Articles by Nicholas Jones, NZ Herald
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Health
'Extremely unfortunate': No one to blame for mum's two misread cancer smears
Monday, 22 July 2024, 2:12pmA woman suffered emotional and financial distress because of an almost eight-month delay in being told her smear tests were...
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Health
Revealed: Babies died of syphilis after ‘missed opportunities’
Monday, 4 September 2023, 11:36amSyphilis passed on in pregnancy has been linked to the deaths of eight babies in the past five years. Most of the women...
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National
Rest home complaints reveal staff shortages, alleged neglect
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 12:36pmInvestigations have uncovered staff shortages in aged care homes, residents left soiled and facility problems, including...
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National
Student loan borrower arrested at border in 'last resort' over missing repayments
Saturday, 25 March 2023, 9:00amAnother New Zealander has been arrested at the border because of overdue student loan repayments. Details released to the Weekend...
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Auckland
‘We thought it was thunder’: Tree crashes on to Auckland home
Wednesday, 1 February 2023, 8:54amA tree has come crashing down into a home in the Auckland suburb of Mt Albert as the city battles flooding, torrential rain...
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World
'No child is safe': The devastating toll on children caught in Ukraine war
Saturday, 13 August 2022, 11:46amA 4-year-old in a playground nearly killed by a missile blast. Another child left with shrapnel through his brain. Nicholas...
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National
Kiwi struggling 19 months after Covid damaged his heart
Saturday, 9 October 2021, 9:26amCovid "long haulers" suffer ongoing health problems months after the initial infection. Weekend Herald reporter Nicholas...
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National
Her husband died of dementia, days later WINZ demanded money
Tuesday, 24 August 2021, 10:05amA woman whose husband died of dementia had just picked up his ashes when she got a letter from Work and Income that offered...
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National
Vaccines return: How to get jabbed under Level 4
Thursday, 19 August 2021, 11:31amThe pause on Covid-19 vaccinations has been lifted, and jabs have been back underway since 8am this morning. Vaccination...
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National
Revealed: Auckland DHBs didn't want lockdown vaccination pause
Wednesday, 18 August 2021, 12:00pmHealth officials leading Covid-19 vaccination efforts across Auckland did not want the rollout paused because of the level...
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Audio
New ingredient to be added to Kiwi bread to prevent birth defects, deaths
Thursday, 8 July 2021, 7:13amFolic acid will be put in bread making flour to prevent devastating birth defects that can result in death or lifelong disability,...
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National
Survey finds 550,000 Kiwis have 'wait and see' attitude to Covid-19 vaccine
Sunday, 7 March 2021, 1:46pmMore than 550,000 New Zealanders unlikely to accept a Covid-19 vaccination say that's because they'd rather wait and see...
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National
Contacts of 'weak positive' Covid-19 case who lives by Auckland student urgently traced
Sunday, 15 November 2020, 10:03amA neighbour of a student with Covid-19 has returned a "weak positive" test result, as the Ministry of Health stands by comments...
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Vote 2020
Jacinda Ardern, Judith Collins face off in final debate before Election Day
Thursday, 15 October 2020, 11:55pmPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she won't stay on as leader if Labour loses the election. In the final leaders' debate...
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Vote 2020
Judith Collins rules out working with NZ First
Saturday, 18 July 2020, 2:04pmNational leader Judith Collins appears to have ruled out working with NZ First after the election - and says Winston Peters...
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National
Coronavirus: Man within 10 rows of NZ victim shuts business
Saturday, 29 February 2020, 12:49pmA man who was within 10 rows of a person infected with coronavirus on a flight to New Zealand is furious authorities have...
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National
Government inaction left door open to measles outbreak - report
Saturday, 8 February 2020, 9:12amBy Nicholas Jones in Apia Measles outbreaks that put New Zealand children in intensive care before likely spreading to Samoa...
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National
Student loan exile: 'Mum is going to die and I'm not going to be there'
Thursday, 16 January 2020, 2:12pmA Kiwi in the United Kingdom says she's a student loan exile - unable to come home to take care of her mother because she...
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Business
Kathmandy drops controversial medication question from interview process
Monday, 26 November 2018, 6:44pmKathmandu will stop asking job hopefuls what prescribed medications they take. Over the weekend the Herald on Sunday revealed the...
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Business
Concern after job hopefuls asked what medications they take
Sunday, 25 November 2018, 12:53pmA major New Zealand employer asks job hopefuls to list all prescription drugs or medications they're on. Kathmandu has been...
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National
Helicopter 100m from skydivers: pilot 'completely unaware'
Sunday, 29 July 2018, 11:21amA helicopter had a near-miss with skydivers after refueling without clearance from the aerodrome. An official investigation...
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National
Police forget firearm parts taken after search
Sunday, 22 July 2018, 6:40amPolice bagged up firearm parts after a search of an Auckland property - and then forgot to take them away. The mistake was...
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National
Spy agency documents left in cafe toilets
Friday, 20 July 2018, 5:36amAn intelligence agency staff member left a bag containing sensitive information in a cafe bathroom - one of dozens of recent...
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Health
Doctors: Killer syphilis response 'totally inadequate'
Wednesday, 18 July 2018, 5:58amDoctors have blasted the response to a syphilis epidemic killing babies as "totally inadequate". The Royal Australasian College...
