Lane Nichols
Reporter & Deputy Head of News
Lane Nichols is Deputy Head of News and a senior journalist for the New Zealand Herald with more than 20 years' experience in the industry.
His career includes stints at the Nelson Mail, Dominion Post and currently the Herald. He has covered numerous rounds including fisheries, health, education and property, winning several national awards along the way. He has held senior newsroom leadership roles for nearly 15 years while also reporting on many high-profile news events and breaking countless exclusive stories. His current areas of focus include bank fraud and the surge of international investment scams. But he has also undertaken deep-dive investigations into the skydiving industry, mental health sector, property speculation, Kāinga Ora and misbehaving real estate agents. He is based in Auckland but remains a proud Wellingtonian. You can contact Lane at lane.nichols@nzme.co.nz.
Check out Lane’s latest content
'She had no choice': Naked woman forced to jump for her life from upper window to escape fire
A large orange tree broke the woman's fall after she jumped from a second-storey window.
Through the mill: $11m 'fire sale' for closed Tasman paper plant
About 160 workers were made redundant when the mill closed in 2021.
Top law firm cautioned after ‘workaround’ advice led to foreign investment law breaches
The foreign investment watchdog said it was concerned by the law firm's approach.
'Agony': Woman trespassed from visiting dying mother at hospital
'If I return to visit my dying mother I will be arrested on the spot.'
'He took everything’: Broker admits blowing investors' $60k on sports betting
"I’ve done something unforgivable. There’s no defence for what I did."
Tragedy hero: 'He gave all his strength to save her' - dad sacrifices life to save daughter in rip
"It is a story of love of a whānau who would give everything for each other."
Bank refuses to refund $49k stolen from pensioner’s online account
Westpac says it is not liable for the stolen money.
'Horrible story': Nats ask why threatening tenant allowed to keep state house
"Why do people who terrorise their neighbours get to stay?"
'I saw way too much': Witness' horror as man killed after being hit by four cars - only one stopped
Graphic content warning: 'It's terrible. We just can't believe it.'
Top Kiwi stuntman kicks down MIQ barrier with help from richlister
'I'm just like any other ordinary Kiwi who needs to work.'
Live: Five Delta cases; infected nurse's fiancé waiting for test; race to track virus' spread
Five community cases of Covid-19 have now been confirmed in Auckland.
'I feel like we've won Lotto': TSB returns pensioner's $150k life savings
'I feel like I'm floating on air.'
'Bank robbery': Pensioner locked out of her $150k life savings
"The impact of this on my family has been devastating."
Bank freezes pensioner's $150k life savings: Daughter treated for stress
'Why does my mum have to justify her spending?'
Gang allegedly bought catamaran to meet mothership off NZ coast
The criminals thought they were protected by a 'shield of impenetrable encryption'.
'Outrageous': Bank freezes pensioner's accounts, locked-out daughter fumes
'I am her biological daughter. There's no fraud.'
'Sub-human treatment': Police accused of 'racist' pain use
"What's secretive about twisting someone's arm?"
Boat-rage man regrets 'losing his rag' at deputy principal
'He was definitely pushed to the end of his tether.'
'I really miss him': Grandmother still grieves for White Island tour guide
'They just shouldn't have been there at all.'
Teacher finds pin buried in kids' strawberries
It is the latest in a string of food contamination scares involving strawberries.
Slump in Bay mortgagee sales due to housing boom
Twenty-seven homeowners in the Bay of Plenty lost their properties in mortgagee sales in the past 12 months. Figures released exclusively
Home truths: Jafas rolling into town
Aucklanders are buying at least 20 per cent of properties in nearby regional main centres, as soaring city prices force house hunters to look elsewhere.
Exodus of the house hunters
Up to one in four property sales in parts of provincial NZ are now to Aucklanders, with many buyers forced from city as prices spiral beyond their means.