David Fisher is a senior journalist for the New Zealand Herald who has twice been named New Zealand’s Reporter of the Year.
David is based in Northland and has worked as a journalist for more than 30 years, winning multiple journalism awards and being selected as one of a small number of Wolfson Press Fellows to Wolfson College, Cambridge. He joined the Herald in 2004. You can contact David at david.fisher@nzme.co.nz
![Dargaville evacuation call: Rural chaos with crops ruined and dairy farms dumping milk](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Dargaville evacuation call: Rural chaos with crops ruined and dairy farms dumping milk
Dargaville reeling amid new evacuations as farmers count the cost.
![How a National MP went to war for her son - and how it cost her her job](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
How a National MP went to war for her son - and how it cost her her job
Email that cost MP her portfolio came from inside the agency she wanted investigated.
![Exotic Orchids show an early bloomer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Exotic Orchids show an early bloomer
The flowers grow around the world, with the number of species exceeded only by grasses.
![Rural non-delivery: 'Overwhelmed' postie hoards 15 months of mail](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Rural non-delivery: 'Overwhelmed' postie hoards 15 months of mail
Missing mail included specialist appointments, car registrations and jury duty summons.
![Enchanter tragedy: 'You would never forget something like that'; inquiry well under way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Enchanter tragedy: 'You would never forget something like that'; inquiry well under way
The lead investigator says fatal accidents at sea place an immovable burden on skippers.
![Opinion: Is the PM listening to the Howl from the regions?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Opinion: Is the PM listening to the Howl from the regions?
OPINION: The Great Communicator needs to work on her communication.
![Meat works losing 'millions' through staff shortages](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Meat works losing 'millions' through staff shortages
Meat works stretched - and a national campaign planned to match workers with employers.
![Trucks to clog SH1: More than 1000 containers Auckland-bound](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Trucks to clog SH1: More than 1000 containers Auckland-bound
From 6am Friday, a dozen trucks an hour will head from Northport to Auckland.
!['Local workers lack stamina': Courgette grower to David Seymour](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'Local workers lack stamina': Courgette grower to David Seymour
The courgette harvest crisis has taken Act leader David Seymour from town to the country.
!['The Govt doesn't care': Food waste for grower who can't get pickers](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
'The Govt doesn't care': Food waste for grower who can't get pickers
It's picking season and those growing fruit and vegetables can't get the staff.
![The Road Ahead: What's really happening in the engine room of NZ tourism](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The Road Ahead: What's really happening in the engine room of NZ tourism
From Queenstown to Hokitika, Covid-19 has caused carnage.
![The Road Ahead: A call for change in the south - what matters to Kiwis right now](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The Road Ahead: A call for change in the south - what matters to Kiwis right now
In Southland and Otago, those who farm and fish have confidence in The Road Ahead.
![Analysis: NZ First's Shane Jones is praying for provincial votes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Analysis: NZ First's Shane Jones is praying for provincial votes
What is Shane Jones preaching for NZ First's 2020 election campaign?
![Follow the money - the big money behind rodeo opposition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Follow the money - the big money behind rodeo opposition
Whangarei's rodeo is off for a year after being targeted by animal rights' activists.
![Logger takes axe to Shane Jones over awards night conduct](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Logger takes axe to Shane Jones over awards night conduct
Logger lashes Shane Jones after awards' night electioneering - 'Bring it on Mr Jones'.
![Shane Jones: I got you cash, now show me the votes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Shane Jones: I got you cash, now show me the votes
Forestry minister Shane Jones says: 'This is reciprocity. If you want it, back it.'
![Big Read: A gun club burns in a nation on edge](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Big Read: A gun club burns in a nation on edge
David Fisher investigates a gun club fire and finds a nation on edge.
![A sanctuary for our mighty kauris](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
A sanctuary for our mighty kauris
Clint Rameka dreams of a sanctuary built on a sanctuary.
![Pōhutukawa massacre at Opito Bay - Four poisoned and the hunt for a killer](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Pōhutukawa massacre at Opito Bay - Four poisoned and the hunt for a killer
Opito Bay's pōhutukawa poisoner leaves locals furious and searching for likely suspects.
![World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
World-record angler - leave me be or I'll hide the mega-fish
It would be the biggest brown trout ever - if it ever emerges.
![Meet the couple at No.1 State Highway, Far North](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Meet the couple at No.1 State Highway, Far North
Meet the couple who built a life at the end of the road.
![Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Billion Trees bungle: One million seedlings but land unfit
The plan was to plant 1.1 million pine trees - then someone looked at the ground.
![Plan to unlock fortune trapped in communal Māori land](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Plan to unlock fortune trapped in communal Māori land
Pitch to owners of marginal land - let us plant your land and split the profits.
![Those 10 promised bridges now four](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Those 10 promised bridges now four
Three of the 10 bridges that the National government promised may not be built.
![The Big Read: Where are Northland's bridges?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
The Big Read: Where are Northland's bridges?
National's pledge to build 10 Northland bridges is under the microscope.
![Earthquake angels: Volunteers pitch in at damaged homes](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Earthquake angels: Volunteers pitch in at damaged homes
Three blokes in a 4WD have headed into big country searching out those needing help in the wake of the Kaikoura Earthquake.
![Paradise lost? Meth, murder in Northland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Paradise lost? Meth, murder in Northland
An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.
![Milk firm has hosted string of Nats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
Milk firm has hosted string of Nats
A string of National Party high-flyers have been entertained by the milk exporter at the centre of a conflict of interest row involving Justice Minister Judith Collins
![MP Carter makes quick u-turn](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=791)
MP Carter makes quick u-turn
A farming company part-owned by a Cabinet minister was able to brief him on how the Govt could protect its trade with Muslim countries.