Malisha Kumar is a Multimedia Journalist based in the Waikato.
Malisha covers a wide variety of news right around the region. She studied journalism at AUT in Auckland and has previously worked for Radio 1xx in Whakatane before joining NZME in 2023. You can contact Malisha at malisha.kumar@nzme.co.nz.
![Te Puke's Otamarakau School receives two new additions](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Te Puke's Otamarakau School receives two new additions
Menz Shed volunteers put time and money into helping their community.
![Te Puke's Jorja Mouat to represent NZ at flag football world champs](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Te Puke's Jorja Mouat to represent NZ at flag football world champs
Non-contact sports were not the plan until a broken leg changed the course of her life.
![Festival to celebrate 24th anniversary and 60 years of classic Ford Mustang](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Festival to celebrate 24th anniversary and 60 years of classic Ford Mustang
This year celebrates 60 years of the Ford Mustang.
![Fatal police shooting: Sirens, gunshots shock ‘tight-knit’ community](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Fatal police shooting: Sirens, gunshots shock ‘tight-knit’ community
Police said an armed man entered a stranger’s home.
![People advised to protect themselves from the flu following deadly outbreak](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
People advised to protect themselves from the flu following deadly outbreak
People reminded about seriousness of common flu outbreaks.
![Police fatally shoot man threatening parent and child](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Police fatally shoot man threatening parent and child
Police say the male driver fled during a vehicle stop in Hamilton.
![Six dead as influenza outbreak strikes NZ aged care facility](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Six dead as influenza outbreak strikes NZ aged care facility
Six people died in the space of 12 days as a result of the outbreak.