Lynley Ward is a reporter and news director for the New Zealand Herald.
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Raging seas threaten to take historic Coromandel boating club
Volunteers are now battling to save the historic club's building from the sea.
Irish rugby hero's life-saving kiss: All Blacks fan brought back from dead
A last-minute trip, a scream in a carpark - and a father's life is saved.
Covid 19 Coronavirus: Food parcels to tide over seaside community cut off by lockdown border change
The Government won't be changing border lines but is trying to save locals a long trip.
Police dodge flying veg during chase
Fleeing gang members hurled onions and a glass chopping board at police during a high-speed pursuit through the Waikato.
Car plunges off high rise carpark
Two people have been seriously injured after a car drove off the third floor of a carpark building in Hamilton.
Drunk boy's dad wants care of five sons
The estranged father of a 9-year-old boy discovered drunk in a skatepark wants his five young sons to live with him.