Kirsty Wynn is a senior journalist for the New Zealand Herald with more than 25 years experience in Auckland newsrooms.
Kirsty Wynn is a senior journalist with more than 25 years experience in Auckland newsrooms. She started her career as a cadet at the Manukau Courier newspaper before gaining her journalism qualification. After a couple of years on a working holiday in London, she spent five years working for weekend papers before joining the Herald on Sunday in 2005 as a chief reporter. Since then she has worked across different NZME publications covering breaking news, crime, social issues, child safety and property. Kirsty has studied a Bachelor of Arts (English, Political Studies) at the University of Auckland and has a Graduate Diploma in Communications from Auckland University of Technology (AUT). She has won awards for her work covering breaking news, and childhood cancer and has been a finalist for reporter of the year at the Voyager Media Awards. You can contact Kirsty at kirsty.wynn@nzme.co.nz.
![Apanui School fire: Children will learn resilience from loss](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Apanui School fire: Children will learn resilience from loss
Eight classrooms lost but children will have more opportunities with community support.
![Bullied for Asperger's but now a Covid-born jewellery success](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Bullied for Asperger's but now a Covid-born jewellery success
Ratbag Jeweller Mackenzie Lyttle has a big future with his bespoke silversmith business.
![Principal under investigation for sleeping naked with pupils kept on ministry payroll](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Principal under investigation for sleeping naked with pupils kept on ministry payroll
Calls for stricter processes after under investigation principal was still on payroll.
![Enjoy the sun before Hola strikes with fury](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Enjoy the sun before Hola strikes with fury
A weekend of fine weather is expected for most - before the big wet hits on Monday.
![Wall and Coffey co-host Pride Gala](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Wall and Coffey co-host Pride Gala
Labour heavy hitters co-host Auckland Pride Gala.
![Raymond Fleet's son hospitalised](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Raymond Fleet's son hospitalised
The family of two men found dead in Mamaku Forest are reeling after another tragedy.
![Family desperately wants missing uncle and nephew back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Family desperately wants missing uncle and nephew back
The family of Rotorua men James and Raymond Fleet "desperately want them back".
![No news from missing uncle and nephew](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
No news from missing uncle and nephew
The distraught children of a missing man don't want to go home without dad.
!['We just want him home': Mum desperate for answers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'We just want him home': Mum desperate for answers
Mum of missing Rotorua man James Fleet wants news from her "gentle natured boy."
![Up, up and away over Rotorua](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Up, up and away over Rotorua
Tourists will soon be soaring high over Rotorua on the Orbserver - a helium balloon which can carry up to 20 passengers 150m above the tourist mecca.
![New details in Chiefs' stripper scandal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
New details in Chiefs' stripper scandal
Witnesses to the Chiefs' stripper scandal have spoken about what they saw.
![13-year-old arrested after massive four-hour brawl](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
13-year-old arrested after massive four-hour brawl
Three men and a 13-year-old boy have been arrested after a 60 strong brawl in Tokoroa which saw a teenage boy seriously injured.
![Heroes' welcome awaits team from Rio](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Heroes' welcome awaits team from Rio
New Zealand's record-breaking Olympic heroes will be welcomed back in style on Wednesday.
!['They were brothers in arms'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'They were brothers in arms'
Two teenage brothers killed in a car crash last weekend were "blessed with generous, caring and loving hearts", their mother says.
!['It is awful, so awful'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'It is awful, so awful'
Two teenage brothers killed in a central North Island crash have been remembered as loveable boys who wore their hearts on their sleeves.
![NZ's latest property hotspots](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
NZ's latest property hotspots
Rotorua, Whakatane and Taupo are three new areas to bask in the glow of Auckland's property boom as investors drive up values.