Articles by Michael Morrah
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National
Watch: 'Spineless' – Officials warned Conservation Minister against Hauraki Gulf commercial fishing
Sunday, 17 November 2024, 10:15amDocuments released by the Department of Conservation reveal officials advised Minister Tama Potaka against allowing commercial...
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National
Survey reveals 97% of Auckland GP clinics plan to hike fees as doctors decry funding shortfall
Wednesday, 6 November 2024, 7:13am97% of family doctors’ clinics in Auckland belonging to the country’s biggest Primary Health Organisation plan to increase...
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National
Watch: Herald investigation reveals illegal $3 cigarettes sold in Auckland dairies
Sunday, 3 November 2024, 9:20amA Herald investigation has discovered single cigarettes are being sold illegally for $3 in Auckland’s Manurewa and Papakura. Councillor...
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National
NZ trawler's 'shameful' 37kg coral catch suspends fishing in area until 2026
Friday, 1 November 2024, 7:10amA New Zealand bottom trawler caught 37kg of coral in international waters, prompting the suspension of all fishing in the...
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National
'100% preventable': Man dies after hospital fall, more than 24-hour wait in ED
Tuesday, 22 October 2024, 7:15amKerry Mason believes her father Brian Brosnahan’s death after a fall on a ward at Rotorua Hospital was preventable. The...
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Crime
'My brother turned blue': Aiden Sagala's sister testifies in meth-laced beer trial
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 2:35pmThe sister of Aiden Sagala says her brother became agitated and “turned blue” when he collapsed at home after unknowingly...
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National
'It tasted salty': Trial underway into meth-laced Honey Bear beer
Wednesday, 16 October 2024, 12:13pmThe methamphetamine level in Aiden Sagala’s body when he died of an overdose after unknowingly consuming the drug from a...
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Education
'Kick in the guts': Acting principal critical of ban on teacher-only days during term
Friday, 27 September 2024, 8:38amActing principal Peter Thorne criticises ban on teacher-only days during term time calling it a “kick in the guts.” - Associate...
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National
'Unfair and illegal': GPs lay complaint with Commerce Commission
Friday, 13 September 2024, 7:05am- General Practice Owners Association has filed a complaint with the Commerce Commission over what it believes are “unfair”...
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National
Hundreds of anglers busted fishing inside marine reserves
Saturday, 7 September 2024, 9:10amTHREE KEY FACTS - Total of 230 recreational anglers caught illegally raiding marine reserves in two years. - Department...
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National
‘Concept of family doctors in NZ dead’: GPs warn of primary care collapse in NZ
Wednesday, 4 September 2024, 8:38am- General Practitioners Aotearoa warns the family doctor concept is dead and call for urgent Government action. - Patients...
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National
Complaint against NZ Law Society president after church group advised it could destroy children's records
Friday, 26 July 2024, 7:07amA formal complaint has been laid with the New Zealand Law Society following revelations in this week’s landmark Abuse in...
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Politics
'I'm sorry': Children's Minister apologises to abuse survivors as officials eye major OT funding shake-up
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 4:01pmChildren’s Minister Karen Chhour has apologised to two women for the “horrendous” abuse they endured in Oranga Tamariki care,...
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National
'Very few made it out unscathed': Women call for Oranga Tamariki to be stripped of powers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024, 7:09amTwo young women who say they were abused in the care of Oranga Tamariki have called for the agency to be stripped of its...
