Articles by Kelly Makiha
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National
Revealed: Inside Rotorua's controversial Kāinga Ora 'container' homes
Thursday, 30 January 2025, 11:38amRotorua residents browsing controversial new Kāinga Ora apartments - originally described by some as being like “container...
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National
Operation Trolley: ‘Direct attack’ on homeless or making Rotorua’s CBD safe?
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 12:26pmA political war of words has erupted over the police’s Operation Trolley targeting Rotorua’s homeless trolley-users, with...
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National
‘No chance of him surviving’: How a hot pool visit ended in death
Wednesday, 22 January 2025, 7:09amMatthew Tuimaualuga had been drinking and smoking cannabis with two others around a boiling thermal pool in Rotorua when...
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National
Nia Glassie's murderer: 'Still using drugs, still being violent'
Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 7:07amWarning: Distressing content. It’s been more than 17 years since Nia Glassie died a slow and painful death following torture...
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National
'Happy to be alive': Mum's 'tough year' after freak accident in restaurant
Sunday, 29 December 2024, 9:21amWhen Rotorua’s Sian Habgood has a rare opportunity to go out for a meal with her husband, she carefully picks where they...
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National
Nia Glassie's murderers up for parole
Saturday, 28 December 2024, 9:07amWarning: Distressing content. It was a case that shook the nation. Nia Glassie was only 3 when her life was slowly and painfully...
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National
'I was his prey': Mobster tortured woman, left her naked in street
Tuesday, 17 December 2024, 10:46amWarning: Distressing content. A Mongrel Mob member went to the home of a woman who lived alone and physically, sexually...
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Crime
Up to $10,000 in alcohol and property stolen from sports club
Monday, 16 December 2024, 11:06amThousands of dollars of property and alcohol have been stolen from Rotorua’soldest sports club in a “gut-wrenching” theft...
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National
Four Square robbed by weapon-wielding thieves
Sunday, 15 December 2024, 3:56pmTwo people armed with tools threatened staff at a Rotorua Four Square store before stealing tobacco products and the store’s...
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National
Rotorua teen prostitution ring: Five men admit hiring 13-year-old for sex services
Saturday, 23 November 2024, 10:32amWarning: This story contains details readers may find disturbing. Customers of an illegal Rotorua prostitution ring using...
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National
'Inspiring example': Iwi to offer cheaper rents in brand new homes
Thursday, 7 November 2024, 10:49amNestled at the top of Wharenui Rd in Rotorua’s Ōwhata suburb, a special project that aims to help reduce Rotorua’s housing...
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National
'They are going to f***ing kill us': Woman's final words on 111 call
Tuesday, 5 November 2024, 7:09amKorrey Rose Whyman’s final words were to a 111 call-taker saying: “They are shooting at us. They are going to f***ing kill...
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National
Triple homicide case: Accused murderer and victims named
Friday, 18 October 2024, 10:14amThree people killed in Rotorua last month and the man charged with their murders can now be named. Justin Matthew Jeffries,...
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Crime
'She didn't deserve to die that way': Woman in Rotorua homicide died 'violent death'
Wednesday, 25 September 2024, 10:42am- A 52-year-old man has been charged with murder in Rotorua after a woman was found dead at an Old Taupo Rd flat on Monday. -...
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Crime
Murder charge laid after woman killed in Rotorua home; two critical in assault
Tuesday, 24 September 2024, 9:57amPolice have charged a 52-year-old Rotorua man with murder, after a woman was found dead at an Old Taupo Rd house yesterday. The...
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National
'Tragic accident': Coroner rules child died after oven tipped on her
Thursday, 29 August 2024, 11:53amA 19-month-old girl who died after an oven fell on top of her while she was unsupervised in her Rotorua home has prompted...
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National
Teen 'terrified' after alleged street bashing by girl 'terrorising' school
Saturday, 3 August 2024, 9:11amA 13-year-old Rotorua girl allegedly bashed and concussed by another teenage girl while walking home is so “terrified” of...
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National
'You have robbed me of my safe place': 'Sick' prowler caught peeping on camera revealed
Thursday, 1 August 2024, 8:43amA half-naked prowler caught on camera peering in windows of a Rotorua solo mother’s home while doing an indecent act has...
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Crime
How 'friends with benefits' turned into sexual abuse, explicit videos and death threats
Wednesday, 31 July 2024, 7:45amWarning: This story deals with sexual abuse. A possessive abuser left his “friends with benefits” casual sex partner “paralysed...
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National
Farmhand impales two cows after botching common farming practice
Friday, 19 July 2024, 10:10amA Rotorua farmhand who impaled two cows with tractor forks as he botched a common method of helping them stand after calving...
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National
'Terrified': Mobster on meth carjacks couple, speeds off sitting on driver
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 9:12amA Mongrel Mob member on a methamphetamine-fueled crime spree carjacked an “elderly” couple and sat on top of the female driver...
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National
'He’s a mongrel': Victims' families push back as killers of Kiwi women seek parole
Saturday, 22 June 2024, 9:13amThe murders of two women by strangers in separate cases rocked New Zealanders in the early 2000s. They happened in places...
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National
Man wanting more than casual sex violates sleeping woman, threatens to post video
Thursday, 13 June 2024, 7:59amWarning: This story deals with sexual abuse. A Rotorua man who wanted more than casual sex from a woman made a sexually...
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National
Kāinga Ora apartment plans 'now under assessment'
Wednesday, 5 June 2024, 8:29amThe final stage of a large-scale Kāinga Ora housing development in Rotorua is “now under assessment” as the agency realigns...
