Olivia Carville
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Investigative reporter, NZ Herald
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Kiwi chef cooking up a storm in New York
A Kiwi restaurateur in New York incurred the wrath of Trump fans over immigration policies
The teen girls who wanted to die - Hailey and Milly's story of hope
Two teens tell of a life-saving bond that began at Starship hospital. Distressing content.
5 ways to reduce suicide rate
Could these be among the answers to our shocking youth suicide rate?
'When you're in trouble, who do you call?'
One solution to reduce New Zealand's high suicide rate = one national crisis text number.
Break the Silence: Plea for resources
More support needed for those with mild to moderate mental health issues, says expert.
New programme aims to build resilience in youth
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
Tackling suicide 'starts at preschool'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
Five ways to reduce our suicide rate
We've got the worst teen suicide rate in the developed world - so what do we do to fix it?
Youth suicide: 'It's an absolute tragedy'
Health Minister Dr Jonathan Coleman: "Nothing worse" than losing a child to suicide.
PM's wife and the million-dollar contract
Dr Mary English sits on the board of LeVa - the Government's "new preferred supplier."
Headmaster calls on boys to break stigma
Principal on suicide: "We grapple with it every day and every year." Distressing content.
Government axes Lifeline contract
The funding cut has left Lifeline 'devastated'. Distressing content warning.
Break the Silence: Bereaved parents call for courage
Parents are calling on the Govt to "put aside politics". Warning: Distressing content.
'The answers are there, just ask us'
Officials under fire for "not actually taking a stand" on suicide. Warning: Distressing
Break the Silence: PM's chief science adviser releases report on youth suicide
The Prime Minister's chief science adviser has released a report on youth suicide.
Teen self-harmed to 'get out of the pain in my head'
Hospitals daily discharging more than 11 Kiwis under 25 with self-mutilation injuries.
Break the Silence: 'Please just keep asking for help'
Natalie shares her experience of getting through depression. Warning: Distressing content.
Kids in crisis waiting months for help
Shortage of mental health services for children a 'crisis'. Distressing content warning.
Break the Silence: Mike King on our 'national shame'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
Father and baby boy laid to rest in coffin, together
"Hold your loved ones a little closer tonight. Do it for Chris," says grieving mother.
Ministry to revisit advice on suicide for schools
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
'We need to blow the whistle; blow it hard'
DISTRESSING CONTENT WARNING: Principal proud to break the silence on suicide awareness.
Principal's emotional message to school
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
'Are we ready for these conversations?'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some readers.
How one school helps kids in distress
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
Break The Silence: Schools want more help
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
The S word: What's going on at school
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
Nikki Kaye on teen suicide: 'I'm listening'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
Back from the brink: How our lives were saved
Warning: This article is about suicide and may be distressing for some.
'Stop sweeping suicide under the rug'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
'It's bigger than the road toll'
Distressing content warning: Former chief coroner says break the silence on suicide.
Break The Silence: 'Life most important gift'
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
Nikki Kaye: Time to talk youth suicide
Warning: This article is about youth suicide and may be distressing for some.
Mike King: Govt suicide plan 'deeply flawed'
Comedian berates Govt for its failure to include a measurable goal on suicide prevention.
Waitomo struggles with visitors
Waitomo has a population of 9600 but more than 500,000 visitors flood in every year.
Rotorua relaxed and prepared for tourist influx
Rotorua has been a tourist destination for 150 years and hosting visitors is "in its DNA".
Signature walk overrun: Tourists' complaint
The Tongariro Alpine Crossing has seen a 10-fold increase in visitor numbers since 1990.
Report slams Kiwi mental health services
Report claims mental health service users feel the system is dismissive and dehumanising.
Parents: Only suicidal kids being seen
"To get any help you need to have your child harm themselves or harm other children."
Show mercy, say school students
Primary school students challenge Michael Woodhouse to grant China's grieving shidu parents lifelong visas to visit their children's graves.
Compassion urged for quake-loss parents
Pressure is mounting for the Government to reconsider the plea for lifelong visitor visas from Chinese parents who lost their only child in the Christchurch quake.
The parents who lost everything
A group who lost their only children in the Christchurch quake feel failed by two Govts.
Quake parents seek visas to tend graves
Chinese parents who lost their only child in Christchurch earthquake are pleading with govt to grant them lifelong visas so they can visit children's graves.
Research finds infant sleep pods are safe
New research has found babies are safe to sleep in a Maori flax-woven bassinet that was behind a controversial Government policy U-turn
Nina Griffiths wins People's Choice Award
After a spate of youth suicides struck the Far North township of Kaitaia earlier this year, an unlikely hero emerged from the tragedy.
Nine years' jail for human trafficking
Exploited workers forced to live in a basement and work long hours for little pay.
Exploited workers: 'Feel like they own me'
UNCOVERED: One worker revealed that he worked 12 hours a day, seven days a week for six months, earning just $5 an hour.
