Articles by Sandra Conchie
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National
Canadian hockey coach admits causing crash that injured teen players
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 12:57pmA “deeply remorseful” Canadian coach has admitted causing the head-on crash that seriously injured schoolgirl hockey players...
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National
Fined 30 times in 12 months: Vehicle mechanic fears losing clients after cars ticketed
Saturday, 15 March 2025, 9:10amA Pāpāmoa automotive business owner is refusing to pay a $200 fine issued when he moved a client’s unlicensed car on to the...
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Lower North Island
Music event companies put in liquidation, ‘gutted’ ticketholder fears for refund
Saturday, 8 March 2025, 8:27amThe Timeless Summer Tour has been cancelled and put into liquidation three months after being postponed. A Rotorua ticketholder...
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National
'Disgraceful': Ratepayers pick up $5m waterfront playground bill
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 12:54pmThe $5 million cost of Tauranga’s new waterfront destination playground is an example of local councils “treating ratepayers...
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Lower North Island
Bystanders rescue struggling swimmer in ‘rough’ Pāpāmoa surf
Monday, 3 March 2025, 2:57pmA woman’s swim in rough seas at a Pāpāmoa East beach “could have easily ended in a fatality” if bystanders had not rushed...
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Lower North Island
'Same costly mistake': Driver's warning after $150 bus-lane fine
Saturday, 22 February 2025, 1:18pmMore than 6000 tickets totalling almost $1m were issued for illegal bus-lane use in Tauranga last year - including to one...
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National
Son was insane when he stabbed his father to death as he washed dishes, judge finds
Wednesday, 19 February 2025, 7:16amA son who stabbed his father to death as he washed dishes was insane and not criminally responsible for the Tauranga attack...
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Crime
'Eyes glowing with hatred': Victim bashed in Grindr ambush
Saturday, 15 February 2025, 9:12amWarning: This article contains distressing content. A group of ‘’evil’' young men whose eyes were ‘’glowing with hatred’'...
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National
Cameras caught them incorrectly stopped while waiting for a park. It cost them $100
Saturday, 8 February 2025, 9:20amA Mount Maunganui couple are upset they were fined $100 after council cameras caught them stopped partly on a Marine Parade...
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National
Mum’s ‘hellish’ fight to recover after motorcycle crash
Monday, 3 February 2025, 7:58amThe motorcycle crash that nearly killed Hope Pearce ruptured her spleen and a rod was inserted into her left leg after it...
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National
'She had all of her life to live': Parents fight for 'justice' after 15yo dies in crash
Saturday, 18 January 2025, 9:25amA truck driver with methamphetamine and cannabis in his system caused a crash that killed 15-year-old Vaishali McNeill. Donald...
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Upper North Island
School breakfast volunteers ‘ooze care and aroha’ for tamariki
Sunday, 12 January 2025, 3:22pmLong-serving Merivale School volunteers Sandy Gilligan and Bev Joblin “just ooze care and aroha” for the children they serve...
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Lower North Island
Police crack down on Rotorua drivers flouting phone ban, seatbelt rules
Monday, 30 December 2024, 2:30pmAbout 140 Rotorua motorists are being snapped for seatbelt offences on average every month — including “too many” failing...
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National
'Beacon of light': Family's 'powerful message' after 21yo dies at swimming hole
Saturday, 14 December 2024, 10:23amJontae Christopher Alden pulled a Superman pose as he jumped from a rock and soared through the air over a natural pool in...
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National
Gang funeral: One arrest made as procession set to move across Tauranga
Thursday, 28 November 2024, 10:22amPolice, including a helicopter, are monitoring a gang-connected funeral of a prominent Mongrel Mob member in Tauranga today,...
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National
Drink-driver who hit pedestrian fails to avoid conviction despite deportation fear
Saturday, 16 November 2024, 4:01pmA drink-driving United States citizen who hit and severely injured a Tauranga dentist has failed in his bid to avoid conviction,...
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National
'Soul-destroying trauma': Horse's 'brutal' injuries blamed on fireworks
Friday, 8 November 2024, 8:21amWarning: Distressing content and graphic image A horse believed to have been spooked by fireworks was put down suffering...
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Crime
28 people, 99 charges: All the names and details from massive Mob bust
Thursday, 31 October 2024, 10:03amPolice have laid a total of 99 charges against 28 people after raiding properties linked to the Mongrel Mob across the North...
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National
New street dining fees labelled 'disrespectful' and 'outrageous'
Tuesday, 15 October 2024, 9:06amNew outdoor street dining charges are “disrespectful” and “piling even more misery” on struggling hospitality businesses,...
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National
Bad vibrations: Raised crossing ripped out, levelled after shaking complaints
Friday, 11 October 2024, 7:38amA raised pedestrian crossing in Matua is being ripped out and returned to being a level crossing after seven months at a...
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National
'A noose with your name': Man guilty of making Jacinda Ardern death threats
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 11:34amA man who made online threats to “string ... up” former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and wrote about building gallows presented...
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National
'Might kill someone': Landlord wants 'dangerous' protected tree, 150, removed
Friday, 27 September 2024, 9:03amA Tauranga landlord wants a “dangerous” protected pōhutukawa looming over his Fourth Ave building removed, fearing it could...
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Crime
'Horrific and extreme': Man found with child sex abuse images avoids jail
Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 1:37pmWarning: This story mentions child sexual exploitation A Tauranga man caught with hundreds of images and videos depicting...
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National
Man accused of violent attack fights extradition to Australia
Wednesday, 4 September 2024, 8:33amA Te Puke man accused of leaving Australia more than six years ago before his trial for an alleged violent attack is fighting...
