Articles by Kirsty Johnston, NZ Herald
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Politics
MP who quit reportedly sent inappropriate image to young woman
Monday, 20 July 2020, 5:54pmNational MP Andrew Falloon is believed to have quit politics after an incident involving him sending a young woman "inappropriate...
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Business
Restaurant chain makes more than 150 workers redundant despite wage subsidy
Sunday, 17 May 2020, 10:17amHospitality chain the Good Group - owners of upmarket waterfront restaurants such as Botswana Butchery and White & Wongs...
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National
Covid-19: Stag party named as mystery Auckland cluster
Tuesday, 14 April 2020, 2:21pmThe mystery cluster of Covid 19 cases in Auckland linked to the infection of 35 people is believed to be a stag party. Director-General...
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Lifestyle
Masculine marketing of utility vehicles linked to rising emissions
Sunday, 22 March 2020, 12:55pmPromoting hefty utes and SUVs as macho status symbols could be linked to climate change, according to a new study about New...
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National
Complacency kills: Lessons for NZ from the 1918 flu pandemic
Wednesday, 18 March 2020, 1:50pmIn 1918, the great influenza pandemic killed 9000 New Zealanders in the space of just two months. Coming at the end of World...
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Politics
International Women's Day: MP Carmel Sepuloni's health scare warning to women
Sunday, 8 March 2020, 9:24amFor months, welfare minister Carmel Sepuloni knew she was sick, and ignored it. She ignored the pain in her abdomen and ignored...
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Business
Revealed: Who's really buying up New Zealand property
Monday, 6 January 2020, 9:23amMore than a third of property in New Zealand is owned by mum and dad landlords, new analysis of housing records shows. Another...
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Health
Limited showers, no meal prep: 'Ruthless' plans to cut disabled care revealed
Sunday, 21 April 2019, 9:20amHealth bosses planned to limit showers and meals for the disabled, create long wait lists for specialist care, and refuse...
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National
Want to be a doctor, lawyer or engineer? Don't grow up poor
Saturday, 15 September 2018, 9:11amWant to be rich? Don't be born poor. Only one in 100 entrants to our elite university courses come from the most deprived...
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National
Pregnant cows 'suffering' for calf blood industry - insider
Sunday, 26 August 2018, 6:54amHeavily pregnant cows are being slaughtered and the blood drained from their unborn calves' hearts to be sold for export...
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National
At last: Ashley Peacock to be released from cell-like room
Monday, 6 August 2018, 5:46amAfter almost eight years living in a cell-like room at a locked psychiatric facility, autistic man Ashley Peacock will finally...
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National
Public 'left in the dark' over suspected serial sex predator, rape agencies say
Sunday, 29 July 2018, 6:45amSexual violence agencies say the public have been "left in the dark" following revelations about a possible serial predator,...
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Crime
Sex attack victim: 'If I had known I never would have walked there'
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, 8:05pmA second victim has described her attack by a suspected serial predator - and says police should have issued a public warning...
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National
Investigation, apology after doctor loses confidential breast cancer patient files
Sunday, 8 July 2018, 7:22amA doctor lost a file containing highly sensitive information about breast cancer patients, while walking between a hospital...
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National
Autistic man remains locked up despite committing no crime
Monday, 21 May 2018, 5:44amMore than a year after officials agreed to release autistic man Ashley Peacock from institutional care, he remains inside...
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Crime
Rape victims can ask for file review: police
Sunday, 20 May 2018, 10:15amRape victims who suspect their historic cases were treated inappropriately are being encouraged to contact police and ask...
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National
Bullying concerns brushed off: HNZ staff
Saturday, 19 May 2018, 7:10amEmployees at government agency Housing New Zealand say concerns they raised when a colleague died in a suspected suicide...
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National
Housing NZ workers victim of 'toxic culture'
Saturday, 5 May 2018, 7:09pmColleagues of a government employee who died in a suspected suicide after reporting bullying say they were also victims of...
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Crime
How thousands of rape cases disappeared from police stats
Thursday, 3 May 2018, 5:29amThousands of reported sex offences disappeared from official statistics over a 20-year period after police inappropriately...
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National
Campaign of bullying - man's plea for help before death
Saturday, 28 April 2018, 8:35amA government employee died in a suspected suicide just ten days after complaining to management he was the victim of sustained,...
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National
Crowded, damp homes killing 20 kids every year
Wednesday, 30 August 2017, 5:44amDiseases linked to cold, damp, overcrowded homes are killing more New Zealand children than car accidents or drownings. An...
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Audio
Teens in youth prison allege abuse cover-up
Monday, 15 May 2017, 7:28amTeenage boys at a youth prison told visiting watchdogs how staff hit them "on the body where it won't mark" during fight...
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Health
Cruel and inhuman: Report on autistic man's condition
Saturday, 18 June 2016, 7:40amThe Chief Ombudsman has labelled the living situation of autistic man Ashley Peacock as cruel, inhuman or degrading, prompting...
