Articles by Natalie Akoorie, NZ Herald
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Crime
'Choose someone you trust': Lawyer fined $7500 in EPOA misuse case
Thursday, 30 June 2022, 10:29amA person with an enduring power of attorney over another's property took money from a bank account and sold an asset while...
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Crime
Nurse suspended for six months for stealing from patient
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 1:24pmA nurse who used a patient's credit card to pay an online bill while the woman underwent a heart check nearby, will be suspended...
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National
Four travellers to NZ turned away because they did not have MIQ vouchers
Wednesday, 4 November 2020, 9:21pmFour people have already been turned away from their flights to New Zealand for not having a managed isolation voucher. The...
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National
Historic ruling against Kiwi influencer Simone Anderson
Wednesday, 1 July 2020, 2:52pmFour complaints about Instagram posts by Simone Anderson have been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority in the first...
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Business
Air New Zealand criticised for high cost of flights during school holidays
Thursday, 18 June 2020, 5:39pmAn announcement by Air New Zealand it will increase flights during school holidays came hours after it emerged a one-way...
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National
Lockdown: Popular Kiwi hotspots shun visitors, iwi want military
Sunday, 5 April 2020, 10:18amPolice are monitoring the actions of frustrated residents at popular beach and historic settlements where signs and blockades...
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National
No street, no problem: NZ's other weird world records
Sunday, 21 July 2019, 3:25pmDunedin may have lost the record for the world's steepest street - but Kiwis are still tops in a lot of other weird and wacky...
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Crime
'20-year injustice': Witness lied in case against murderer
Sunday, 7 July 2019, 9:36amA former police officer says a key witness, whose testimony helped convict a woman of murder, told him at the time they had...
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World
Kiwi woman in court battle with sperm donor over parental rights
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 3:08pmAn Australian High Court case involving a Kiwi mother may set an international precedent over how to determine the legal...
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Health
Heavily pregnant woman twice turned away from hospital
Sunday, 17 February 2019, 9:24amA heavily pregnant woman scheduled to be induced was twice turned away by Auckland Hospital because of a bed shortage, prompting...
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Crime
Te Kuiti on edge after gangsters bailed back home
Thursday, 27 September 2018, 8:02pmResidents in a small King Country town besieged by gang violence remain on edge tonight after two men arrested over an alleged...
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National
Mother tried to fulfill daughter's final wishes - now she is dead
Saturday, 15 September 2018, 8:02amThe mother of a university student who died in a suspected suicide in March has also died suddenly. Monica Soni died by suspected...
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National
111 automated answering system criticised in internal firefighter email
Sunday, 5 August 2018, 9:46amA new automated 111 system that delayed calls from a mother with a baby not breathing and turning blue, and a woman in labour,...
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Health
Multiple failings in mental health treatment of patient
Saturday, 16 June 2018, 7:32amAn inquiry into the treatment of a patient with complex mental health has resulted in a report which is heavily critical...
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National
$60k raised by public for poisoned family held by church
Saturday, 9 June 2018, 8:01amA church holding funds raised for a family struck down by severe poisoning has only released part of the $100,000 donated. The...
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National
Nearly 800 emergency calls answered, then abandoned, in April storm
Thursday, 31 May 2018, 10:18pmFire and Emergency New Zealand has launched a review of its management of 111 calls on the night of a major storm in April...
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National
Mother fights for letters after daughter's suspected suicide
Tuesday, 29 May 2018, 5:48amThe mother of a university student who died in a suspected suicide in March is battling the coronial system for the release...
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Health
Review finds failed SmartHealth app cost taxpayers $25.7m
Thursday, 24 May 2018, 10:59amThe true cost of controversial online doctor service SmartHealth has finally been unveiled at $25.7 million in a damning...
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Health
GP visits change under money-saving model
Saturday, 5 May 2018, 8:47amA dramatic shake-up in the way patients visit their GP could spell the end of long waits and short consultations, as well...
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National
Facebook bans Kiwi singer over #MeToo video
Friday, 4 May 2018, 9:00pmAn emerging Kiwi singer has been dealt a blow by Facebook after the social media giant deleted her fan page over a music...
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National
System is 'failing our kids' - literacy expert
Thursday, 26 April 2018, 5:44amTeachers are being warned not to rely on Reading Recovery for struggling young readers because it probably doesn't work,...
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National
Cost cutting led to zookeeper's mauling, report says
Friday, 13 April 2018, 2:50pmCost-cutting ultimately claimed zookeeper Samantha Kudeweh's life when she was mauled by a Sumatran tiger, according to a...
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National
Call to sack appointed Waikato board members
Friday, 23 March 2018, 9:32pmThe appointed members of Waikato District Health Board failed their core duty to protect the public interest when they agreed...
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National
Hammer attack victim suffered serious eye injury in Hamilton dairy robbery
Saturday, 17 March 2018, 2:16pmA Hamilton dairy owner was left for dead in a pool of blood when three robbers burst into his shop and rained hammer blows...
