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Rachel Maher

New Zealand

News Reporter at New Zealand Herald

Reporter for @nzherald. Tāmaki Makaurau based, Whangārei grown. Views are my own. [email protected]

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  • Coromandel townships cut off, heavy rain to lash NZ, forecasters monitoring new storm system

    1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Natasha Gordon |Rachel Maher

    Auckland ferry services and flights have been cancelled due to ex-tropical Cyclone Tam’s impact. Major roads in Northland are flooded, with motorists rescued from stranded vehicles. Thousands of Northlanders could be without power for three days as winds and rain continue. An elderly couple in Mairangi Bay were trapped in their home by a fallen tree. MetService warns of continued strong winds and heavy rain across the North Island.

  • Cyclone Tam intensifies: Tree falls on major Akl road, yacht sinks, power cuts in north

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Rachel Maher

    STORY CONTINUESPotentially damaging gusts of up to 120km/h threaten to close major roads like the Auckland Harbour Bridge in Auckland this evening and tomorrow in the upper North. Authorities have warned residents to “act now” in preparation for the storm, which could bring the strongest winds to the top of the North Island since 2017. Just after lunch a major road north of Auckland was affected by a fallen tree which brought down powerlines across the path of traffic.

  • Watch: Education Minister set to make announcement about school property

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Rachel Maher

    Education Minister Erica Stanford is expected to make an announcement on school property after a critical inquiry. The inquiry, led by Murray McCully, criticised the handling of the $30 billion property portfolio. Stanford also addressed the new sex education curriculum this morning.

  • Grieving parents demand tougher penalties for drugged drivers after daughters’ deaths

    1 week ago | newstalkzb.co.nz | Rachel Maher

    Grief-stricken parents are urging harsher penalties for drug-using drivers who cause fatal crashes. Ella-Rose Donker and Madison Chamberlain were killed by drivers high on MDMA. The parents have started a petition and pushing for stricter laws. Two sets of grief-stricken parents want judges to come down more harshly on drug-using drivers who kill and say the “pathetic” home detention sentences do not account for the loss of their daughters’ lives.

  • Grieving parents demand tougher penalties for drugged drivers after daughters’ deaths

    1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Rachel Maher

    Ella-Rose Donker and Joshua Oliver Dobson – a shearer and father to a toddler – were killed when 21-year-old Jay Allen Mathewson lost control of his vehicle and crashed. Mathewson pleaded guilty to two charges of driving causing death while his blood contained a controlled substance – more than five times the level of MDMA considered a high risk for driving. He was handed down 12 months’ home detention and was disqualified from driving for three years.

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