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Rafaella Melo

Reporter · NZ

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Rafaella Melo

    Two arrested as protesters target NZ Aerospace Summit in Christchurch (opens the original)

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    Protesters outside Te Pae Convention Centre during the New Zealand Aerospace Summit. Photo / Chris Keall Two men have been arrested after vehicles blocked emergency entrances to Christchurch’s Te Pae Convention Centre as protesters gathered outside the New Zealand Aerospace Summit. About 20 police officers were at the central city venue this morning, where dozens of protesters opposed to the aerospace industry’s links to defence gathered outside entrances and chanted across the road in Victoria

  2. Article · Sep 30, 2026 · Rafaella Melo

    'We are devastated': Family, friend of missing Queenstown woman speak for the first time (opens the original)

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    Erika Rodrigues Coelho on a cycling trail in New Zealand in June 2025. The Queenstown woman has been missing since September 18. The family of missing Queenstown woman Erika Rodrigues Coelho say they are devastated but holding on to hope she is alive, almost two weeks after she disappeared. The 47-year-old Brazilian, who has not been seen or heard from since September 18, was a paediatric orthopaedic surgeon who moved to New Zealand to improve her English and hoped to have her medical qualificat

  3. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Rafaella Melo

    'Treated like a drug seeker': Pharmacist's genetic test explained why painkillers failed (opens the original)

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    Have you ever taken a medicine and wondered why it was not working for you? Christchurch pharmacist Kyra Sycamore often did and asking for an alternative painkiller left her feeling “terrible” as doctors thought she was seeking drugs. Years later, a genetic test would explain why two commonly used painkillers provided her with no relief and eventually led her to set up a pharmacogenomic testing service for New Zealanders. Sycamore was working in the United Kingdom in 2010 when she was admitted t

  4. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Rafaella Melo

    'I felt really lonely': The hidden toll of isolation for Kiwi farm women (opens the original)

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    Anthea Rolfe says loneliness is common among farming women in New Zealand. Rural women have a suicide rate about 1.2 times higher than women living in urban areas, but research into the wellbeing of farming women remains limited. Canterbury women shared their experiences of loneliness, isolation and the barriers to seeking help with Rafaella Melo. Long before most people’s morning alarms have sounded, farmer Anthea Rolfe is starting her working day. For much of the farming season, she begins at

  5. Article · Sep 25, 2026 · Rafaella Melo

    'Terrifying': Family's first home destroyed by fire less than a month after moving in (opens the original)

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    Carolina Barbosa and Aaron Joseph with their sons, Phoenix and Hendrix (inset), and damage caused by Tuesday’s accidental fire at the family’s Bromley home. A Christchurch family have been left with almost nothing after a fire tore through their first home less than a month after they moved in. Carolina Barbosa’s 72-year-old mother, Zulmira, was inside the family’s house in Bromley when the fire broke out on Tuesday afternoon. She escaped but later collapsed and was taken to hospital as the fami

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