Articles by Melissa Nightingale
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National
‘Huge wobble’: Magnitude 5.4 quake shakes central North Island, thousands feel tremor
Friday, 9 January 2026, 8:47amAn earthquake has shaken the middle of the country this morning, with thousands of people feeling the tremor. The 5.4 magnitude...
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Wellington
Caregivers located after toddler found wandering in nappy down main road
Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 11:04amCaregivers of a toddler found wandering down a busy suburban road in a nappy and singlet in Lower Hutt have been found. Police...
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National
Why the court cancelled man's $300k 'gift' to ex-wife
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 3:09pmA court has intervened after a man “gifted” a $300,000 debt to his ex-wife just weeks before going bankrupt, so he could...
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Wellington
'Helpless' neighbours of Kāinga Ora tenant say rubbish, household items regularly thrown over fence
Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 10:23amLower Hutt residents are at their wit’s end after a tenant at the neighbouring Kāinga Ora flat started throwing everything...
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National
Loafers Lodge murderer will stay in prison at least 22 years
Friday, 19 December 2025, 1:00pmThe man who deliberately lit a Wellington hostel fire that claimed five lives has been sentenced to life imprisonment and...
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National
'Unimaginable pain': Loafers Lodge murder victims’ loved ones speak to man who lit fatal fire
Friday, 19 December 2025, 11:08amLoved ones of the five people murdered in a deliberately-lit Wellington hostel fire have spoken in court of their lasting...
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National
Which part of NZ was the most generous with Givealittle donations this year?
Sunday, 14 December 2025, 8:21amThe most generous region in New Zealand for Givealittle donations has been revealed in a new report, which shows Kiwis gave...
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National
Resene factory workers strike over ‘drop in the ocean’ 8c pay offer increase
Monday, 24 November 2025, 9:58amStaff at a well-known Kiwi company are striking for a second time after the business increased its pay offer by an average...
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Politics
McSkimming & police’s ‘serious misconduct’: Who in the halls of power knew what - and when
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 4:29pmThe way in which police ignored rather than investigated allegations about Jevon McSkimming, at time one of the country’s...
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National
Luxon ‘would not take no for an answer’ in gifting child’s bike to police
Monday, 10 November 2025, 9:37amAn unused child’s bicycle from the Prime Minister’s garage is among a list of gifts given to police staff in the last year,...
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National
'I heard my boys scream': Family's escape from Island Bay fire that claimed 'dream home'
Saturday, 8 November 2025, 8:16amA mother made a desperate bid with a garden hose to save her Island Bay house from going up in flames before the inferno...
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National
Ex-top cop Jevon McSkimming admits child exploitation, bestiality image offending
Thursday, 6 November 2025, 3:32pmFormer Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming has pleaded guilty to possessing child sexual exploitation and bestiality...
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National
Neighbour in tears after house next door goes up in 'terrific mass of flames'
Tuesday, 4 November 2025, 1:15pmA Wellington woman has described the frantic escape from her home as her neighbour’s house went up in a “terrific mass of...
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National
Police warn motorists: Don’t stop for hitchhiker as fugitive remains on run
Tuesday, 28 October 2025, 4:14pmMotorists have been warned not to pick up a hitchhiker resembling a man on the run after the death of a Manawatū woman. Police...
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National
Ex-mayor's court battle ends with apology from disgraced councillor
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 1:50pmA legal battle over “deeply personal and disturbing” Facebook posts between the former Lower Hutt mayor and a disgraced ex-councillor...
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Wellington
Wellington GP killed by falling branch in high winds remembered as 'incredibly generous man'
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 1:36pmA Wellington GP who died after being hit by a branch in high winds was an “incredibly generous man” with a great sense of...
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National
Wellington GP killed by tree branch was 'incredibly generous man'
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 10:54amA Wellington GP who died after being hit by a branch in high winds was an “incredibly generous man” with a great sense of...
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Crime
Seven days on the run: Police scour lakes in hunt for man after death of woman
Wednesday, 22 October 2025, 12:51pmSearch and rescue teams are scouring two Rotorua lake shorelines amid a police hunt for a suspect in a homicide hundreds...
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National
'Urgently seeking': Police release photo of wanted man in homicide probe
Monday, 20 October 2025, 2:31pmPolice have released a photo of a man they are looking for in relation to the death of a woman in Pahiatua, saying they believe...
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National
Rare surgery may give fertility back to Kiwi girls after chemo
Monday, 20 October 2025, 8:49amA Wellington doctor is leading the way in New Zealand with a surgery that can give young people a hope of having children...
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National
Tom Phillips gag order: Kids' mother joins legal battle
Friday, 17 October 2025, 12:48pmThe mother of the Phillips children has been added to the legal proceedings around the suppression of key details of the...
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National
Woman found dead at property near school, homicide investigation launched
Thursday, 16 October 2025, 12:00pmPolice have launched a homicide investigation after a woman was found dead at a property near a Pahiatua school yesterday. Police...
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National
Mob members in court over mass gang brawl at hotel
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 2:45pmMultiple gang members have been charged following a mass brawl at a Palmerston North hotel. Six Mongrel Mob members and associates...
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National
Mother of uni student who died in Dunedin flat speaks of ‘immense loss’
Monday, 6 October 2025, 9:21amA young Dunedin student who died of a suspected seizure had finally been living “the life he so desperately wanted” after...
