Articles by Tom Dillane

National

Disgraced coach ‘berated’ Podmore on sex life, whispered ‘don’t f***ing crash’ at races
Tuesday, 19 November 2024, 8:29pm
A coronial inquest has begun at the Hamilton District Court into the death of Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore in a suspected...
National

‘A lot of nervous people’: Olivia Podmore’s family expect harsh truths
Monday, 18 November 2024, 7:08am
The “emotional fatigue” Nienke Middleton feels ahead of the coronial inquiry into her daughter Olivia Podmore’s death more...
Entertainment

'It just feels very inclusive here': Pearl Jam's cathartic Auckland night after 10 years away
Saturday, 9 November 2024, 4:46pm
Pearl Jam played at Auckland’s Mt Smart stadium last night – the first in a string of New Zealand and Australian tour dates,...
National

‘It's ended his career’: SeaLink charged after diver dragged into ferry propeller
Thursday, 29 August 2024, 7:24am
SeaLink NZ will face four health and safety charges after a commercial diver was dragged into the moving propeller of a ferry...
Crime

'Robbed me from ever being normal': Man jailed for shooting young father in head
Friday, 23 August 2024, 7:55pm
Russell Falani Junior Toleafoa was sentenced to just over five years for shooting Shum-Kuen-Ip in the head. Shum-Kuen-Ip...
Crime

Couple dubbed NZ’s worst shoplifters get reduced sentence after ‘tragic’ death of children
Friday, 16 August 2024, 4:03pm
A couple who police dubbed New Zealand’s “most prolific retail crime offenders” after they stole more than $300,000 in goods...
National

Back to business for King's Birthday Honours 2024
Monday, 3 June 2024, 9:23am
A change in government has seen a clear shift in focus for the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours list, with the top recognitions...
National

'Needed': Mayor and deputy’s relief at $200m-plus lifeline for Auckland rail
Friday, 31 May 2024, 11:42am
Mayor Wayne Brown and his deputy have expressed relief at a funding lifeline of more than $200 million in Budget 2024 for...
National

Mosques across NZ asked to take security precautions after Sydney stabbings
Friday, 19 April 2024, 1:26pm
Mosques across New Zealand have been sent an email this morning asking them to remain vigilant and take security precautions...
Auckland

'Do less, pay less': Mayor Brown weighs into poll on his proposed 7.5% rates rise
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 10:41am
More Aucklanders would prefer to have their services cut to achieve a lower rates hike than those who support the 7.5 per...
National

$228m without a metre of track, now Auckland Light Rail disestablishment to cost millions more
Friday, 2 February 2024, 9:24am
The disestablishment of the Ministry of Transport’s work on the Auckland Light Rail project will likely cost millions of...
National

Mayor Wayne Brown irate at Auckland Council’s $7.4m recruiting spend during hiring freeze
Monday, 11 December 2023, 7:47am
Auckland Council has spent $7.4 million on recruiting staff during a supposed hiring freeze over the last year - with Mayor...
Auckland

‘Incredibly frustrating’: How a $1m Queen St pedestrianisation project ballooned to $12m
Saturday, 28 October 2023, 9:15am
The final price tag for Auckland’s controversial Queen Street pedestrianisation project - which launched a High Court challenge...
National

‘Massive hole in our universe’: Woman, 62, sentenced over young lawyer's tragic death
Saturday, 2 September 2023, 8:57am
The family of Auckland lawyer Telise Martin today spoke of their enduring pain and the “massive hole in our universe” as...
Auckland

Auckland fatal flood review out: Council requested release 'extensions'
Wednesday, 12 April 2023, 2:18pm
The long-delayed review into the Auckland Anniversary floods which killed four people will arrive today - and the Herald...
Politics

Road cone war: Wayne Brown seeks to slash $145m spend on AT traffic management
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 10:05am
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown has called on his own council organisation, Auckland Transport, to reduce its “unjustifiable”...
National

‘Appalling decision’ - Backlash forces Auckland Council to keep cordons fending off looters
Saturday, 11 March 2023, 4:29pm
Fierce opposition from residents in the cyclone-battered coastal community of Muriwai has led Auckland Council to backtrack...
National

‘What the hell? We’re alive': Massive slip misses couple’s home by a mere metre
Monday, 20 February 2023, 7:55am
A retired couple living in the picturesque hills of Tiniroto stood and watched while barbecuing dinner as the largest slip...
National

'Quite uncommon': Expert on the 50-year gap since quake like today's 5.1 magnitude shook Waikato and Auckland
Wednesday, 4 January 2023, 3:04pm
It has been 50 years since an equivalent 5.1 magnitude earthquake hit the fault line near Te Aroha, Waikato, that shook 20,000...
National

$192,000 to paint Auckland, Henderson intersection blue slammed as 'shambolic' waste of public funds
Sunday, 8 August 2021, 9:43am
A $192,000 paint job to turn a West Auckland intersection blue as part of a "shambolic" pedestrian safety trial has outraged...
Christchurch

Explosion risk as container hangs above LPG cylinders in Christchurch railyard
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 11:13am
A shipping container hanging "perilously" over bulk LPG cylinders in a KiwiRail yard in Christchurch has drawn the majority...
Crime

Billionaire 'art-smuggler' refused NZ entry yet his yacht is here
Saturday, 13 February 2021, 9:41am
A billionaire banker sentenced to three years' prison for smuggling a $44 million Picasso painting out of Spain has been...
National

'Mum hit her head': 4yo only witness to mother's treadmill death
Sunday, 15 December 2019, 11:21am
All Jamie Fietje knows of the circumstances of his wife's sudden death is what his 4-year-old son told him as he innocently...
National

'He doesn't care': Landlord under fire for party house rental
Saturday, 12 October 2019, 9:23am
Residents along a once sleepy Auckland street are at their wits' end with a landlord they say "doesn't care" who he rents...

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