Articles by Belinda Feek, NZ Herald
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Crime
Mongols gang trial: Drug dealing, shootings - and Louis Vuitton
Thursday, 18 August 2022, 4:40pmA gang was so intent on becoming the biggest in the Bay of Plenty, it was prepared to use any means possible to get it there,...
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Crime
'Missing' again: Dad charged after search goes bush with kids for second time
Monday, 20 December 2021, 9:17amAn Otorohanga man and his three children who sparked a large-scale search near Marokopa have gone bush again and have not...
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Health
Live: 55 new community Covid cases; five more Omicron detections
Sunday, 19 December 2021, 12:49pmThere are 55 new Covid-19 cases in the community today. Whole genome sequencing has detected five further cases of Omicron...
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Hamilton
Suicide pact: 'Rhys was meant to be in a safe place' - Parents' heartache
Friday, 17 December 2021, 3:30pmWARNING: Distressing content A Hamilton woman who helped a man commit suicide has avoided jail and instead will spend the...
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Crime
Hamilton triple fatal crash: 'I won't let the hate consume me,' says mother of victim
Thursday, 16 December 2021, 4:01pmThe mother of a teenager killed in a triple fatal crash in Hamilton says she doesn't know when she will ever come to terms...
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Sport
Young Waikato rugby player avoids conviction after slapping baby
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 1:26pmA promising Waikato rugby player has sidestepped a conviction after a drunken assault on his baby. Havila Molia, 19, had...
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Crime
Te Kuiti's $2.5m fraudster gets more jail time for newly discovered thefts
Thursday, 2 December 2021, 3:40pmA former Te Kuiti woman labelled "callous and greedy" jailed for stealing $2 million from her employer has been given extra...
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Crime
Video: Gunman shot dead, three police officers injured
Monday, 29 November 2021, 12:56pmA man who set fire to a house and then opened fire on police is dead and three officers are injured after a standoff in West...
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Covid-19
Hamilton man facing multiple charges after anti-lockdown protests
Tuesday, 16 November 2021, 1:16pmA Hamilton man who helped organise and attended anti-lockdown protests in the city has been charged by police. The 56-year-old...
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Covid-19
Covid death at flat: Residents spooked by bodybag sighting
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 12:30pmResidents of the South Auckland apartment complex where a Covid-infected man died are worried about being exposed and say...
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Covid-19
North Shore Covid cases not linked to earlier party
Monday, 25 October 2021, 3:43pmA rise in cases on the North Shore - including increased a noticed in risk in Redvale - is so far not attributable to the...
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Covid-19
Person in Auckland's Volt Apartments tests positive for Covid
Monday, 25 October 2021, 3:28pmA person has tested Covid-positive inside the central Auckland apartment building, Volt Apartments. While the Ministry of...
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Covid-19
Ministry apologises after infected North Shore woman stuck at home with family
Monday, 25 October 2021, 11:24amThe Ministry of Health has apologised after a Covid-positive North Shore woman was stuck at home for days with her compromised...
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Education
More Auckland high schools to remain closed
Friday, 22 October 2021, 1:29pmMore Auckland schools are announcing they won't fully reopen next week, and instead coming up with their own plans to get...
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National
$42m Lotto winner: Countdown Pokeno staff 'walking on air'
Thursday, 21 October 2021, 12:04pmIs it a local or is it someone who passed through the tiny town? That's the question Pokeno residents are asking each other...
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Covid-19
'It's deeply frustrating' - Waiheke Island councillor on Covid case
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 2:12pmTrying to get information from officials about Waiheke Island's latest case was "deeply frustrating", Waiheke Island's community...
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Covid-19
Hipkins rules out a snap level 4 return - for now
Wednesday, 20 October 2021, 7:11amCOVID LATEST: * Auckland supermarket among latest Covid locations of interest * Financial stress: 'People are at their breaking...
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Covid-19
7 Waikato Covid cases - 6 in Te Awamutu, 1 in Whatawhata
Tuesday, 19 October 2021, 3:38pmWaikato's Covid outbreak is slowly growing with a burst of cases being announced in Te Awamutu. Of the seven Waikato cases,...
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Covid-19
Expert's warning: Level 4 lockdown now - or expect 150 cases by November
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 4:26pmThe Government needs to urgently look at imposing a level 4 lockdown in Auckland to contain the ever-increasing rise in Covid...
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National
Coroner's warning: Man died day after honeymoon from mixing MDMA, alcohol
Thursday, 14 October 2021, 1:55pmA coroner has issued a warning about the fatal risks of recreational drug and alcohol use after a Hamilton man died of an...
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Crime
Waikato police officer facing sexual assault charges
Tuesday, 12 October 2021, 11:28amA Waikato police officer has been charged with four sexual assault offences. The charges stem from one alleged incident involving...
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Auckland
Two deaths on Auckland's Manukau harbour in two days
Monday, 11 October 2021, 11:44amTwo people have died in water incidents in the Manukau Harbour in Auckland's first weekend of relaxed Covid alert level restrictions. Police,...
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Covid-19
'Lockdown the whole North Island': Mayor's call as Covid seeps around Waikato
Wednesday, 6 October 2021, 3:44pmA Mayor at the centre of a new Covid-19 case is calling for the Government to lock down the whole North Island as Delta seeps...
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Covid-19
Positive Covid cases see Raglan shake off its 'anti-vax' image
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 1:32pmThe small Waikato surfer town at the centre of a Covid-19 outbreak is shaking off its anti-vaxxing image with increasing...