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Mike Scott

Reporter · NZ

Indexed articles, last 90 days
13
Latest publication
Sep 28, 2026
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Top 5K sites
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Mike Scott

    Dementia patient lost 10kg after hip fracture, HDC faults care home, orders apology (opens the original)

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    Kumeū Village Rest Home has been found in breach of the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights after the death of a resident in 2022. Photo / Michael Craig As a daughter hugged her dying father, she whispered, “I’m so sorry, Dad, it wasn’t meant to be this way”. In a moment piercing the fog of advanced dementia, he smiled and replied, “I know”. Speaking to the Herald this month, the daughter said: “Honestly, if my husband hadn’t been there I probably would have thought I’d imag

  2. Article · Sep 7, 2026 · Mike Scott

    Probe found family medical files, meth history, wrongly handed to son's school (opens the original)

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    Sensitive medical files, including a mother’s historic meth use, were handed to her son’s new school within weeks of him starting, an Auckland District Health Board (ADHB) investigation found. The 2019 privacy breach led to the mother winning more than $29,000 damages against the Auckland primary school in a Human Rights Review Tribunal (HRRT) ruling in March. The report said staff from the Starship Community Service, the health board’s community nursing outreach service for children, should nev

  3. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · Mike Scott

    Overnight construction noise keeps Mt Albert residents awake until midnight (opens the original)

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    Sindy Xian is one of several Mt Albert residents who has been kept awake by overnight construction work on New North Rd. Photo / Michael Craig Noisy overnight construction and vibrations kept Mt Albert residents awake until midnight this week, with some saying they received no warning about the work. Sindy Xian was putting her 8-year-old son to bed on Monday night when a loud noise rattled her McLean St home. “It’s really loud. It’s like you can’t miss it, I thought my neighbour was doing the la

  4. Article · Aug 25, 2026 · Mike Scott

    Fast-track panel gives city's $4.9b busway provisional green light (opens the original)

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    The $4.9 billion Northwest Busway has been given the provisional green light, delighting supporters and stirring inevitability among impacted residents. The fast-track draft decision for the 18km rapid transit corridor from Brigham Creek to the Auckland city centre was approved on August 12, eight months after the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) lodged its consent application. The project aims to help ease choked traffic on the congested Northwestern Motorway by moving thousands more commute

  5. Article · Aug 20, 2026 · Mike Scott

    Murder accused appears in Hamilton court after discovery of woman’s body (opens the original)

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    A 21-year-old man has been charged with murder after the discovery of a body in Hamilton yesterday. Photo / Mike Scott A man charged with murdering a woman at a Hamilton address has appeared in court and been granted suppression. Waikato police launched an investigation after the woman was found dead at a Rototuna property yesterday afternoon. The death was initially described as unexplained. However, police have now charged a 21-year-old man with the woman’s murder. The accused made a brief app

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