Articles by David Fisher
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National
Fatal shooting of unarmed Kaoss Price by police was not justified, says IPCA
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:45amKaoss Price was shot and killed by police in April 2022 after crashing into a patrol car and attempting to seize another...
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Crime
inside the imaginary world of a woman who's been catfishing for 23 years
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 10:24amNatalia Burgess, known as ‘the Facebook predator’, resumed catfishing after serving prison time for fraud. Burgess used numerous...
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Sport
Exclusive: Auckland league CEO blows whistle on $7.2m spend
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 7:08am- The Herald has details of the PwC financial investigation into Auckland Rugby League; - The inquiry was launched after...
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National
David Seymour's special envoy in medicines is dumping his drug company investments
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 2:10pmAct MP Todd Stephenson is selling his investments in drug companies while labelling as “outrageous” claims by the Labour...
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National
'I want my son to have his daddy’: Family's anguish at Kiwi brothers' Thai arrest
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:01am- Heartbreaking moments when mums told children their dads were locked up in Thailand - Trip was a chance for brothers to...
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National
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 1:17pmWaitangi is so packed that those wanting to be there busted through gates to drive across a farm, arriving through a back...
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National
CCTV shows mystery man who delivered $5000 cash to pensioner then ran away
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:54pmThe Herald reported the astonishment and concern of an Auckland pensioner handed a $5000 envelope filled with cash. The “delivery...
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National
'Tooth fairy' fined $7k for making dentures for desperate locals
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 7:20amThey called her the Tooth Fairy of Kaikohe. Claire Wihongi-Matene made and repaired dentures at cut-price cost for those...
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Politics
The baubles of office: What's the salary for the new PM and Cabinet ministers?
Friday, 24 November 2023, 2:45pmNow that Christopher Luxon is to be sworn in as the actual Prime Minister, his weekly pay packet will jump to $9058.63 before...
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Crime
'I shouldn't have to go to jail': Billy TK on Covid protest prison sentence
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 9:59amOne-time politician, preacher, and Covid-19 activist Billy Te Kahika is fighting to stay out of prison over a protest that...
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National
Death penalty sentence possible for imprisoned Ahmed Zaoui
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 10:37amThe plight of New Zealander Ahmed Zaoui has worsened with a charge of “subversion” laid by Algerian authorities under a section...
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National
Fatal crash probe slammed after police case against tourist driver collapses
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 11:25amA scathing report into the police investigation of a car crash in which two people died has identified multiple failings...
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Crime
Fatal police shooting of Kaoss Price was 'legally justified'
Monday, 7 August 2023, 9:21pmThe fatal shooting of Kaoss Price by a police officer was “legally justified” and no charges will be laid after an investigation...
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Politics
New data shows Jacinda Ardern received overwhelming abuse
Monday, 23 January 2023, 9:36pmJacinda Ardern will need special police bodyguard protection well beyond the end of her time as Prime Minister even as new...
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Politics
Minister says 'no' to Kiwi cop's family facing Taliban reprisals
Sunday, 9 October 2022, 9:13amIn just a few days, the visas allowing the family of a Hamilton woman to stay in Iran will expire and they face being handed...
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National
'105 errors' - Defence Force hits back at Hit & Run
Wednesday, 21 November 2018, 5:57amThe Defence Force claims journalists Nicky Hager and Jon Stephenson made 105 errors in their book Hit & Run - including reports...
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National
'Mulched': $160k of taxpayers' trees destroyed in bungle
Wednesday, 14 November 2018, 5:40amThe amount of taxpayer money "mulched" in an abortive pine planting project can now be revealed - a staggering $160,000 worth...
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Politics
Peters demands Dotcom inquiry
Tuesday, 21 February 2017, 7:34amNew Zealand First leader Winston Peters has called for an inquiry into the entire Kim Dotcom saga to give taxpayers answers...
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National
Jonah Lomu's $1.5 million property deal with his father-in-law
Tuesday, 15 December 2015, 4:39pmA company owned by Jonah Lomu bought an apartment from his father-in-law for $1,580,000 in 2008, almost $700,000 more than...
