Martin Johnston
Reporter
Senior journalist, NZ Herald
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Check out Martin’s latest content
H-Files: Ex-lover murdered with a chef's knife
Chef murdered ex-fiancee in her mother's Whanganui home after love turned sour.
Was it a UFO, meteor . . . or an out-of-control Russian satellite?
There's a chance part of the burning night sky object is sitting in someone's backyard.
Most of NZ's wastewater to be tested for drug use
Wastewater from 80 per cent of New Zealand to be tested for illegal drug use
Government likely to help Mt Ruapehu ski gondola
Government to help financially with gondola project at Mt Ruapehu
Skier warned day before fatal crash
Day before the accident, there was a complaint about the speed pair were skiing.
Fatal impact: The last flight of the Kaka
All 13 killed when plane skidded then slammed into Mt Ruapehu in 1948.
Thursday the pick in changeable week
Bay of Islands the place to be for summer sun today
Fatal ski crash avoidable - witness
Skifield says the hazard did not exist when its morning inspection was done.
Hillary in Ruapehu ski rescue
A Wellington skier is critically injured after an accident on Mt Ruapehu which Peter Hillary witnessed from a chairlift before rushing to assist with the rescue.
Road shut: Snow lovers crowd Ruapehu
Skiers and snowboarders flocked to sunny Mt Ruapehu in such great numbers today that the access road to Whakapapa ski area had to be closed.