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David Fisher

New Zealand

Senior Writer at New Zealand Herald

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  • NZSAS elite domestic terror Commando unit quietly shelved as police anti-terror team steps up

    5 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Fisher

    The commando team built to respond to terrorism in New Zealand has quietly been shelved, the Herald has been told. New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) attrition has eaten into NZSAS numbers and those in its ‘feeder’ units. Minister of Defence Judith Collins says she is confident NZSAS has counter-terrorism covered. The NZDF has quietly shelved the NZSAS unit designed to lead our counter-terrorism response, the Herald has been told.

  • Charged: Du Val property developer Kenyon Clarke called to court over phone fracas

    6 days ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Fisher

    Charge of wilful damage laid after phone fracas in Remuera;Kenyon Clarke due in court on May 26 after police act on complaint;Car dealer John Murphy claims his phone was found in Du Val developer’s swimming pool. Under-fire property developer Kenyon Clarke has been charged over the fracas which saw a car dealer’s phone allegedly rescued from the swimming pool at Clarke’s Remuera home.

  • King Kronic Matthew Wielenga released from US jail to return to NZ - from $1 as prison porter to $40m property portfolio

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Fisher

    Matthew Wielenga was known as King Kronic, the man who made a fortune off New Zealand’s legal high boom;Importing synthetic cannabis to the United States led to his arrest and four-year jail sentence;The US court has now released Wielenga and cleared his release to New Zealand. The man who once rode high as King Kronic has been granted permission to leave the United States prison to which he was sentenced and return home to New Zealand, according to court documents.

  • Anzac Day face-off looms for RSA amid fresh details of sacked president’s behaviour

    3 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Fisher

    It’s three years since the Royal NZ Returned and Services Association began work to change its constitution. The process has divided the veterans’ movement with legal threats now flying as fresh details emerging around the sacking of a pivotal figure in New Zealand’s biggest Anzac Day event. David Fisher reports.

  • Expert security report says Green MP Benjamin Doyle faces physical violence, stalking threats

    1 month ago | nzherald.co.nz | David Fisher

    Its report was based on two weeks of detailed daily reporting compiled by disinformation researcher Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa which were provided to the Herald and passed to GRC. Hattotuwa had gathered and analysed social media, alternative media and mainstream media coverage of Doyle from March 29 to April 12.

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