALAND

$700K a day on Government inquiries, claims Bridges

9 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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The Government is spending $700,000 a day on inquiries, Opposition claims

Radio producer, Carolyn Leaney and husband, Newstalk ZB host Leighton Smith, who has retired after 35 years on air. Photo / Michael Craig

NEW ZEALAND

Being Leighton: Departing radio talk star on love, luck and not looking back

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

Radio star Leighton Smith on signing off, luck, love and his unfashionable opinions.

Antibiotics has failed to stop the infection which is beginning to spread towards Hilda's leg. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Young diabetic hopes graft will save leg

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

Fit woman from Pentecost Island at risk of losing leg and eyesight due to Type 1 diabetes.

Vanuatuan pastor Lesley Bong has many health problems stemming from his Type 2 diabetes. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Diabetic pastor's last sermon: 'careful what you eat'

6 Dec, 2018 5:00am
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Ill diabetic clergyman urges others to be careful what they eat in his final sermon.

Ida Iesul, 54, from Tanna Island, has Type 2 diabetes. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

'If I lose my sight then that's it for me'

5 Dec, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Diabetics from Tanna Island in Vanuatu fear going blind.

Basil Aitip, an eye nurse trained by the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Eye nurses confront belief in witchdoctors

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

Superstition: Vanuatu eye doctors must overcome traditional ways to help diabetics.

Karlpat Edu, 51, with his wife Susan. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Karlpat's Christmas wish is to see his son

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

How diabetes crippled and blinded a strong man.

Nearly a quarter of Vanuatu's population of 280,000 have diabetes, according to the World Health Organisation, meaning a huge number of people need their eyes checked. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

A day at the eye clinic

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

$2.1 million eye clinic funded by Fred Hollows Foundation to open in Vanuatu.

Diabetic retinopathy involves changes to retinal blood vessels that can cause them to bleed or leak fluid, distorting vision. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Diabetes 'tsunami' overwhelms Pacific

3 Dec, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Pacific Island nations worst affected by diabetes and related blindness.

Clerence Natnaur, 22 with her mother Jeaneth. Photo / Chris Tarpey

NEW ZEALAND

Clerence has lost her toes to diabetes - now she's going blind

3 Dec, 2018 5:00am
6 minutes to read

A dramatic increase in diabetes in the Pacific is causing amputations and blindness.

Heart patient Maureen Christian has to wait for up to 40 weeks to get a cardiac ultrasound. Photo/ Dean Purcell.

NEW ZEALAND

Nine-month wait for crucial heart scan

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

Nine month delay for crucial heart scan. "It only takes that long to have a baby."

Government soft approach on crime sees Dark Net drug dealers let off, say Nats. Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Government's fingerprints on Dark Net drug cop out, says Opposition

10 Nov, 2018 9:01pm
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Government soft approach on crime sees Dark Net drug dealers let off, say Nats.

NEW ZEALAND

Response brings hope for Micheline

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

An overwhelming response to Vanuatu girl's plight has opened up options for her recovery.

The Janke family from Germany on board their catamaran Invictus off the coast of Pentecost Island, Vanuatau. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Round-the-world trip turns to mercy mission for sick child

27 Oct, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Yachting family's desperate mission to save gravely ill Vanuatu village girl.

Ben Sandford is working as a lawyer in Rotorua but he is a former Olympic skeleton racer. Photo / Alan Gibson

SPORT

From Skeleton racer to politician: Ben Sandford on Wada, Russia and doping

13 Oct, 2018 5:00am
10 minutes to read

Ben Sandford, Olympian, lawyer, Labour candidate on why he didn't quit Wada over Russia.

Witness C (Roberto Harris, aka Roberto Conchie Harris). Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Threat from killer: 'I'll bring the icecream'

29 Sep, 2018 5:03am
4 minutes to read

A letter apparently from double murderer Witness C threatens prosecutors

Witness C (Roberto Harris, aka Roberto Conchie Harris) has failed to have his sentence for perjury reduced. Photo / file

NEW ZEALAND

Lying witness in Tamihere case loses appeal

28 Sep, 2018 2:39pm
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Witness C loses appeal against Tamihere perjury sentence

The paintings were snatched after a stolen ute reversed through the front window of the International Art Centre on Parnell Rd. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

NEW ZEALAND

Dark web listing of stolen Kiwi painting 'a scam'

22 Sep, 2018 12:00pm
6 minutes to read

Bitcoin auction appeared to attract several bids, the highest around $400,000.

Brett Edwards admitted three charges of buying 720kg of purported black market fish. Photo / Brett Phibbs

NEW ZEALAND

Police net small fry in alleged fraud case

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

EXCLUSIVE: Early-morning raid on home involving the AOS was ruled unreasonable.

Police at a Woodend Beach, Christchurch, property connected to the harness racing industry. Photo / Kurt Bayer

SPORT

Champion harness racing drivers in police probe

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

Stars involved in police probe into alleged race-fixing.

