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Alanah Eriksen
Managing Editor - Live News

Alanah Eriksen is the New Zealand Herald's Managing Editor for Live News.

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.

Check out Alanah’s latest content
Search continues for man who swam away from police during chase
Rotorua Daily Post

Search continues for man who swam away from police during chase

26 Dec 11:00 PM
Secrets of a WhatsApp group: Five countries, seven different bouts of Covid-19
Rotorua Daily Post

Secrets of a WhatsApp group: Five countries, seven different bouts of Covid-19

18 Jun 05:00 PM

A group of Kiwi friends around the world started a group chat. Then each got Covid.

'Just horrendous': Kiwi mum, newborn baby's UK Covid nightmare
Rotorua Daily Post

'Just horrendous': Kiwi mum, newborn baby's UK Covid nightmare

14 Aug 05:00 PM

Rachael Helsby had already had one jab of the Pfizer vaccine.

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Connie's story: Gloriavale leaver who reported father to police opens home to him
Rotorua Daily Post

Connie's story: Gloriavale leaver who reported father to police opens home to him

19 Feb 04:00 PM

When it was her father's time to flee, Constance Ready welcomed her dad in

'Defying the leaders': Mum of 13 quits Gloriavale regime for teaching job
Rotorua Daily Post

'Defying the leaders': Mum of 13 quits Gloriavale regime for teaching job

19 Feb 04:00 PM

Sharon Ready, who joined when she was 14, is also trying to remove the leadership.

Covid 19 coronavirus: Focus on clusters
Rotorua Daily Post

Covid 19 coronavirus: Focus on clusters

02 May 05:00 PM

Large events often the key to infection in 16 biggest groups.

Revealed: When hairdressers can reopen - more details of alert levels released
Rotorua Daily Post

Revealed: When hairdressers can reopen - more details of alert levels released

15 Apr 09:32 AM

NZ could be coming out of lockdown - but don't be rush for a cut and colour just yet.

Coronavirus - Attending an event? Latest updates and essential information
Rotorua Daily Post

Coronavirus - Attending an event? Latest updates and essential information

16 Mar 04:06 PM

Everything you need to know about the disease and the effect on New Zealand.

White Island eruption: People gather for a moment of silence
Rotorua Daily Post

White Island eruption: People gather for a moment of silence

16 Dec 12:25 AM

The active volcano has hidden Itself as the nation prepares to mark a minute's silence.

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Doctors fail to tell man he has cancer - for five years
Rotorua Daily Post

Doctors fail to tell man he has cancer - for five years

30 Aug 06:23 PM

After he was finally told, the cancer had spread but it wasn't picked up again.

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Miracle survival: The girl who came back from the dead
Rotorua Daily Post

Miracle survival: The girl who came back from the dead

18 May 09:35 PM

Her family were preparing to donate her organs, now she's hoping to go back to study.

Kiwi mum dies unexpectedly in sleep in Brunei
Rotorua Daily Post

Kiwi mum dies unexpectedly in sleep in Brunei

03 Sep 09:49 PM

A Rotorua man is grieving the loss of his wife who died unexpectedly in her sleep

Xmas decorations already for sale
Rotorua Daily Post

Xmas decorations already for sale

03 Sep 09:00 PM

Christmas decorations are already for sale at the Rotorua Spotlight store.

The sad tale of a woman who just wanted to retire
Rotorua Daily Post

The sad tale of a woman who just wanted to retire

02 Sep 01:07 AM

Treena Hillman was months off retiring with plans to travel, having worked all her life.

Motels blame Airbnb, Bookabach for business drop
Rotorua Daily Post

Motels blame Airbnb, Bookabach for business drop

01 Sep 09:00 PM

Moteliers say Airbnb and Bookabach listings are hurting them.

Fleet deaths: Police search Rotorua landfill
Rotorua Daily Post

Fleet deaths: Police search Rotorua landfill

31 Aug 11:02 PM

Police investigating the deaths of Raymond and James Fleet are at Rotorua's landfill

Police search for car travelling along footpath
Rotorua Daily Post

Police search for car travelling along footpath

31 Aug 08:23 PM

Cafe customers in amazement as car breaks all the rules of the road - and footpath.

Bookabach owner hit with $10k rates bill
Rotorua Daily Post

Bookabach owner hit with $10k rates bill

31 Aug 08:00 PM

Council imposes business rates if properties are rented out for more than 100 days.

Schoolgirl's death still raw for cousins
Rotorua Daily Post

Schoolgirl's death still raw for cousins

31 Aug 04:15 AM

Kara Cunningham wraps her children "in cotton wool" following cousin's suicide.

Object slams into car: 'I thought I'd hit a body'
Rotorua Daily Post

Object slams into car: 'I thought I'd hit a body'

30 Aug 07:30 PM

A motorist says he could have been killed when a flying tyre smashed into his car.

Te Arawa kaumatua Jim Gray farewelled in Rotorua
Rotorua Daily Post

Te Arawa kaumatua Jim Gray farewelled in Rotorua

30 Aug 07:00 AM

Mr Gray, 84, was taken off life support on Sunday afternoon.

Exclusive: Gunman had stabbed police officer
Rotorua Daily Post

Exclusive: Gunman had stabbed police officer

27 Jul 05:00 AM

When a cop gave chase to the gunman in the '80s, he ended up "stabbed under a tree".

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