Articles by David Fisher, NZ Herald
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Politics
Police automatic surveillance of number plates - new accountability and privacy rules mooted
Saturday, 10 June 2023, 4:15pmPolice have been given new benchmarks of control and openness around its access and use of an expanding privately-owned CCTV...
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National
‘Unjustified’ - inside the police shooting of a mentally-unwell 501 deportee
Thursday, 27 April 2023, 11:42amA “501″ deportee ejected from Australia with mental health issues was killed in an unjustified shooting by a police officer...
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National
Mission planned to recover body of Kiwi veteran believed killed in Ukraine
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 12:22pmA mission is coming together to retrieve the body of Kane Te Tai from Ukraine through a veteran’s wellbeing charity he was...
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National
Kiwi reportedly killed in Ukraine - distraught mum tells of fears, last message
Wednesday, 22 March 2023, 7:01amA Kiwi fighting on the front line in Ukraine has reportedly been killed in action, while the mother of the veteran soldier...
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Politics
March 15 attack dominates violent extremist online content
Thursday, 16 March 2023, 10:59amThe March 15 terror attack dominated online interventions under a new regime intended to reduce harmful content online. Four...
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Politics
Mayor's text to tennis mates - can’t play because have ‘to deal with media drongos over the flooding’
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 7:03amThere are fresh questions for Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown over communication with those affected by flooding and slips after...
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National
Skeletons removed from quirky shop display after ghost rumour surfaces
Saturday, 14 January 2023, 4:23pmA second-hand shop owner’s quirky front-lawn plastic skeleton sculptures have been canned for fear high school students were...
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Politics
Please explain: Cops' fake stolen car scam prompts oversight query
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 11:44amPressure is mounting on police over its access to a powerful, privately-owned surveillance network with the Privacy Commissioner...
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Politics
Police moot audit of CCTV network accessed by fake crime scam
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 10:34amPolice are considering auditing their use of the privately-owned surveillance network they accessed by creating a false report...
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Crime
Police faked car crimes in hunt for women who sparked Covid lockdown
Tuesday, 27 September 2022, 7:01amPolice falsely reported cars as stolen to gain access to powerful databases that record number plates when hunting for the...
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Politics
Women's trip north - the 'sex workers' who weren't; Govt blunder sent region into lockdown
Wednesday, 7 September 2022, 7:09amA blunder by a government worker sent Northland into an 11-day lockdown after travel documents that were meant to be declined...
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National
'Miracle' no one killed in crash which struck tangi convoy
Saturday, 3 September 2022, 12:57pmA grieving whānau taking their rangatira's body to his tangi were caught in a serious car crash after a detour forced them...
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National
Facebook fight: Mayoral hopeful's bid rocked by stoush over six-figure bill
Wednesday, 24 August 2022, 10:25amViv Beck's bid for the Auckland mayoralty has been hit by an argument over an unpaid six-figure bill which saw her locked...
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News
'It was a numb feeling': How $19m nearly crushed Lotto winner - and the clairvoyant who 'conned' him
Sunday, 21 August 2022, 9:11amIn 2017 Mark Lipsham won $19m and discovered coping with extraordinary wealth isn't easy. He tells David Fisher of his rollercoaster...
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Politics
National leader Chris Luxon says current MPs will have to go through new screening process - and that he went first
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 12:19pmThe National Party's new selection process for aspiring politicians has been extended to include current elected MPs - and...
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Crime
Millionaire Mark Lyon dies while serving 15 years
Monday, 1 August 2022, 9:24amMark Lyon has died. The former property whizz kid and multi-millionaire turned deviant and drug addict was taken from prison...
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Health
Revealed: The 'appalling' number of ACC claims for long Covid accepted
Saturday, 4 June 2022, 9:42amJust seven cases of long Covid have been accepted by ACC, and there are concerns ongoing health issues caused by the disease...
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National
Quarry tragedy: Mum-of-two's death - 'to hear the kids, it really hurts'
Monday, 30 May 2022, 10:24amWhen Amanda Kidd's children farewelled their mum at her first funeral in Auckland, it was too painful to consider doing the...
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Technology
10 years: Documents show maximum Megaupload sentence
Thursday, 19 May 2022, 12:06pmThe Megaupload pair who have done a deal to stop their extradition to the United States face charges of conspiring as part...
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Politics
Megaupload duo cut deal: Now only Kim Dotcom facing US extradition
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 12:12pmA deal has been cut between two of the Megaupload accused and the United States in the world's biggest copyright case - and...
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National
Big Read: Ram raid teen speaks while waiting for police
Friday, 6 May 2022, 11:33amThe most striking moment when speaking to a 14-year-old implicated in a string of ram raids is what he said when asked what...
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Crime
Dad on ram raid son, 14: 'He will kill someone - or himself'
Thursday, 5 May 2022, 7:01amThe dad of a 14-year-old allegedly involved in a spate of ram raids has spoken of fears his son will kill or be killed before...
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Politics
What Labour's top official said about Nats' $1.8m donations
Saturday, 2 April 2022, 12:30pm"Worrying" is the term the Labour Party's most senior official has used to describe Paula Bennett's $1.8 million fundraising...
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Crime
Nearly 50 Kiwis arrested and six children rescued in massive child sex abuse images inquiry
Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 9:44amThe "largest and most challenging" investigation ever undertaken in New Zealand into "horrific and devastating child sexual...
