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Sanda Arambepola

Christchurch

National Journalist at Stuff.co.nz

National Journalist @nzstuff

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  • 2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Ava Whitworth |Steve Kilgallon |Sanda Arambepola |Sam Smith

    A man who went on an 18-month crime spree targeting commercial and retail premises is in no position to repay the debt they incurred as result of his relentless offending, a court has heard. Tan Ropitini, 36, committed the first offence in December 2023 when he stole a pair of shoes from Rebel Sports in Hastings, and continued his offending until January 2025 when he was arrested in Foxton while in possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.

  • 2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Sanda Arambepola

    Terrifying footage has emerged of passengers frantically escaping a sinking tourist boat off the coast of Bali. According to Nine News, the Tanis Express was hit by large waves shortly after it departed from Lembongan Village for Sanur on Wednesday afternoon. Video from the scene shows the vessel tipping as water floods in, with people screaming, breaking windows, and crawling to safety. Footage shared online shows chaos on board with passengers shouting and crawling to the top of the sinking boat.

  • 2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Caron Copek |Chris Marriner |Catrin Owen |Sanda Arambepola

    An enraged van driver was so incensed at encountering two cyclists on a Waikato road, he deliberately drove into their path and slammed on the brakes - causing an unavoidable collision with a gold-medal winning rider. The cyclist Brian David Mills targeted and subsequently injured was professional rider Eltje Malzbender, a well-known identity in the sport who at the time was in training for the Tokyo Paralympics.

  • 2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Sanda Arambepola

  • 2 days ago | stuff.co.nz | Sanda Arambepola

    Tom Hanks reacts to daughter's 'bold' memoirTom Hanks has commended his daughter’s honesty in her new memoir about her troubled childhood. EA Hanks’ memoir recounts the “violence” and “deprivation” she experienced growing up with her late mother, Samantha Lewes. Hanks was married to Lewes from 1978 to 1987. Tom Hanks has praised his daughter EA Hanks’ deeply personal memoir, The 10: A Memoir of Family and the Open Road.

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18 Feb 23

RT @NZStuff: Postal delays are a common occurrence these days. However, under no circumstance, you expect your mail to be delayed 100 years…