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Jun 30, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
The North Island ski season got off to a roaring start as thousands flocked to the Ruapehu ski fields. Credits: Newshub The opening weekend for the North Island ski season got off to a roaring start this weekend, with 12,000 people visiting Whakapapa alone on the first two days. Whakapapa's Happy Valley learner slopes were at capacity by lunchtime Saturday.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Watch: Karen Rutherford reports. Credits: Video - Newshub; Image - Newshub/Supplied Police have "no regrets" over the $80,000 reward they posted to draw out those harbouring Marokopa father Tom Phillips and his three children. And they've revealed Oranga Tamariki has been on standby to assume responsibility for the children, if and when they were found during the two-week period the reward was on offer.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Watch: The mother of the kids on Tuesday released a heartbreaking appeal. Credits: Video - New Zealand Police; Image - Missing Marokopa Children/Facebook The mother of Jayda, Maverick and Ember Phillips has shared a letter claiming to be from the children's father Tom - which she says shows "all is not what it seems".
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Jun 13, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Police have wound up their checkpoints in the tiny settlement of Marokopa as they investigate sightings of fugitive Tom Phillips further afield at Honikiwi and Otorohanga. "We've had reports of suspicious activity, people with firearms some potential sightings of Tom nothing definitive but we need to work through it all," said Detective Senior Sergeant Andrew Saunders.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Watch: The father of Baby Mustafa admits he may have been responsible for some of his son's injuries. Credits: supplied / Newshub. Ten-month-old baby Mustafa Ali will be farewelled Thursday morning at a church service in Te Kūiti. On Saturday, Mustafa was taken unconscious to Te Kūiti Hospital and died soon after. Police said the baby's death was "not accidental", but the child's father denies involvement in his death.
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Jun 9, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
A neighbour of a family whose baby is at the centre of a homicide investigation in Te Kūiti has told Newshub he heard "hysterical" screaming on Saturday afternoon. Waikato Police launched a homicide inquiry on Sunday after a baby boy died following "violent, blunt-force trauma". The 10-month-old was brought unconscious to Te Kuiti Hospital on Saturday afternoon, but was unable to be resuscitated. Staff alerted police, who say an initial examination showed the baby boy suffered traumatic injuries.
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Jun 7, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Corrections says it it can't guarantee another riot like Waikeria won't happen again after a scathing report was released. Credits: Newshub Corrections says while it accepts almost all recommendations made today in a scathing report from its watchdog, it can't guarantee another riot like Waikeria won't happen again. The fiery six-day rampage by 17 prisoners in 2020 destroyed the high-security prison near Te Awamutu, with some prisoners fearing they'd burn alive awaiting evacuation.
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Jun 4, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Watch: Te Awamutu community comes together for candlelight vigil after eight road deaths. Credits: Newshub The wider Te Awamutu community has turned out in droves to attend a candlelight vigil to honour eight of their own killed on Waikato roads in recent weeks. People carrying candles braved the cold at Selwyn Park to reflect on the deaths with a karakia, poem and song sung by local children to mark the tragedies.
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May 28, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Related video: Families of the men who died when the Enchanter capsized in 2022 heard an emotional account by a survivor during the skipper's trial. Credits: Newshub A Northland judge has reserved his decision in the high-profile trial of skipper Lance Goodhew, who was at the helm of the Enchanter when a rogue wave hit, claiming the lives of five Waikato charter clients.
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May 21, 2024 | 
newshub.co.nz | Karen Rutherford
Watch: The Search and Rescue Awards were held in Wellington, with some humble heroes attending. Credits: Newshub Navigating flooded highways, live wires and torrents of water to save almost 250 lives during Cyclone Gabrielle has earned Hawke's Bay's surf lifesavers New Zealand's top Search and Rescue gong. The Search and Rescue Awards were held in Wellington on Tuesday night, with some humble heroes donning their glad rags.
