Articles by Melissa Nightingale, NZ Herald
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World
Kiwi tourist in suspected Laos mass poisoning returns home
Monday, 25 November 2024, 10:17amA Kiwi tourist believed to have been caught up in a mass methanol poisoning in Laos that has killed multiple people has returned...
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Crime
Shot in the back while sleeping: Four women on trial for murder
Monday, 27 May 2024, 2:05pmFour women are on trial for an alleged revenge killing after a Wellington man was fatally shot in the back as he slept. Prosecutors...
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Wellington
Mystery surrounds identity of woman pulled dead from Wellington Harbour
Monday, 22 April 2024, 12:42pmA woman whose body was found in Wellington Harbour yesterday morning still hasn’t been identified, police say. The woman,...
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Lower North Island
Double fatal crash scene 'didn't look real'
Friday, 8 September 2023, 3:32pmOne of the first people on the scene of a fatal crash between a milk tanker and a car in Shannon this week said she could...
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Wellington
Bar owner warns agencies will 'kill Courtenay Place'
Tuesday, 22 August 2023, 10:48amA Wellington bar owner says a group of agencies are “ganging up” to stop new bars opening along the city’s party strip, and...
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Wellington
Accused in fatal hit and run near Te Papa named
Friday, 11 August 2023, 12:53pmThe man accused of killing one woman and badly injuring another in an alcohol-fuelled hit and run in Wellington’s central...
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Business
'Real risk' of leak: Law firm suffers cyber attack
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 9:57amA Wellington law firm is warning clients there is a “real risk” their information could be leaked following a cyber attack...
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Wellington
'Beautiful and caring' hit-and-run victim remembered by colleagues
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 10:18amFriends, family and colleagues of a young Wellington mother who died weeks after being critically injured in a hit-and-run...
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National
Director of collapsed ethical travel company building a boat to sail the world
Thursday, 29 June 2023, 8:41amWould-be tourists who lost thousands to folded travel company We Are Bamboo say the director and co-founder have been living...
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Crime
Man accused of causing nine fractures to baby appears in court
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 10:46amA Porirua man accused of causing nine separate fractures on a 3-month-old baby has appeared in court. The 22-year-old, who...
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National
'Turn this crime juggernaut around': Dairy owners head to Parliament
Wednesday, 21 June 2023, 9:25amDairy and small business owners are heading to Parliament this afternoon to demand the Government “turn this crime juggernaut...
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National
Precedent-setting throuple case leaves judges split
Tuesday, 20 June 2023, 12:06pmA panel of Supreme Court judges are at odds over a ruling that a polyamorous ex-throuple are theoretically all entitled to...
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National
Homicide investigation in Ōpōtiki after ‘disorder’ incident
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 12:47pmPolice have launched a homicide investigation after a man was found seriously injured in Ōpōtiki last night, then died as...
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Politics
Councillor accused of racism for comments on Chinese garden
Friday, 9 June 2023, 10:46amA Wellington City councillor has been accused of racism for calling a proposed Chinese garden on the waterfront an “Uyghur’s...
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National
Cop who tasered unarmed man three times in cells no longer with NZ Police
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 7:21amA Tauranga police officer who tasered an unarmed, mentally-ill man three times in the court cells, including as he lay face...
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Wellington
Loafers Lodge fire: Man in court on five murder charges
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 10:56amThe man accused of setting two fires at Loafers Lodge in Wellington last month has appeared in court by AVL on five counts...
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National
Forecourt tragedy: Gas station staff tried to save man found dead in car
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 2:09pmA person has been found dead at a petrol station in Wellington’s central city. A staff member at the Z service station in...
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Crime
Watch: Worker's chilling encounter with armed ram-raiders
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 12:55pmA Christchurch mall worker has been left unnerved after witnessing a group of people trying to smash their way into The Warehouse...
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National
Troubled cargo ship Shiling being towed after mayday call
Saturday, 13 May 2023, 12:31pmA stricken container ship which put out a mayday call as it “drifted in rolling seas” yesterday is now being towed back to...
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Wellington
Wellington Zoo’s new snow leopards settling in, visitors delighted
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:03pmWellington Zoo’s newest residents - snow leopard sisters Asha and Manju - have been settling in well to their new home, zoo...
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National
'Dangerous' arrest tactic caused death
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 11:01amA Levin police officer’s “dangerous” arrest manoeuvre caused the death of the man he was restraining in 2021, the Independent...
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National
'Felt like a gun to my head': Unvaccinated family carers win court case
Tuesday, 14 March 2023, 10:25amAn unvaccinated family carer who lost her funding to care for her own son said the mandates “felt like a gun to my head”. She...
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National
Stranded Cook Strait ferry passengers have ‘strong case’ for payout
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 10:00amThousands of passengers who have lost money after having their Cook Strait ferry sailings cancelled could chase the ferry...
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National
Man fights Islamic law order to pay dower to ex-wife
Wednesday, 22 February 2023, 1:35pmA New Zealand man is battling an order from a Dubai court that he should pay his ex-wife more than $200,000 under Islamic...
