Articles by Natalie Akoorie
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National
'She lost hope': Young woman took her life after 10 years in state care
Wednesday, 13 March 2024, 10:15amWARNING: This story deals with severe mental disorder and suicide, and may be upsetting. A young Māori woman who took her...
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Crime
Who are the five teen killers trying to get their life sentences quashed?
Thursday, 7 March 2024, 7:09amFive teenage killers have tried their luck under a new law to get their life imprisonment sentences quashed and replaced...
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National
Bullied manager awarded $137,000 for workplace abuse
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 12:13pmA manager suffered panic attacks and eventually resigned after years of abuse from his employer including being repeatedly...
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National
'You smell like a dead rat': Support worker to disabled woman
Monday, 4 March 2024, 2:25pmAn intellectually disabled woman who spat at a support worker was told: “You smell like a dead rat” and “You look like a...
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National
'Crisis point': How one woman's life fell apart and why she's now being deported
Sunday, 3 March 2024, 1:12pmThe crisis point in Amanda’s* life came when her ailing mother suffered another stroke and she was asked whether, next time,...
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National
'Bled every cent': Mum secretly used $130k of relatives' money
Saturday, 2 March 2024, 9:09amFaith Fruean betrayed the trust of two Samoan relatives she helped immigrate to New Zealand for work when she set up bank...
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National
Employment advocate involved in bitter work dispute
Sunday, 25 February 2024, 3:29pmWhen controversial employment advocate Allan Halse’s anti-workplace bullying company CultureSafe NZ was liquidated he continued...
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Politics
'Deliberate deception': Pharmacist ordered extra meds, then sold them online
Monday, 19 February 2024, 9:37pmA pharmacist secretly ordered and stole extra medication from the pharmacy where he worked, and sold it online making $126,076...
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National
Client pursued by Westpac after lawyer stole loan money to pay off debts
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 9:41pmA man whose company borrowed $1.3 million to buy a house must repay the loan to Westpac - despite the money being stolen...
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National
Student claims bondage teacher sexually abused him
Saturday, 3 February 2024, 1:01pmWARNING: This story deals with historical child sexual abuse and may be distressing. David* was 15 the first time he says Tauranga...
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National
A house fire, rubbish, unmown lawns- debt collector to chase tenant
Wednesday, 17 January 2024, 6:42pmA tenant who started a fire at their rental property while cooking had only partially paid for the damage before leaving...
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National
Govt department used protected Family Court information to suspend employee
Monday, 15 January 2024, 5:49pmA Government ministry used information from a Family Court case to suspend an employee while it investigated claims against...
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National
Shot 12 times: Meth likely aggravated man's mental state before fatal police shooting
Friday, 12 January 2024, 4:11pmThe deteriorating mental state of a soon-to-be father who was shot and killed by police after he smashed a machete into a...
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Crime
The ultimate betrayal: Woman's shocking find on husband's phone
Wednesday, 3 January 2024, 8:55amWARNING: This story deals with pornography and may be distressing. When a wife discovered her husband of 30 years hid a...
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National
School counsellors win $1.8m in damages for workplace stress over student suicides, deaths
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 7:03amWARNING: This story deals with teenage suicide, mental harm and trauma and may be upsetting. A husband and wife who worked...
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Crime
Kissing and cuddling: Female Dilworth teacher struck off for sex with students
Wednesday, 22 November 2023, 4:37pmWARNING: This story details historical sexual abuse and may be upsetting. A female Dilworth School teacher whose sexual relationships...
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News
'Heartbreaking': Man lived in windowless room before his death
Thursday, 16 November 2023, 9:42amJoe Carter was living in a windowless room in a mental health hospital, sleeping in “manky sheets” on a mattress on the floor...
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Crime
'I feel like I'm really going to kill you': Man told girlfriend locked in house
Tuesday, 14 November 2023, 10:01pmThe unprovoked attack by Sean Oratia Wilson on his girlfriend that left her with a brain bleed, broken eye socket, split...
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Crime
'Be wary of scams': Businessman loses $10,000 in marketplace con
Monday, 6 November 2023, 9:30pmA business scammed out of $10,000 on Facebook Marketplace claimed for the theft on its insurance but a common exclusion preventing...
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National
Man who waited 12 weeks for urgent colonoscopy given terminal prognosis over the phone
Monday, 16 October 2023, 2:26pmA man with a family history of bowel cancer was admitted to Dunedin Hospital four times with rectal bleeding but despite...
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National
The girl next door: OnlyFans star Lisa Lewis loses in stoush with neighbour
Saturday, 14 October 2023, 2:52pmCould the long-running spat between Lisa Lewis and her former neighbour, the Hamilton Cosmopolitan Club, finally be at an...
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National
Can hair loss clinic owner call himself 'Dr Raj' if he's not a NZ registered medical doctor?
Monday, 9 October 2023, 8:56pmA claim by hair loss clinic owner “Dr Raj” that he is a “third-generation doctor” despite not being a registered medical...
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National
'Drug-seeking': Patient accused by GP after breasts examined without consent
Monday, 9 October 2023, 2:40pmA patient who went to the doctor for anxiety and depression had her breasts examined and when she complained the GP accused...
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National
Woman with dementia sent home from hospital despite warnings
Monday, 2 October 2023, 4:48pmA confused and disoriented woman with Alzheimer’s disease was twice discharged from North Shore Hospital with no support...
