David Fisher is a senior journalist for the New Zealand Herald who has twice been named New Zealand’s Reporter of the Year.
David is based in Northland and has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, winning multiple journalism awards and being selected as one of a small number of Wolfson Press Fellows to Wolfson College, Cambridge. He joined the Herald in 2004. You can contact David at david.fisher@nzme.co.nz
They lost their land over $221 of unpaid rates – then the new owners gave it back
Documents show a historic pā was taken from Māori in the 1970s for 'European hands'.
Police called as desperate Waitangi drivers bust through farm gate
Police are now on Wakelin Rd, south of Kerikeri, turning motorists around.
Hipkins tells Northland - your roads aren’t up to scratch (and neither were schools or hospitals)
Prime Minister Chris Hipkins says North has been underfunded for years.
Sheer grit in the gorge
An exclusive tour of the SH1 repair works at Mangamuka reveals the extent of the damage.
Dargaville evacuation call: Rural chaos with crops ruined and dairy farms dumping milk
Dargaville reeling amid new evacuations as farmers count the cost.
How a National MP went to war for her son - and how it cost her her job
Email that cost MP her portfolio came from inside the agency she wanted investigated.
Exotic Orchids show an early bloomer
The flowers grow around the world, with the number of species exceeded only by grasses.
Rural non-delivery: 'Overwhelmed' postie hoards 15 months of mail
Missing mail included specialist appointments, car registrations and jury duty summons.
Enchanter tragedy: 'You would never forget something like that'; inquiry well under way
The lead investigator says fatal accidents at sea place an immovable burden on skippers.
Opinion: Is the PM listening to the Howl from the regions?
OPINION: The Great Communicator needs to work on her communication.
Meat works losing 'millions' through staff shortages
Meat works stretched - and a national campaign planned to match workers with employers.
Trucks to clog SH1: More than 1000 containers Auckland-bound
From 6am Friday, a dozen trucks an hour will head from Northport to Auckland.
'Local workers lack stamina': Courgette grower to David Seymour
The courgette harvest crisis has taken Act leader David Seymour from town to the country.
'The Govt doesn't care': Food waste for grower who can't get pickers
It's picking season and those growing fruit and vegetables can't get the staff.
The Road Ahead: What's really happening in the engine room of NZ tourism
From Queenstown to Hokitika, Covid-19 has caused carnage.
The Road Ahead: A call for change in the south - what matters to Kiwis right now
In Southland and Otago, those who farm and fish have confidence in The Road Ahead.
Analysis: NZ First's Shane Jones is praying for provincial votes
What is Shane Jones preaching for NZ First's 2020 election campaign?
Follow the money - the big money behind rodeo opposition
Whangarei's rodeo is off for a year after being targeted by animal rights' activists.
Logger takes axe to Shane Jones over awards night conduct
Logger lashes Shane Jones after awards' night electioneering - 'Bring it on Mr Jones'.
Shane Jones: I got you cash, now show me the votes
Forestry minister Shane Jones says: 'This is reciprocity. If you want it, back it.'
Big Read: A gun club burns in a nation on edge
David Fisher investigates a gun club fire and finds a nation on edge.
A sanctuary for our mighty kauris
Clint Rameka dreams of a sanctuary built on a sanctuary.
Pōhutukawa massacre at Opito Bay - Four poisoned and the hunt for a killer
Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.
World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish
It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.
Meet the couple at No.1 State Highway, Far North
Meet the couple who built a life at the end of the road.
Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit
The plan was to plant 1.1 million pine trees - then someone looked at the ground.
Plan to unlock fortune trapped in communal Māori land
Pitch to owners of marginal land - let us plant your land and split the profits.
Those 10 promised bridges now four
Three of the 10 bridges that the National government promised may not be built.
The Big Read: Where are Northland's bridges?
National's pledge to build 10 Northland bridges is under the microscope.
Earthquake angels: Volunteers pitch in at damaged homes
Three blokes in a 4WD have headed into big country searching out those needing help in the wake of the Kaikoura Earthquake.
Paradise lost? Meth, murder in Northland
An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.
Milk firm has hosted string of Nats
A string of National Party high-flyers have been entertained by the milk exporter at the centre of a conflict of interest row involving Justice Minister Judith Collins
MP Carter makes quick u-turn
A farming company part-owned by a Cabinet minister was able to brief him on how the Govt could protect its trade with Muslim countries.