Articles by Akula Sharma, NZ Herald
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Crime
'Concerned and distraught': Police launch homicide probe into missing Auckland teen
Thursday, 10 August 2023, 11:51amPolice believe the disappearance of a missing teenager who was last seen on April 21 is a homicide and that he was the victim...
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Crime
'Words exchanged': Police reveal new details after two hurt in Auckland shooting
Friday, 4 August 2023, 1:18pmPolice have revealed up to four shots were fired during the overnight shooting in downtown Auckland that left two people...
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Crime
Teens’ 40km getaway after liquor store robbery ends in arrests
Wednesday, 19 July 2023, 10:03amFour teenagers have been arrested after a 40km intercity crime spree south of Auckland overnight. The youths, aged 16 and...
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Auckland
‘Hazardous’: Cause of massive South Auckland blaze revealed
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 1:19pmA massive blaze at a scrap metal car yard which sent plumes of toxic smoke across Auckland was caused by lithium batteries. It...
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Upper North Island
Family who fled Auckland for a better life hit by devastating blaze
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 10:19amThe owners of a service station that burned down in an overnight fire had moved from Auckland to Kaipara in search of a better...
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Crime
'I had nothing on': Man beaten unconscious after pokies win tells of horror attack
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 8:15amA man savagely beaten and stripped of his belongings after winning $800 on pokies feels the police have gone cold on the...
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Auckland
Watch: Flipper lickin' good - seal visits Auckland KFC
Friday, 30 June 2023, 11:26amA seal is currently being chased by police officers as it hops from one garden to another in Papakura, causing chaos for...
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National
'Shocked and saddened': Mayor of Waikato town reacts to local's death in Rarotonga
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 10:19amA small Waikato town is in a state of shock after learning the Kiwi who drowned while on holiday in Rarotonga was one of...
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Crime
Meth-laced beer: Manslaughter charge laid after death of 21-year-old
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 12:22pmPolice have arrested and charged a 40-year-old man after a 21-year-old died after drinking beer allegedly laced with methamphetamine Aiden...
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Auckland
Firefighters enter second day of battling scrap yard blaze
Thursday, 1 June 2023, 7:06amFire and Emergency New Zealand will decide this morning on the next steps of action regarding the Sims Metal yard blaze. Firefighters...
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Crime
Police spike vehicle on Southern Motorway, arrest seven youths after two stores targeted
Wednesday, 31 May 2023, 9:22amSeven fleeing thieves have been arrested by officers after they targeted two shops on Auckland’s North Shore this morning. The...
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Crime
Papakura High School burglaries: Police arrest and charge 18-year-old
Friday, 26 May 2023, 11:32amAn 18-year-old man has been arrested and charged in relation to a series of burglaries at Papakura High School in the past...
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Crime
‘Violated and vulnerable’: Auckland builder's house stripped clean in two days by burglars
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 9:21amAn Auckland builder’s home has been stripped clean by burglars in two separate incidents over two days while it was undergoing...
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Crime
Two men arrested after teen shot in Auckland road rage incident
Friday, 19 May 2023, 9:19amPolice have arrested and charged two men aged in their 20s for the horrific road rage incident in which a teenage girl was...
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Crime
Car central to road rage shooting found, victim discharged from hospital
Thursday, 18 May 2023, 9:17amThe hatchback central to the road rage shooting in Sandringham has been recovered from a South Auckland address last night,...
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National
'Swept away': Mum of missing teen fears the worst, waits for ocean to give back son
Thursday, 4 May 2023, 11:29amThe mother of missing teenager Daniel Kelly fears he has most likely been swept away in the ocean after going for a swim...
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World
Buckingham Palace lockdown: Man detained, explosions heard
Wednesday, 3 May 2023, 8:29amA man has been arrested outside Buckingham Palace after he threw shotgun cartridges on the royal residence grounds. The serious...
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Crime
Caught on camera: Teen 'delinquent arsonists' linked to Newmarket blaze
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 10:12amSecurity footage from inside a Newmarket car park moments before a destructive blaze broke out shows a group of young teens...
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Crime
'Sparked fear in our locals': West Aucklanders on edge after schoolgirl abducted and attacked
Saturday, 22 April 2023, 3:34pmResidents of a West Auckland community are living in fear after a schoolgirl was abducted from her home, chased into a reserve...
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Crime
‘Big curses going out for them’: Auckland shop manager frustrated after another ram-raid
Friday, 14 April 2023, 1:34pmA West Auckland Post Shop manager has been up since 3am cleaning her shop after it was ram-raided this morning. “I have big...
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National
‘Ensure it doesn’t happen again’: Calls for urgent action after damning flood review
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 12:56pmAn Auckland councillor has called for urgent action following the damning review of fatal Auckland flood management to prevent...
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National
Meth detected in downtown Auckland air, study shows
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 8:27amMethamphetamine has been detected in the air in central Auckland by a first-of-its-kind study done in New Zealand and Australia. Traces...
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Auckland
Runaway tractor v house: Firefighters rush to Auckland's North Shore
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 9:33amA tractor has crashed into a property on Auckland’s North Shore this morning. A fire and emergency spokesperson said a crew...
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Business
Countdown supermarkets to remove cigarettes outside trading hours
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 9:49amOne of the country’s major supermarket chains is removing cigarettes from its premises outside normal trading hours due to...
