Live News Team Leader, NZ Herald
Sophie Ryan leads the Herald live news team in breaking news. Sophie has over ten years of experience in a wide-range of news coverage after beginning her career at the Northern Advocate, working for APNZ News Service and in business journalism at NZ Herald. She has a B.A. from Otago University and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Journalism from AUT University. She works out of the Auckland newsroom. You can contact Sophie at sophie.ryan@nzme.co.nz.
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And what to do when you get stuck.
We barricaded the door - Terror of Kiwi in US shooting
New Zealand student shares terrifying details of the moment she was caught in US college shooting.
Cyclone Pam edges closer
A severe tropical cyclone that's causing destruction to Pacific Islands is edging closer to New Zealand.
Lucky 13: Skydivers leap for lives
"Exiting a plane at low altitude to get out and activate parachutes and have them open normally and land safely is amazing."