Articles by Cherie Howie

Politics

Budget 2026: Longer hospital stays for mothers after giving birth
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 4:32pm
To follow the latest Budget coverage, click here for our live blog. Mothers will soon be given the choice of longer postnatal...
National

MKR judge-founded eatery to close after nearly a decade
Thursday, 28 May 2026, 7:11am
A restaurant started by high-profile restaurateur and former My Kitchen Rules New Zealand judge Ben Bayly is to close. The...
National

Teacher banned for two years after aggressive outbursts towards toddlers
Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 4:15pm
A teacher who admitted a series of aggressive outbursts towards children at an early childhood centre has had his teaching...
National

'Catastrophic': Nurse's life upended by brutal attack sparks safety warning
Friday, 8 May 2026, 7:26am
A nurse was attacked and held captive for 30 minutes before escaping from a patient threatening to kill her, but suffered...
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'Massive event': Orca pod thrills crowds along Wellington coast
Thursday, 7 May 2026, 9:01pm
The spectacle of nature has been captured in drone footage showing a pod of orcas hunting stingrays off Wellington’s south...
Business

Network down: One NZ, 2degrees cell, broadband internet outages across both islands
Friday, 1 May 2026, 10:52am
Cellphone and internet services are disrupted across a large chunk of the country. The mobile and broadband outages are...
Business

Long haul flights may face cuts if jet fuel price crisis drags on
Wednesday, 8 April 2026, 3:39pm
Long-haul flights could be at risk if the fuel crisis continues, an aviation leader says, after Air New Zealand announced...
National

Air NZ cuts Tauranga flights as jet fuel costs bite
Tuesday, 7 April 2026, 10:32am
Air New Zealand is cutting flights in and out of Tauranga because of the fuel crisis. Bay of Plenty MP Tom Rutherford posted...
Business

‘Lobbying tactic’: Economists push back on $24.8b property investor report
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 2:22pm
Private residential property investors pumped almost $25 billion into the economy and supported 126,000 fulltime equivalent...
National

'All anyone’s talking about is fuel security': Middle East crisis boosts EV sales
Friday, 13 March 2026, 3:16pm
Electric vehicle sales have jumped by up to 50% as conflict in the Middle East sparks fuel insecurity and rising prices at...
National

'Who got drunk and cooked this chicken?': Mum sent ‘cremated’ roast chook through Milkrun
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 7:25pm
A $17.90 Woolworths roast chicken marketed as “delicious, succulent and tender” turned out to be anything but for a South...
National

'Extreme fire danger' as 37C scorcher looms, alerts issued for hot spots
Thursday, 8 January 2026, 11:58am
Heat alerts have arrived for some northern and eastern parts of the country, with Fire and Emergency warning of an “extreme...
National

Watch: 'It just went up so quickly' - Man charged with arson and assault after wild house fire
Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 1:21pm
A man has described the moment a Whakatāne house went up in flames “so quickly”, with witnesses alerted by exploding windows...
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Thunderstorm watches and heavy rain warnings: Which North Island regions are affected today
Saturday, 3 January 2026, 12:38pm
A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for Hauraki, Matamata-Piako, Western Bay of Plenty and Waipa. A severe thunderstorm...
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F1 star Liam Lawson's surprise cameo turns marriage proposal into dream moment
Wednesday, 31 December 2025, 1:53pm
A marriage proposal wasn’t the only surprise for a bride-to-be after F1 driver Liam Lawson crashed a happy couple’s engagement...
National

‘Stop using them immediately’: Kmart coloured sand toys recalled after asbestos detected
Saturday, 15 November 2025, 11:44am
Coloured sand products sold by Kmart NZ have tested positive for tremolite asbestos, prompting an urgent recall notice and...
National

'I just want her to be a little case of hope': Prem baby's fight to survive
Saturday, 25 October 2025, 3:26pm
When Sophie Neho was born, she weighed not much more than a small bag of sugar. Six-and-a-half months on, she’s eight times...
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'Back with whānau now': Missing teenage girl found
Saturday, 6 September 2025, 9:04am
An Auckland schoolgirl who vanished from her bed overnight has been found, police say. Fourteen-year-old Vera-Lee Rosandich...
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'Remote wilderness': Global spotlight on fugitive Kiwi dad after latest sighting
Saturday, 30 August 2025, 12:08pm
The hunt for Tom Phillips and his three kids is capturing the interest of audiences around the world, with news of the fugitive...
National

Auckland Harbour Bridge protest march planned by Palestine supporters
Friday, 29 August 2025, 12:10pm
Palestine supporters are planning to march across the Auckland Harbour Bridge as protests continue over Israel’s actions...
National

'Prime ocean-front real estate': Billionaire Mowbray bros' $110m Malibu buy-up
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 3:55pm
Billionaire Kiwi brothers Nick and Mat Mowbray are buying plots of burned beachfront land in Malibu as the Zuru Group founders...
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'Excess breath alcohol': Elderly woman fined after car plunges off Waiheke ferry terminal
Saturday, 23 August 2025, 3:11pm
An elderly woman had been drinking when she drove through a bike shelter and into the water at the main passenger ferry terminal...
National

'Our police are world class': Mark Mitchell backs cops after woman shot dead
Friday, 15 August 2025, 8:49am
Frontline cops dealing with violent situations like the one in Christchurch that ended with police shooting two people –...
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'Suspicious' fire at police station destroys cop car, garage
Saturday, 9 August 2025, 12:41pm
A garage and a police car have been destroyed in a suspicious fire at a Coromandel Peninsula police station. Emergency services...