Articles by Nikki Preston, NZ Herald
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National
Driver flees from car after dramatic crash
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 9:34amDramatic footage has emerged of a driver ramming a car a fence near Taupo after fleeing police. Police attempted to get the...
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National
State housing development delayed by several years
Thursday, 31 March 2022, 12:52pmConstruction of a large state housing development in Hamilton has already been delayed by two years and the government agency...
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Crime
Teen arrested after attack on milk tanker
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 1:36pmA young man allegedly involved in attacking a milk tanker in Waikato at the weekend has been arrested. Hundreds of litres...
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National
'It was pretty huge what he did for me' - friend of Enchanter tragedy victim
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 12:05pmWhen Greek man Spiros Poros arrived in Cambridge with his New Zealand family he had no friends, but Richard Bright quickly...
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National
Enchanter tragedy: Mates returned to Three Kings to fulfil fishing dream
Tuesday, 22 March 2022, 2:03pmA Cambridge publican was returning to the Far North to try to catch a marlin after being on a similar trip to the remote...
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Technology
Waikato DHB fearful of fuelling copycat attacks
Saturday, 5 March 2022, 3:42pmThe Waikato District Health Board fears revealing the findings of a forensic investigation into the biggest security attack...
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National
Nearly 20,000 community cases; Bloomfield apologises for test delays, confirms new symptom in kids
Tuesday, 1 March 2022, 12:10pmOMICRON OUTBREAK LATEST * Omicron surges in the capital: 22% positivity rate; outbreak in university halls * Removal of self-isolation...
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Technology
Council pulls livestream after offensive subtitle blunder
Saturday, 26 February 2022, 2:11pmWaikato Regional Council pulled its first online streaming of a full council meeting half-way through after the captions...
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Covid-19
RATs to become main test for Aucklanders
Wednesday, 23 February 2022, 11:40amRapid Antigen Tests (RATs) are replacing PCR tests as the primary testing method in Auckland community testing centres from...
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National
Death of Auckland fisherman being treated as suspicious
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 2:34pmPolice are investigating a suspicious death after the body of an Auckland fisherman was discovered in Meremere on Tuesday...
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Covid-19
Live: Omicron surge - NZ could enter phase 2 within days, long queue at test site
Monday, 14 February 2022, 10:27amOMICRON LATEST: 'Unprecedented territory': Cops break rank with Speaker over Parliament protest Omicron cases grow as New...
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Covid-19
Omicron cases to peak in March, new modelling released today
Tuesday, 8 February 2022, 10:27amNew modelling for the growing Omicron outbreak is due to be released today as Parliament prepares to meet for the first time...
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Lifestyle
Mystery surrounds beachside town's new wavy zebra crossing
Thursday, 23 December 2021, 2:00pmA code of silence surrounds a quirky hand-painted zebra crossing that popped up in the dead of the night in the popular beachside...
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Crime
Hamilton driver on the run after running red light and smashing into oncoming vehicle
Tuesday, 21 December 2021, 10:21amThe driver of a car that sped through a crash scene where a person was struck by a vehicle ran a red light before smashing...
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National
74 new Covid cases, 1 death as Taranaki cluster emerges; Counties-Manukau DHB cracks 90% double-vaxxed
Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 12:23pmThere are 74 new community Covid-19 cases today and one Covid-related death. The person who died was being cared for at...
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Crime
Robbers mug teenage boys for phones and wallets
Tuesday, 14 December 2021, 2:50pmA group of teenage boys have been left shaken after they were held at knifepoint and stripped of their phones and wallets...
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Politics
Waikato councillors censure chairman over racist comments
Thursday, 9 December 2021, 2:23pmWaikato Regional Council chairman Russ Rimmington has been formally chastised by his council for racist comments and told...
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Covid-19
Māori leader fears group of young people putting community at risk
Wednesday, 8 December 2021, 3:13pmA young Covid-infected person and a number of youth identified as close contacts have not been isolating in the King Country,...
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Covid-19
Northland doctor issues sobering warning to Northlanders
Thursday, 18 November 2021, 3:24pmA Northland emergency doctor has issued a confronting warning to the people of Northland - Aucklanders are coming with Covid...
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Covid-19
Hounded by debt collector for $4000 MIQ invoice - she'd never been in one
Wednesday, 17 November 2021, 9:46amAn Ōpōtiki woman has been hounded by debt collectors for two months over a $4000 bill for an MIQ stay she never had. The...
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Politics
Labour MP reveals mystery health scare, 'worsening' symptoms
Monday, 15 November 2021, 1:47pmHamilton West's Labour MP has suffered a health scare after suffering from worsening headaches, neck pain and an unexplained...
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Crime
Police ram stolen vehicle after it smashes into cop car, driver flees on foot
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 11:08amA man has been arrested after hitting a police car in a stolen vehicle before being rammed to a halt by a second undercover...
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National
Anti-lockdown hikoi standoff: Police 'incredibly disappointed' with protesters
Wednesday, 27 October 2021, 9:54am"Incredibly disappointed" police have blasted the behaviour of anti-lockdown hikoi members who blocked a state highway, risking...
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Education
Anti-vax 'parent group' hijacks school's bake sale
Monday, 11 October 2021, 1:51pmA rogue community group has hijacked a bake sale sign from a rural northwest Auckland school to push what appears to be an...
