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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
3 minutes to read

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
5 minutes to read

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
5 minutes to read

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
4 minutes to read

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
2 minutes to read

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
4 minutes to read

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.

Robinson Helicopter Company has warned pilots that

NEW ZEALAND

Robinson Helicopter Co's 'bizarre' warning

5 Apr, 2018 2:58pm
5 minutes to read

Revealed: the reports that led to DoC permanently grounding Robinson Helicopters.

Malcolm Rewa accused of murdering Susan Burdett in March 1992.

NEW ZEALAND

Malcolm Rewa's murder retrial in doubt

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

Rewa's lawyer says there is no power to lift stay preventing third murder trial.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff visited the site of the dumping and said the amount of tyres meant it could only come from a commercial outfit. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Rogue operator dumps 1285 tyres into ravine

2 Mar, 2018 4:09pm
2 minutes to read

$25,000 bill to clean up rogue operator's tyre dump near Clevedon.

Rubbish illegally dumped in the driveway of Ferndale House in Mt Albert, this month. Photo / Bruce Morris of MT Albert Inc.

NEW ZEALAND

Talking trash: the Herald tracks an illegal dumper

22 Feb, 2018 5:00am
5 minutes to read

Following a paper trail: tracing the culprits of unlawful tipping can be a messy business.

Rubbish dumped on Renton Rd in Mangere. Photo / Phil Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Tyre dumping prompts road closure

16 Feb, 2018 5:00am
4 minutes to read

Illegal dumping of hundreds of used tyres prompts road closure.

Rubbish dumped on Ihumatao Road Mangere. Photo / Phil Taylor

NEW ZEALAND

Trash Town: New Zealand's ugly backside

16 Feb, 2018 5:00am
2 minutes to read

Interactive: Tell us where you've found dumped rubbish, and we'll take action.

Auckland Star journalist Pat Booth (right) and Arthur Allan Thomas after THomas was released from prison picture supplied credit: AUCKLAND STAR

NEW ZEALAND

Legendary newsman Pat Booth dies aged 88

31 Jan, 2018 1:57pm
5 minutes to read

The crusading journalist is renowned for his work on the Arthur Allen Thomas case.

Oil and oil filters dumped on Piha Rd. Photo / Supplied Sarah Munro

NEW ZEALAND

Mayor's war on rubbish: 'This has been p***ing me off'

21 Jan, 2018 12:01pm
6 minutes to read

Mayor takes aim at vehicle owners in war on roadside rubbish dumping.

Richard Te Are, 28, landed the part before he'd even graduated from Toi Whakaari drama school - and plays Pora at the ages of 17, 25 and 35.

ENTERTAINMENT

Teina Pora the movie: Who will play the lead?

5 Dec, 2017 3:33pm
4 minutes to read

New actor lands lead in Teina Pora movie straight out of drama school.

Retired High Court judge Sir Thomas Thorp. Photo / Martin Sykes

NEW ZEALAND

Judge calls on top lawyers to lend a hand

26 Oct, 2017 3:57pm
3 minutes to read

Sir Thomas Thorp calls on top lawyers to help new criminal review body.

David Tamihere was t the Auckland High Court hearing for the Witness C perjury case. Photo / Jason Oxenham.

NEW ZEALAND

Tamihere to seek pardon

25 Oct, 2017 4:55pm
3 minutes to read

A jailhouse informant's conviction for perjury has sparked appeal bids by David Tamihere

Engineer Ivan Mudrovcich at work at Whitianga Airfield working on the replica.

NEW ZEALAND

Pearse replica plane grounded

20 Oct, 2017 3:26pm
4 minutes to read

Cancer diagnosis prompts decision not to try to fly full-size copy of Pearse plane.

A Herald predictive model based on all the polls and election results since 1999 points to Peters again being Kingmaker (or Queenmaker). Photo / Peter de Graaf

NEW ZEALAND

The Big Read: Winston Peters the Kingmaker

19 Oct, 2017 7:37pm
11 minutes to read

Winston Peters is the longest-serving MP, coming to Parliament after a court challenge.

The girl was indecently assaulted at Auckland Hospital. Photo / Doug Sheering

NEW ZEALAND

Hospital sex offender fights to keep name secret

19 Oct, 2017 10:11am
3 minutes to read

A former hospital contractor who admitted indecent assault fights to keep name secret.

To the delight of daughter Billie, Phil Taylor decides he will never try Durian ice cream ever again. Photo / Phil Taylor

TRAVEL

Vietnam: Winning over the west

6 Oct, 2017 2:00pm
5 minutes to read

Phil Taylor and family are charmed by the laidback exoticism of Vietnam.

Auckland Council is not considering registering landlords despite indications of non-compliance in London. Photo / Brett Phibbs

BUSINESS

Airbnb operators may be hit by bed tax

23 Sep, 2017 8:33am
4 minutes to read

Airbnbs may be hit with bed tax but no data is kept on tax-dodging landlords.

Al Gore believes Donald Trump won't make the connection between weather crises and climate change. Photo / AP

WORLD

Trump card for climate activists

9 Sep, 2017 5:00am
6 minutes to read

Al Gore: We now have the solution to climate change.

Probation officer Stanley Gilmour. Photo / Mark Mitchell

NEW ZEALAND

Probation officer loses appeal bid for risk warning

7 Sep, 2017 3:05pm
3 minutes to read

Probation officer denied leave to appeal risk report deletions to top court.

Swedish tourists Urban Hoglin and Heidi Paakkonen. Photo / Supplied

NEW ZEALAND

Tamihere case witness on trial for perjury

27 Aug, 2017 6:00am
3 minutes to read

Jailhouse informant in David Tamihere case to go on trial on charges of perjury.

Lucy Lawless takes part in a Greenpeace protest in front of Statoil rig Songa Enabler in the Arctic's Barents Sea in July.

NEW ZEALAND

Activists confirm Lawless spied on

12 Aug, 2017 6:28am
4 minutes to read

Greenpeace says it believes spies targeted Lucy Lawless.