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You know you did it
Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd hopes to clear her name and complete the diploma she was found guilty of faking. Hibberd, 35, was sentenced to eight months' home detention on Thursday, having already spent about 10 weeks on remand. A jury found she faked a diploma and other documents purporting to show she had earned an early childhood qualification from NZ Tertiary College. She then used them ...
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You know you did it
Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd hopes to clear her name and complete the diploma she was found guilty of faking. Hibberd, 35, was sentenced to eight months' home detention on Thursday, having already spent about 10 weeks on remand. A jury found she faked a diploma and other documents purporting to show she had earned an early childhood qualification from NZ Tertiary College. She then used them ...
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You know you did it
Convicted fraudster Tracy Hibberd hopes to clear her name and complete the diploma she was found guilty of faking. Hibberd, 35, was sentenced to eight months' home detention on Thursday, having already spent about 10 weeks on remand. A jury found she faked a diploma and other documents purporting to show she had earned an early childhood qualification from NZ Tertiary College. She then used them ...
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X-rays reveal cellphone in inmates bottom
This x-ray from a Sri Lankan prisoner shows the type of discovery the doctors in Auckland made when saving Tangi Nikoia's life. Doctors working to save the life of a violent prisoner who had been stabbed up to 28 times this week made a strange discovery - he had a cellphone hidden in his rectum. The Herald on Sunday understands the discovery was made only when scans were taken of the stab wounds ...
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Buyers unwilling to wait
Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years. The Auckland Housing Accord in this week's Budget pledged 39,000 building consents to deal with Auckland's housing shortage. Yesterday, young couple Alejo Ramirez and Maria Moran were viewing an Avondale townhouse which promised "perfect affordable ...
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Buyers unwilling to wait
Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years. The Auckland Housing Accord in this week's Budget pledged 39,000 building consents to deal with Auckland's housing shortage. Yesterday, young couple Alejo Ramirez and Maria Moran were viewing an Avondale townhouse which promised "perfect affordable ...
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Buyers unwilling to wait
Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years. The Auckland Housing Accord in this week's Budget pledged 39,000 building consents to deal with Auckland's housing shortage. Yesterday, young couple Alejo Ramirez and Maria Moran were viewing an Avondale townhouse which promised "perfect affordable ...
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Buyers unwilling to wait
Househunters are continuing to scramble for property - undeterred by Government promises that property prices will fall in the next three years. The Auckland Housing Accord in this week's Budget pledged 39,000 building consents to deal with Auckland's housing shortage. Yesterday, young couple Alejo Ramirez and Maria Moran were viewing an Avondale townhouse which promised "perfect affordable ...
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Mum told to quit home
Mia Geraets lived for 25 years at the resthome her brother helped establish. It was a shock to her family when the resthome operators said the 85-year-old would have to leave the only place she knew as home. Her treatment - she died a week after being removed from the Ons Dorp Care Centre in West Auckland - has thrown the spotlight on the care of dementia sufferers a month after the ...
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Passerbys desperate fire-rescue bid in vain
A neighbour choked on thick black smoke as she frantically tried to rescue a sleeping resident from a house fire near Ohakune early yesterday. But the occupant, Mark Evans, a local sawmill worker in his 40s, perished. Faye Martin was on her way to work about 6.40am when she saw flames leaping 30m into the air above the house, on Miharo St, Rangataua, and was overcome as she tried ...
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Game shoot a fun school fundraiser
There's been plenty of kills and thrills for the young ones at the third annual Wild Game Hunt and Fishing Competition in the rural Waikato area of Tauhei. The contest, which started yesterday, is a Tauhei Combined School fundraiser. Organiser Angela Martin says it's a great way for kids to have fun and help their school in the process. Money from previous years bought IT equipment for the ...
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Psychiatric patients fight ban on smoking
High court action will be launched tomorrow against a smoking ban in an acute mental health facility. Smoking bans are now enforced at hospitals, government buildings, schools, prisons, pubs and many parks. But Richard Francois, the lawyer leading tomorrow's judicial review application in the High Court at Auckland on behalf of three patients, said people on lockdown were there to be treated for ...
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Signing a bonus for tutors
A young, profoundly deaf Auckland man has had a special welcome to a training centre - his fellow students have been learning sign language in preparation for his arrival. Rory Young, 24, contracted meningitis as a baby and the illness left him deaf. But even before this week's New Zealand Sign Language Week, Rory's classmates and staff at the Centre for Fine Woodworking had a headstart in ...