Calls for regulation of hair industry
Human rights advocates are calling for New Zealand's million dollar hair industry to be regulated in light of a Weekend Herald investigation.
Skipper was 'accident waiting to happen'
A fellow boatie said he had laid complaints about skipper Bill McNatty's competence.
Missing to the sea: 'Just want him home'
The daughter of the last unaccounted fisherman in the Kaipara boating tragedy says she just wants her dad home.
Kaipara survivor: 'How many are alive?'
Naked, with two lifejackets pinned under each arm, Iripa Iripa crawled up Muriwai Beach.
Flat Bush crash: Deja vu for locals
The car flew off the road, smashed through a fence and ploughed into a house in Flat Bush, killing the passenger, in a scene that is disturbingly common.
'Open doors': Candidate burgled
Thieves ransacked an Auckland Council candidate's Mt Eden home as he and his family slept, before taking a trailer off his car, and driving off in it.
The dark underbelly of human trafficking
Confiscated passports, the sex trade and modern-day slavery - our record is nothing to be proud of.
First human trafficking convictions in NZ
Faroz Ali found guilty of 15 human trafficking charges in scam that enticed and exploited Fijians to work in New Zealand.
Meat industry doesn't favour Islam: officials
Officials have poured cold water over a Kiwi farmer's concerns that New Zealand's meat industry only caters to the Muslim religion.
Fijians paid $25 for three weeks' work
As Faroz Ali human trafficking trial continues, court hears how workers were paid as little as $5 a week and had to sleep in a garage in Tauranga.
Fijians lured to NZ in trafficking scam
Fifteen Fijian workers were lured to New Zealand in a people trafficking scam and forced to sleep on the floor of overcrowded basements and work six days a week, a court has heard.
Human trafficking trial under way
Faroz Ali may be first in New Zealand to be convicted under tougher trafficking law.
Dodgy doctors continue to practise
A loophole has left Medical Council powerless to immediately suspend a doctor, even if doctor is under investigation for sexual misconduct or convicted.
'I just paid to be violated'
More than 90 health-care professionals have been found guilty of sexual misconduct over past 10 years - with many returning to work after violating oaths.
Minister U-turns on sleeping pods
New mums will have access to life-saving safe sleep bassinets after a Government policy U-turn following a Herald investigation.
$1.5m plea to prevent baby deaths
New Zealand's leading cot death expert will urge Health Minister Jonathan Coleman to fund safe sleep bassinets in a private meeting today.
Disciplined Justices of the Peace kept secret
The Ministry of Justice believes the privacy of censured JPs outweighs the public's right to know who they are, even though JPs from across the country disagree.
Quake study rebuffs 'lost opportunity'
At least four research applications related to suicide and the Christchurch earthquakes were declined funding over the past five years.
Ministry defends funding decision
The Ministry of Health has defended its stance on refusing to fund a Maori safe-sleeping device.
Ministry v experts in pepi-pod debate
The Ministry of Health has defended its stance on refusing to fund a Maori safe-sleeping device and has been backed by Minister Jonathan Coleman.
Jonathan Coleman 'running scared'
The Health Minister is being criticised over his refusal to answer questions about the lack of funding for a life-saving infant sleeping device.
Lower infant death target slammed
A Maori health target for sudden infant death was lowered by officials because it was too difficult to achieve. However, experts claim this is "laughable".
Coroner backs baby pod use
The Chief Coroner says lives could be saved if safe sleeping pods are given to parents who co-sleep with their babies.
'Institutional racism' behind funding decision
The Government's refusal to fund a Maori safe sleep device that has been saving babies lives for the past decade has been labelled "institutional racism".
Govt ignored warnings over baby deaths
More babies die each year from Sudden Unexpected Death in NZ than anything else. So why has the Government shelved a simple device that could save lives?
'How many more have to be king hit?'
A drunken brawl that left Melissa Ansin's partner George Siaosi trapped in his own body highlights the battle to create a safe city at night.
The short, tragic lives of Nia and Moko
Nia Glassie and Moko Rangitoheriri were both beaten to death at the age of 3.
School rapist case prompts review
Security cameras are being installed in special needs vehicles and the Govt is looking at a law change following the shocking case of a child rapist working as a school caretaker.
'I'm going to get this demon out of you'
A nurse has described a bizarre community exorcism in Auckland where a travelling pastor allegedly punched her in the face to cleanse her of demons.
'Something no one wanted to know about'
A Herald investigation into the hidden toll of the Christchurch earthquakes has sparked calls for research into the correlation between suicides and the quakes.
Hidden toll of the Christchurch quakes
The 2011 Christchurch earthquake killed 185 people, and NZers vowed never to forget them. But what of those who took their lives in its aftermath?
Playground predator: Mothers' plea
At least two young girls sexually abused by Robert Burrett have had no counselling a year after the Christchurch caretaker was exposed as a child rapist.