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Image: The Givealittle fundraising page for the Heal The Nation – Iwi Whakamahu tour showing $13,036 raised from 114 donors before the campaign was closed by its organiser amid growing scrutiny over finances and accountability. (Screenshot / Givealittle / Supplied)

Jess Kimberly, Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
Feb 16, 2026

The organiser, Corina Shields, behind the Heal the Nation fundraiser closed the Givealittle campaign after raising more than $13,000 from donors, as scrutiny intensified over the tour’s finances and accountability.…

Image: A St John Ambulance. St John provides frontline ambulance and emergency medical services across New Zealand responding to medical emergencies and transporting patients to hospital when required. (Supplied / Alex Harper / Courtesy of Quiet Pact Network)

Bennett Carter
Feb 15, 2026

A person has died after being thrown from a vehicle in a late-night crash west of Whangārei. Emergency services were called to Knight Road in Ruatangata West about 10.50pm after…

Image: The Michael Hill jewellery store in Pukekohe. Police located teens linked to aggravated robbery investigations during a targeted operation. (File / Supplied)

Bennett Carter
Feb 15, 2026

Teenage suspects linked to a string of aggravated robberies were seen changing their clothes at a Pukekohe high school as Police closed in during a coordinated operation. Police moved into…

Image: A New Zealand Police patrol vehicle. These vehicles are used by frontline officers responding to incidents and maintaining public safety across communities. (Supplied / Alex Harper / Courtesy of Quiet Pact Network)

Sam Hudson
Feb 15, 2026

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after allegedly robbing another teenager at knifepoint and fleeing across Auckland’s North Shore on a stolen electric bike. Police were called to Coliseum Drive…

Maria Strathern, Sam Hudson
Feb 14, 2026

Video: Corina Shields (left), Martel Wikeepa, also known as Shubz (centre), and media manager Skye (right) playing loud music while travelling in the rental van to Wellington. (@auntyheihei7 / TikTok)…

Image: Two New Zealand Police patrol vehicles. These vehicles are used by frontline officers responding to incidents and maintaining public safety across communities. (Supplied / Alex Harper / Courtesy of Quiet Pact Network)

Bennett Carter
Feb 14, 2026

A 40-year-old man has been arrested after allegedly fleeing Police at high speed through East and South Auckland with children inside his vehicle. The incident began about 12.20am Friday on…

Image: Firefighters inspect a school bus destroyed by fire on Pakiri Road near Leigh, after four children safely evacuated. (Supplied / Press Pool / Courtesy of New Zealand Police)

Bennett Carter
Feb 14, 2026

A school bus was engulfed by fire on Pakiri Road near Leigh yesterday, forcing four children to evacuate as flames tore through the vehicle. Emergency services responded shortly before 8.30am…

Image: Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith. He is responsible for overseeing justice policy and delivering the Government’s law and order agenda. (File / Press Pool)

Anne K. Rutherford
Feb 14, 2026

OPINION: Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith says safety is being restored, but that claim is colliding with a far more confronting reality, one that exposes the limits of political messaging when…

Image: A New Zealand Police officer wearing reflective uniform. Officers respond to incidents and carry out frontline enforcement duties across communities. (File / Shutterstock / Press Pool)

Bennett Carter
Feb 13, 2026

A scooter robbery in east Auckland ended with a swift arrest after technology pointed Police straight to a suspect. Officers were called to Point England Road just after 4pm Wednesday…

Image: The Auckland High Court building, where Moeaia Tuai was sentenced to 16 years and four months’ imprisonment following a slavery and abuse trial. (Shutterstock / Press Pool)

Mereana Patuwai
Feb 12, 2026

A Samoan chief who brought two young nationals to New Zealand with promises of education and a better life has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for…

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Fundraiser closed by organiser as scrutiny grows over Heal the Nation tour finances

Person killed after being thrown from vehicle in late-night Whangārei crash

Teens linked to robberies swap clothes to evade Police but fail in Pukekohe

Teen crashes stolen e-bike after knife-point robbery

Hobson’s Pledge funded vehicle hire for travel linked to Heal the Nation

Man arrested after fleeing Police with children in vehicle

School Bus engulfed by fire near Leigh, children forced to evacuate

Paul Goldsmith says law and order is back. Victims would struggle to recognise it

AirTag leads Police to suspect after scooter robbery in east Auckland

Samoan chief jailed after slavery trial exposed abuse and exploitation