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‘A window into society’:Trying school lunches, Japanese style

Bruce Mackay / Japanese school lunches served in Wellington The Japanese Embassy recently held an event showcasing the ritual of Japanese...

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How police curbed the ramraid ‘epidemic’

In 2022, a sudden frenzy of ramraids gripped the nation. Two years on, a “relentless” crackdown on retail crime appears to be paying off.

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Doughnut shop turns over a new leaf

Cambelle Cook The Post June 11, 2025 BRUCE MACKAY / Laura Reinisch is the owner of Vonuts, a plant-based doughnut shop. Laura Reinisch is...

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Easy access to illegal guns worries community leaders

Cambelle Cook Wairarapa Times-Age June 7, 2025 LUCY COOPER / A man was shot in Featherston and proceeded to drive to Carterton where he...

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Martinborough noir with feminist bite

Journalism student Cambelle Cook chats with Martinborough author Rosy Fenwicke about her new Wairarapa-based crime thriller — and about strong women, finding justice, and the pitfalls of full-time writing.

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Theft at an Upper Hutt bar, the Grandson of the 87-year-old Victim Speaks Out

Cambelle Cook Self-Published 27 May, 2025 A quiet afternoon at Quinns Post Bar in Upper Hutt took a distressing turn earlier this month...

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Bereaved family urge donations for woman’s memory

Cambelle Cook Self-Published 25 May, 2025 Castlepoint, the same evening a woman’s body was found. The family of Gabrielle Young are...

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Greg O’Connor remembers the murder of Ian Silby 35 years later.

Cambelle Cook Self-Published May 9, 2025 Michael Busch (far left) is seen with detectives Rangi Nichols (middle) and Greg O'Connor (far...

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Man, 25 charged after a firearm discharged at Work and Income centre

A neighbour heard yelling around the time a shot was fired inside a Work and Income office in Masterton on Monday. “We did hear some yelling, some guy shouting,” the neighbour, who did not wish to be named, said yesterday.

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A woman who allegedly stole over $1,000,000 from her charity employer appears in district court on ‘serious fraud’ charges

Cambelle Cook Self-Published April 21, 2025 Iesha Warren, 41, appears in front of Judge Jan Kelley, pleading guilty to obtaining by...

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Willis challenges supermarket duopoly, following recent ACCC report

Cambelle Cook Self-Published 15 June, 2025 Parliament chambers, where Willis raised national supermarket concerns During Parliament...

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Six years on from the Al Noor mosque attacks, Christchurch residents commemorate the lives lost under the bridge of remembrance

Cambelle Cook Self-Published March 15, 2025 A crowd of attendees at the Christchurch Unity walk in memory of the lives lost in the 2019...

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