Articles by Neil Reid
-
National
Solar tsunamis: New Zealand plans for potential ‘major infrastructure failure’
Sunday, 13 October 2024, 9:46amSpace weather can lead to widespread damage to energy infrastructure, fires and communications blackouts. Experts have forecast...
-
Crime
Police apologise for mistaking teen's body for sheep as killer still at large
Sunday, 1 September 2024, 9:57amTwo years on from Ariki Rigby’s murder, her killers still haven’t been caught. Police confirm they apologised to her family...
-
Crime
Gisborne brawl deaths: Tangi under way for victim
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 2:39pmFamily and friends of one of the Gisborne brawl victims have gathered on the East Coast for his tangi. Kane Wiremu Te Paa...
-
National
Cyclone Gabrielle miracle: How a massive sinkhole near HB coastline saved lives
Tuesday, 13 February 2024, 2:02pmBay View publican Adrienne Morrin is still shocked at the images of mud-soaked Cyclone Gabrielle survivors arriving at her...
-
Sport
Rugby World Cup: Claims food-poisoned final All Blacks brought illness on themselves
Wednesday, 13 September 2023, 2:59pmThe spectre of the food-poisoning incident that felled the 1995 All Blacks – including historical allegations a betting syndicate...
-
National
Caving tragedy: Sign warned of flooding perils, trip went ahead despite orange heavy rain warning
Wednesday, 10 May 2023, 2:30pmOne of the last things the ill-fated schoolboy caving expedition saw before entering Abbey Caves on Tuesday was a large sign...
-
National
Cyclone Gabrielle: Tourists 'key' to rebooting economy, council's multimillion-dollar weekly roading spend
Wednesday, 29 March 2023, 4:25pmOfficial documents have shone more of a light on the enormity of the financial costs of Cyclone Gabrielle – which tragically...
-
National
Players ditch footy boots for gumboots to help families who lost everything
Sunday, 26 February 2023, 10:08amShocked at the devastation and heartbreak in their region, Napier City Rovers players have ditched some of their pre-season...
-
National
'I haven't seen them': Residents hit hard by cyclone fear for friends; 13 still uncontactable
Sunday, 26 February 2023, 9:48amAs the clean-up in Hawke’s Bay continues after the devastating Cyclone Gabrielle, fears are growing in a rural community...
-
National
'We are going to die': Esk Valley couple's miracle survival
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 5:33pmWhen surging neck-deep flood waters swept through their house, Esk Valley residents Katrina and John Harris thought they...
-
Crime
Teen murder: Ariki Rigby was killed by multiple 'gang-affiliated' people, says sister
Saturday, 7 January 2023, 3:32pmA badly beaten teenage girl whose body was later put in a car and torched in a rural carpark was killed by multiple “gang-affiliated”...
-
National
Pothole nation: 'This is the worst the roads have ever been'
Wednesday, 28 December 2022, 9:23amKiwis will take to a road network this summer described as in its “worst state” - with rim-wrecking, tyre-popping potholes...
-
Entertainment
'Death of close family member': U2's Bono on Kiwi roadie tragedy, why band flew with body back to NZ
Sunday, 11 December 2022, 9:07amU2 lead singer Bono has opened up on his deep grief after the tragic death of the band’s Kiwi friend, roadie and “personal...
-
Crime
Murdered teen's sister: 'No one deserves to die like that'
Sunday, 16 October 2022, 10:05amNew details have emerged over teenager Ariki Rigby's killing, with her heartbroken sister saying she believes she was beaten...
