George Block
Reporter
Reporter, NZ Herald
George Block is an Auckland-based reporter covering mostly crime but also police, the courts, prisons and sometimes defence. He joined the Herald in 2022 and has previously worked at Stuff in Auckland and the Otago Daily Times in Dunedin. He can be reached on george.block@nzherald.co.nz or securely via Whatsapp / Signal on +64273041775.
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Revealed: The suburbs with the most gun crime
Plus how one district cut its number of firearms offences in half.
Doctor who stupefied, sexually assaulted patients deported
Sex offender David Lim, who now identifies as female, has been sent back to Malaysia.
'Cowardly, shocking' prison assault: Mongrel Mob inmate stabs guard 12 times in face
It is the second serious shanking in a New Zealand prison this month.