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Signing a bonus for tutors
A young, profoundly deaf Auckland man has had a special welcome to a training centre - his fellow students have been learning sign language in preparation for his arrival. Rory Young, 24, contracted meningitis as a baby and the illness left him deaf. But even before this week's New Zealand Sign Language Week, Rory's classmates and staff at the Centre for Fine Woodworking had a headstart in ...
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Signing a bonus for tutors
A young, profoundly deaf Auckland man has had a special welcome to a training centre - his fellow students have been learning sign language in preparation for his arrival. Rory Young, 24, contracted meningitis as a baby and the illness left him deaf. But even before this week's New Zealand Sign Language Week, Rory's classmates and staff at the Centre for Fine Woodworking had a ...
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Rare shark discovery the second in a week
A second rare shark has been found washed up on Muriwai Beach in less than a week. Scientists were stunned when a heavily pregnant 2.6m oceanic whitetip shark was found dead on the beach 40km west of Auckland eight days ago. The shark and six full-term pups removed from her belly have been preserved for research at the Auckland Museum. But the beach again became the resting place of a rare ...
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Diana Lennon Our future wasted
You've seen the pictures of large numbers of people with mattresses on the floor, small houses where families crowd together because rents are too high. Close contact spreads infectious disease. Rheumatic fever is a barometer of the delivery of healthcare and the access to decent housing. Addressing rheumatic fever is an admirable goal but there are an awful lot of other diseases that are ...
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Consumer Watch Dodgy desk risk
Brian Ward employs his children, Tristan Ward and Natasha Crawford, and won't risk their health. Photo / Michael CraigConsumers are being warned that thousands of items of furniture may contain uncomfortably high levels of formaldehyde because of New Zealand's lack of restrictions. Formaldehyde, known for its use in embalming, also forms the basis of some binding agents used in pressed-wood ...
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Scam Watch - May 19
• ANZ has warned this week of a scam targeting its customers. A phishing email tells customers their cards have been blocked by ANZ, and to call a helpline to remove the block. If the customer calls the number, a message asks them for all their credit-card details and PIN number. ANZ warns not to click on the email's links or call the number.• Consumer Watchdog received a scam ...
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Military trainee dies in car crash
An army trainee died when a vehicle he was travelling in crashed with an "almighty bang" into a power pole near Dargaville on Friday night. Arnie Neho, a student from Whangarei, was one of five in a Mazda Premacy station wagon which splintered as it hit the concrete power pole. Online tributes were pouring in last night for Neho, who played for the Onerahi Rugby Club. The other passengers were ...
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Doctors seek help to mend broken hearts
Sunlight beams through the lounge window at the Katoas' house creating warmth and comfort. The house is matchbox-size, immaculate and homely. Family photos from their life in Tonga and New Zealand clutter the cabinets, and at least 10 sports trophies glisten proudly from a cabinet. Like many Pacific Island families, the Katoa household is large: mum, dad and nine children, including twins and a ...
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Photo recall Its hot stuff understanding your weapons effects
In hindsight, it may not have been such a good idea. No, Constable John Burton isn't hungover. He's not thirsty, nor just in a bad mood. In January 1998, the police use of pepper spray was a hot ...
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Signing a bonus for tutors
A young, profoundly deaf Auckland man has had a special welcome to a training centre - his fellow students have been learning sign language in preparation for his arrival. Rory Young, 24, contracted meningitis as a baby and the illness left him deaf. But even before this week's New Zealand Sign Language Week, Rory's classmates and staff at the Centre for Fine Woodworking had a headstart in ...
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Charlottes dream - bionic limbs
Quadruple amputee Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman dreams of bionic legs and hands allowing her to pick groceries from a supermarket shelf. The artificial limbs by world prosthetic leaders Touch Bionics are a few years - and around $200,000 - away for the 9-year-old survivor of meningococcal disease. But to Charlotte, they're worth the wait. When she turns 18, Charlotte wants to trade her short ...
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Trott and Root keep Kiwis at bay
Jonathan Trott and Joe Root steadied England's second innings after New Zealand struck twice with the new ball on the third day of the first Test at Lord's on Saturday.At tea, England were 2-91 -- a lead of 116 runs - with Trott 25 not out and Root 28 not out after the hosts had lost their first two wickets with the score on 36.England captain Alastair Cook (21), for the second time ...
Auckland Feature Story
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Auckland's infastructure needs upgrading in the long run.
Auckland may in the next few years be able to upgrade two major pieces of infastructure and reap the economic benefits for the city.
There may, in the near future, be a four-lane road of national significance (RONS) between Auckland and Whangarei, which would make travel between the country’s largest city and Northland much faster and more efficient, while providing significant economic benefits to both regions as well. Read more
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