Articles by Kelly Makiha, Rotorua Daily Post
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National
Heroic pilot: 'It was like a scene from Armageddon'
Wednesday, 11 December 2019, 2:47pmIt was like a scene from Armageddon - grey, dusty and hard to breathe. But heroic Rotorua pilot Tim Barrow from Volcanic...
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Crime
Children still love their dad despite him killing their mum
Thursday, 29 August 2019, 2:48pmThe four children of a man who killed his wife say they still love and support their dad and know he wouldn't have committed...
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Education
'Despicable' principal slept naked with students
Wednesday, 14 August 2019, 2:30pmFormer principal Uenuku Fairhall slept in the same bed as a student while naked, engaged in sexualised talk with students...
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National
Coroner: Spa staff saw tourist face-down in pool but did not act
Monday, 22 July 2019, 2:32pmA French tourist who died in a hot pool at Rotorua's Polynesian Spa was seen by a staff member face down in the pool but...
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Crime
'Quietly spoken' animal lover killed in Rotorua
Monday, 26 November 2018, 3:47pmThe woman killed in a small farming community south of Rotorua today has been remembered as a quietly spoken, hard worker...
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Crime
Rotorua men admit digging up body under Mongrel Mob instructions
Monday, 24 September 2018, 8:37pmSenior Mongrel Mob members told a group of men they had to dig up the body of Jason Lines or risk being assaulted. The men,...
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Crime
Documentary reveals new details of Mona Blades cold case
Monday, 30 July 2018, 3:16pmGangs or associates of gangs are new suspects in the historic Mona Blades case following startling new revelations in a television...
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Crime
Rotorua man jailed for two years for 15th drink-driving conviction
Thursday, 26 July 2018, 11:54amA recidivist drink-driver with 15 convictions has been jailed for two years and told by a judge he can only apply for home...
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National
Trial set for Fleet double murder
Wednesday, 23 May 2018, 12:28pmThe men charged in connection with the deaths of Raymond and James Fleet have appeared in the High Court at Rotorua. The...
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Crime
Man tells woman he was poisoned, will die unless she has sex with him
Monday, 26 March 2018, 4:41pmA Rotorua man has admitted telling a woman he had been forced to drink poison and would die unless she performed certain...
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Crime
Eight charged over interfering with dead fisherman's body
Monday, 4 December 2017, 8:50pmEight people have appeared in Rotorua courts charged with improperly interfering with the remains of a Rotorua man who died...
