Sam Sherwood
Senior Journalist, Crime, NZ Herald
Sam Sherwood is a Senior Journalist for the New Zealand Herald, with a focus on crime.
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Children who lost parents in fatal crash remain in hospital
Three people were killed in the crash in Otago on Monday.
Businessman third person killed in crash that killed couple
A 'well-respected accountant' is the third person to have died in the Otago crash.
Police watchdog slams investigation into officer who struck two youths who were not resisting arrest
The watchdog says police 'pre-emptively exonerated' the officer.