BlackMarket fish dealer agrees to split hidden cash with authorities. Photo / File

BUSINESS

Fishy money: Deal done on cash seized in flawed fraud investigation

22 Aug, 2018 5:00am
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Black market fish dealer agrees to split hidden cash with authorities.

Judges cane MPI in fishing frauds case for abuse of process and an unreasonable search. Photo / Dean Purcell

BUSINESS

AOS raid, evidence in sewer and cash seized: case slammed

2 Aug, 2018 5:00am
7 minutes to read

MPI found to have 'ignored the law' and was 'high-handed', say judges.

The things we do while awake that do not require much thinking, including sex, are common for sleepwalkers. Photo / 123RF

NEW ZEALAND

Waking up to sexomnia

8 Jul, 2018 5:00am
8 minutes to read

Sexomnia a rare form of sleep disorder has been used as a defence in New Zealand courts.

Tristan Corey Scott. Photo / Supplied via Facebook

NEW ZEALAND

He indecently assaulted two teens in their beds. But judge agreed he was sleepwalking

8 Jul, 2018 5:00am
3 minutes to read

'Parasomnia' defence succeeds, but teens' mother says the verdict is 'atrocious'.

Oil barrels dumped illegally on the side of the road in Auckland. The image was posted to Facebook by Phil Goff in January.

NEW ZEALAND

Tough charges brought against roadside rubbish dumpers

4 Jul, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Tough charges brought against roadside rubbish dumpers.

Arthur Taylor in Waikeria Prison. Photo / Mike Scott

NEW ZEALAND

Behind bars with one of NZ's longest serving prisoners

22 Jun, 2018 7:30pm
12 minutes to read

Arthur Taylor has won courtroom battles and a woman's heart from behind bars.

Tribes of football. Russia - Egypt Egyptian fans watch their time eliminated from the World Cup. 19 June New Zealand Herald photograph by Michael Craig

SPORT

World Cup tribes: Mo magic not enough for Egypt

20 Jun, 2018 1:55pm
4 minutes to read

Mo Salah tries valiantly to carry his team and New Zealand Egyptian fans.

Joseph Ukic and Goran Kacurov and his two sons, Vito Kacurov, 12 and Bono Kacurov, 10, cheering on Croatia as they take on Nigeria. Photo / Michael Craig

SPORT

Tribes of football: Croatian fans happy about good start

17 Jun, 2018 11:48am
3 minutes to read

Croatian fans enjoy bacon-and-egg baps and vibes of victory.

NEW ZEALAND

'Run faster': mother's advice to young Quax

2 Jun, 2018 6:29pm
4 minutes to read

Hundreds farewell Olympian and Auckland Councillor Dick Quax.

A photo taken from New Zealand running legend and Olympic Silver medallist Dick Quax's scrapbook of Quax breaking the world 5000m record. Photo / Mike Scott.

SPORT

Dick Quax: A great who took nothing for granted

28 May, 2018 1:25pm
4 minutes to read

Dick Quax was never one to go down without a fight.

Dick Quax speaks about fighting cancer, the possible loss of his world record and that famous race. Photo / Doug Sherring

SPORT

The late Dick Quax on cancer and fate: 'Missed by that much!'

28 May, 2018 10:00am
12 minutes to read

Dick Quax on fighting cancer, the possible loss of his world record and that famous race.

The Crown has never charged a jailhouse informant for perjury. Illustration / Phil Welch

NEW ZEALAND

From Arthur Allan Thomas to Teina Pora - the problem with prison witnesses

1 May, 2018 5:00am
15 minutes to read

Perjury conviction prompts calls for better safeguards around prison witness evidence

Witness C, double-murderer Roberto Conchie Harris. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

The murky world of jailhouse snitches

30 Apr, 2018 5:00am
11 minutes to read

Phil Taylor analyses the shortcomings of the case of the first convicted jailhouse witness

Can Aucklanders count on having clean drinking water all year round? Photo / File

NEW ZEALAND

Big Read: How safe is our drinking water?

28 Apr, 2018 6:13pm
8 minutes to read

Drinking water safe from another Tasman Tempest, says Watercare boss

Roberto Conchie, known as Witness C, was one of three inmates whose evidence helped convict David Tamihere. Photo / Peter Meecham

NEW ZEALAND

Backpacker killings: Prison snitches up for review

27 Apr, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Andrew Little backed Tamihere's call for a rethink on the use of "jailhouse snitches".

Ivan Mauger of New Zealand riding during a Sunday Mirror speedway event circa 1973 at the Belle Vue Stadium, Manchester, United Kingdom. Photo / UK

SPORT

Ivan Mauger: The Kiwi who took on the world and won

16 Apr, 2018 6:00am
9 minutes to read

The boy from the poor side of town who couldn't rest until he made it.