Articles by David Williams
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National
'Saw her hanging there': Auckland truck driver saves woman falling onto motorway
Tuesday, 29 October 2024, 8:04pmQuick thinking by an Auckland truck driver saved the life of a woman who fell from a Southern Motorway overbridge, causing...
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National
'The sweet spot': Best times, places for Kiwis to see once-in-a-lifetime comet
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 8:39pmTonight is the first chance for New Zealanders to spot a comet with the naked eye that hasn’t been seen in our skies for...
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National
Young Kiwi woman drugged, sexually assaulted during Indonesian holiday
Friday, 11 October 2024, 10:42amWARNING: This story refers to sexual offending A New Zealand woman drugged and sexually assaulted while on holiday in Indonesia...
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National
RSA left redfaced after blackface incident apologises, says it was 'worn in innocence'
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 1:15pmThe Matamata RSA has apologised for a guest attending a recent quiz night in blackface. The branch says it strives to be...
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National
Inquiry under way after vessel runs aground on Westport beach
Monday, 2 September 2024, 4:25pmAn inquiry is under way into the grounding of the barge Manahau on a beach near Westport, following a week of stormy weather. The...
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National
'All of a sudden they were gone': Sabine family neighbour recalls parents leaving kids home alone
Tuesday, 20 August 2024, 3:54pmLeigh Ann Sabine abandoned her five children in New Zealand before heading to Australia with her husband John The couple...
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Crime
'Someone looking out for me': Tradie escapes gunfire by millimetres in Beach Haven shooting
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 1:16pmAn unsuspecting tradie who escaped being killed by millimetres believes “someone was looking out for him” after the ute he...
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Sport
Te Anau Tennis Club bursting with pride following Lulu Sun’s Wimbledon Round of 16 victory
Monday, 8 July 2024, 9:42amMembers of the Kiwi tennis star Lulu Sun’s tennis club are fizzing with excitement after she continued her stunning run to...
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Education
'Makes me feel sick': School principal blasts Actura NZ after cancelled space school trip
Monday, 17 June 2024, 1:41pmThe principal of Napier Girls’ High School says her students have been denied a trip of a lifetime following the collapse...
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Crime
'Kick in the teeth': Break-in piles more pressure on Morningside café
Wednesday, 15 May 2024, 1:51pmCrave Cafe in the Auckland suburb of Morningside said an overnight burglary is a “real kick in the teeth” in the face of...
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National
Two dead in house fire: Hero dad helped rescue sole survivor
Monday, 13 May 2024, 10:17amA man driving by the scene of a fatal house fire in Auckland this morning has told of the moment he helped the only survivor...
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National
45 seconds of terror: $1m worth of gems, gold stolen in brazen jewel store raid
Monday, 29 April 2024, 10:41amSix masked thieves - one armed with a machete - targeted Manurewa jewellery store Glitter Jewellers, taking a $1 million...
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World
Kiwi Ukrainians send 200 wheelchairs and 10 beds to war hospitals
Monday, 15 April 2024, 3:56pmA group of Ukrainian New Zealanders have sent a container filled with 10 hospital beds, 200 wheelchairs, eight electric wheelchairs...
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World
'Just crazy': Kiwi woman describes horror at being 16 floors up during Taiwan quake
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 8:32pmThree Kiwis who had been caught up in the 7.4 earthquake to hit Taiwan described side-to-side shaking and walls cracking,...
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National
Cognitive test given to senior drivers 'totally unreliable', claims neuroscientist
Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 1:48pmA neuroscientist claims a cognitive test given to senior motorists to assess their fitness to drive is discredited, unreliable,...
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Auckland
Weeks of chaos: Up to one in three Auckland train services cancelled from today
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 1:49pmAuckland Transport (AT) says potentially one in three train services will be cancelled from 3pm today and the commuter chaos...
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National
'Barely slept': Kiwi mum recounts son's evacuation from Israel
Thursday, 12 October 2023, 3:16pmAn Auckland woman is breathing a sigh of relief after a harrowing 72-hour quest to get her son out of Israel, an experience...
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World
'Crying kids wearing pyjamas in the shelter': Terrified Tel Aviv residents shelter from missiles
Wednesday, 11 October 2023, 4:20pmAn ex-pat Kiwi living in Israel says the Hamas missile attacks over the past four days have left her and her family emotionally...
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National
Police investigate after invasion of Te Pāti Māori candidate's home
Saturday, 30 September 2023, 1:47pmHauraki-Waikato candidate, Hana Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke’s Waikato home has been invaded, vandalised and left with a threatening...
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National
'Magnificent creature': Dead whale washes up on Auckland beach
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 4:21pmWarning: Graphic images A dead whale has washed up on the beach in the north Auckland suburb of Red Beach. Resident Judith...
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Crime
Wall ripped apart to enter store- landlord despairs at 'creative' ways to break in
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 3:11pmA South Auckland landlord who has spent thousands on retail security says ram raiders are now getting around any measures...
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National
NZ targets Russians who forcibly relocated Ukrainian children
Friday, 25 August 2023, 3:51pmThe Government has announced sanctions against a further 21 Russian individuals and entities. The new measures target 13...
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National
New Zealand popular destination for same-sex marriages, decade after law change
Saturday, 19 August 2023, 9:51amAlmost 3000 same-sex couples have come to New Zealand to marry since marriage equality became legal here 10 years ago. Today...
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Sport
Football Ferns' security boosted after hotel fire, players dash from 'devastating' blaze
Sunday, 23 July 2023, 3:57pmNew Zealand Football has boosted security around the Football Ferns after a fire at their Auckland hotel forced them to evacuate. Team...
