Articles by Steve Douglas
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World
Denial and uncertainty are looming over a Biden-Trump rematch 6 months out from Election Day
Monday, 6 May 2024, 11:30AMThis North Carolina voter is nervous. Will Rikard, a 49-year-old father of two, was among several hundred Democrats who...
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Sport
Owning Wrexham is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Club owes its celebrity owners more than $11M
Friday, 29 March 2024, 12:52PMOwning a soccer club is hitting Ryan Reynolds in the wallet. Wrexham, the Welsh team bought by Reynolds and fellow Hollywood...
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National
Wanganui Surf Lifeguard Service presented $16,000 from Running of the Balls event
Monday, 12 February 2024, 1:43PMWanganui Surf Lifeguard Service Inc received $16,000 on Friday, January 9, from JJ Roofing’s Running of the Balls annual...
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World
Ron DeSantis ends his struggling presidential bid before New Hampshire and endorses Donald Trump
Monday, 22 January 2024, 9:29AMFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign Sunday on the eve of the New Hampshire primary and...
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National
Major $13.5 contract for first phase of Te Pūwaha port works sign
Monday, 7 August 2023, 2:06PMA milestone was achieved last Wednesday with the announcement that Concrete Structures Ltd has been awarded (and has signed)...
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Crime
'I lost control': Guards drag man found guilty of murdering baby nephew away
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 1:10PMA jury in the High Court of Auckland has ruled that a man got so enraged by a baby crying while he was trying to play PlayStation...
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Politics
Carl Bates is standing for National Party for the Whanganui electorate seat
Friday, 7 July 2023, 4:00PMCarl Bates is standing for the National Party for the Whanganui electorate seat for the elections on October 14. Whanganui...
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Crime
Birkdale baby death: Boston Wilson tells jury he accidentally dropped the child
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 4:05PMThe man accused of murdering a baby has told a jury he accidentally dropped the child, who fell and hit his head on a table,...
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National
Nails, nails, and more nails for Velodrome reinstatement
Friday, 16 June 2023, 3:08PMWhanganui’s Velodrome is undergoing a $2.5 million track reinstatement by German company Velotrack, the most experienced...
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National
'Do not shake your head': The judge who had had enough of a child killer
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 9:09AMThere were 38 people in courtroom 11 at the High Court of Auckland yesterday morning. They were all there for the sentencing...
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Crime
Toddler murder trial: 'Window of opportunity' the central mystery of little girl's death
Saturday, 18 March 2023, 3:04PMIt’s impossible to know the context of a short video played in the High Court of Auckland on Friday afternoon at the murder...
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National
Māngere residents stuck in waiting game after flood forces them from homes
Thursday, 9 February 2023, 10:18PMMāngere residents hit by Auckland’s devastating floods are in limbo waiting for an update on their homes. Tuakana Tauiti...
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National
Frontline healthcare workers battle Middlemore's ED chronic staffing shortages
Tuesday, 7 February 2023, 4:41PMA frontline healthcare worker says Middlemore Hospital’s emergency department is haemorrhaging staff who are leaving the...
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National
'Crisis' coming over children's vaccination numbers post-Covid
Monday, 30 January 2023, 2:42PMChild vaccination rates in areas like South Auckland remain in a state of crisis as healthcare providers are stuck in a post-Covid-19...
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Health
She arrived at ED with a bad headache but left because of long delays. Hours later she was dead
Thursday, 25 August 2022, 11:05AMThe findings from an investigation into a patient's death at Middlemore Hospital's emergency department in June highlight...
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Audio
Flicks.co.nz editor on new drama series 'Yellowjackets'
Sunday, 14 November 2021, 12:38PMA group of women are forced to confront the horrific survival they endured together decades ago in this trauma reunion drama...
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Audio
Crazy Memorial Day weekend, US Covid cases rising
Wednesday, 27 May 2020, 2:03PMAs more places across the US offer people a chance to shop or dine inside, the issue of whether to wear a mask has again...
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Sport
Olympic officials tells athletes not to protest at 2020 event
Sunday, 12 January 2020, 11:36AMAthletes at the Tokyo Olympics this summer have been told that they better not protest on the field, on the medal stand or...
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National
Inside the former Auckland convent where person suddenly died
Saturday, 29 September 2018, 3:32PMPolice are today investigating a sudden death at an infamous Auckland boarding house and former convent. The death reportedly...
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National
Steve Braunias: Jacinda Ardern co-stars in new Australian horror movie
Monday, 26 February 2018, 2:00PM Australian cinema has produced a handful of really good, really sick horror movies. One of the best was the earliest, Patrick (1978),...
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National
Manawatu Gorge will never reopen - NZTA
Monday, 16 October 2017, 4:01PMA Manawatu Gorge road re-opening is never going to happen. This was made very clear at public meetings arranged by NZTA last...