Articles by David Fisher
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Politics
‘He grabbed me’: MP Shane Jones and wife in airport altercation with ‘angry’ man
Sunday, 6 April 2025, 2:05pmCabinet minister’s wife says she was allegedly grabbed by a man after an altercation. Shane Jones claims the man was ‘incandescent’...
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National
How blogger’s clue led to Golriz guard sacking after leak revealed
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 9:54amA leaked message thread containing a photo of ex-MP Golriz Ghahraman held a clue that later exposed the leaker’s identity. Police...
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National
‘We want her done too’: Supermarket security guard’s texts on Ghahraman
Monday, 31 March 2025, 7:00amText messages between security worker and police revealed in new document release about Golriz Ghahraman shoplifting claim. Detective...
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National
Focus on ‘combat-readiness’: Military aviators’ requests to grow mullets rejected
Saturday, 15 March 2025, 3:57pmAir force aviators sought permission to grow mullets for a charitable cause; Commanders rejected the pitch saying it could...
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National
Fresh child abuse charges for disgraced NZ businessman Ron Brierley
Tuesday, 11 March 2025, 4:19pmNew Zealand businessman Ron Brierley is facing three fresh charges of possessing child abuse material after an appearance...
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National
Image leaked of Ghahraman during Pak’nSave shopping incident
Thursday, 13 February 2025, 8:34pmThe photograph shows the former MP in a Pak’nSave store while she was bailed up by security. The leaker was urged by a blogger...
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National
‘Obsessed’ and ‘weird’ - Ghahraman critical of police pursuit of Pak’nSave incident
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 7:22amGolriz Ghahraman says police never charged any of the people who threatened her while in politics; Police have changed the...
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National
‘I’m relieved’: Golriz Ghahraman speaks as she avoids charges over Pak’nSave ‘shoplifting’
Thursday, 23 January 2025, 4:25pmFormer MP Golriz Ghahraman speaks for the first time about the ‘shopping incident’; After four months of investigation by...
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National
Golriz Ghahraman and Auror: Inside NZ’s privately-owned retail surveillance network
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 12:59pmThe Auror database of retail crime reports is open to police. Police refusing to say how it learned of ex-MP’s shopping incident. Australian...
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National
Gharaman’s $150 shopping incident: Pak’n Save never complained so how did cops find out?
Friday, 17 January 2025, 6:49pmSupermarket never reported alleged shoplifting directly to police; Total value of goods believed to be less than $150; Police...
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National
Fatal shooting of unarmed Kaoss Price by police was not justified, says IPCA
Thursday, 21 November 2024, 10:45amKaoss Price was shot and killed by police in April 2022 after crashing into a patrol car and attempting to seize another...
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Crime
inside the imaginary world of a woman who's been catfishing for 23 years
Sunday, 6 October 2024, 10:24amNatalia Burgess, known as ‘the Facebook predator’, resumed catfishing after serving prison time for fraud. Burgess used numerous...
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Sport
Exclusive: Auckland league CEO blows whistle on $7.2m spend
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 7:08am- The Herald has details of the PwC financial investigation into Auckland Rugby League; - The inquiry was launched after...
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National
David Seymour's special envoy in medicines is dumping his drug company investments
Tuesday, 28 May 2024, 2:10pmAct MP Todd Stephenson is selling his investments in drug companies while labelling as “outrageous” claims by the Labour...
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National
'I want my son to have his daddy’: Family's anguish at Kiwi brothers' Thai arrest
Saturday, 30 March 2024, 9:01am- Heartbreaking moments when mums told children their dads were locked up in Thailand - Trip was a chance for brothers to...
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National
Waitangi Day traffic: Police called as desperate drivers bust through farm gate
Tuesday, 6 February 2024, 1:17pmWaitangi is so packed that those wanting to be there busted through gates to drive across a farm, arriving through a back...
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National
CCTV shows mystery man who delivered $5000 cash to pensioner then ran away
Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 8:54pmThe Herald reported the astonishment and concern of an Auckland pensioner handed a $5000 envelope filled with cash. The “delivery...
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National
'Tooth fairy' fined $7k for making dentures for desperate locals
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 7:20amThey called her the Tooth Fairy of Kaikohe. Claire Wihongi-Matene made and repaired dentures at cut-price cost for those...
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Politics
The baubles of office: What's the salary for the new PM and Cabinet ministers?
Friday, 24 November 2023, 2:45pmNow that Christopher Luxon is to be sworn in as the actual Prime Minister, his weekly pay packet will jump to $9058.63 before...
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Crime
'I shouldn't have to go to jail': Billy TK on Covid protest prison sentence
Sunday, 12 November 2023, 9:59amOne-time politician, preacher, and Covid-19 activist Billy Te Kahika is fighting to stay out of prison over a protest that...
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National
Death penalty sentence possible for imprisoned Ahmed Zaoui
Tuesday, 24 October 2023, 10:37amThe plight of New Zealander Ahmed Zaoui has worsened with a charge of “subversion” laid by Algerian authorities under a section...
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National
Fatal crash probe slammed after police case against tourist driver collapses
Thursday, 28 September 2023, 11:25amA scathing report into the police investigation of a car crash in which two people died has identified multiple failings...
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Crime
Fatal police shooting of Kaoss Price was 'legally justified'
Monday, 7 August 2023, 9:21pmThe fatal shooting of Kaoss Price by a police officer was “legally justified” and no charges will be laid after an investigation...
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Politics
New data shows Jacinda Ardern received overwhelming abuse
Monday, 23 January 2023, 9:36pmJacinda Ardern will need special police bodyguard protection well beyond the end of her time as Prime Minister even as new...
