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Lane Nichols

Auckland

Senior Reporter at New Zealand Herald

Assistant chief reporter New Zealand Herald

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  • Kāinga Ora cans hundreds of social housing building projects after review, takes up to $180m hit

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lane Nichols

    Kāinga Ora spent $20m purchasing a vacant Albany site on Don McKinnon Drive seven years ago. The land is still sitting bare and will now be sold as part of the agency's "reset". Photo / Alex BurtonKāinga Ora is axing hundreds of social housing projects because they “no longer represent value for money”. The state housing agency concedes that canning the projects means it will take a hit of up to $180 million that’s already been spent on scoping and planning work.

  • 'Cover-up': Court told couple trapped in negative equity after being tricked into buying rot-infested home

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lane Nichols

    Justice Hinton found Davinder Rahal (inset) was an unreliable witness who gave “implausible” evidence by claiming he did not know the property was leaky. Photo / Alex BurtonA young couple tricked into purchasing a rot-infested home in a case described by a judge as “quite literally a cover-up” were locked into negative equity by the deception and unable to move on with their lives, a court has heard.

  • Auckland businessman Carel Viljoen sacked from Beca, warned to expect prison sentence for role in $2 million scam

    2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lane Nichols

    Carel Viljoen appearing at Auckland District Court after being found guilty of money laundering in connection with a $2 million investment scam. Photo / Jason DordayA respected Auckland businessman found guilty of money laundering in connection with a $2 million scam has been warned by a judge he is headed to jail unless he pays significant reparation to his two victims.

  • No arrest after hooded man storms field, punches player in schoolboy rugby game at Gisborne

    2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lane Nichols

    A hooded man stormed the field during an altercation in a school rugby match and punched a player from Napier Boys' High School. Photo / Whakaata MāoriA hooded man videoed storming the field during a First XV rugby game and punching a teenage player in the head is yet to be arrested nearly two weeks after the attack. It’s understood the assailant was visiting Gisborne from Wellington when the assault took place and has now likely left the region, contributing to the delay.

  • Police upgrade charges against Ponsonby CEO in $430,000 supercar road-rage case

    2 weeks ago | nzherald.co.nz | Lane Nichols

    The Ponsonby CEO appeared in the North Shore District Court in connection with an alleged road-rage incident involving a 73-year-old pensioner. A Ponsonby CEO accused of attacking a pensioner in a road-rage incident involving a $430,000 supercar could now face up to three years in prison after police upgraded his charge. But the successful businessman maintains his innocence and the case will go to trial later this year.

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