Michael Morrah

Honoured to win News Journalist of the Year at the 2025 Voyager awards. Very grateful to those who trusted me with their stories - some of whom risked their jobs to ensure the truth was known. Thanks also to the @nzherald crew for their support - especially the visuals team!

Officials explicitly warned conservation minister that allowing commercial fishing in Hauraki Gulf protection areas would “undermine biodiversity”. Six days later, he recommended ring net fishers be allowed. @nzherald @WWFNewZealand @LegaSea_NZ nzherald.co.nz/nz/conservatio…

Police want to make it illegal to possess blueprints or instructions to build 3D guns amid a “ramping up” in the production of such weapons. Watch & read here: nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-push… Police push to ban 3D-printed gun blueprints amid rise in manufacturing by organised crime

The Herald can reveal Assistant Commissioner Jill Rogers - a frontrunner to be Deputy Commissioner - allowed candidates who failed the fitness test to start at police college @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-poli… Senior police officer allowed recruits to bypass fitness test

Police have revealed to the Herald an audit will be carried out on hundreds of police recruit applicants after some were let into police college despite failing fitness standards. It comes amid claims of political interference @nzherald #police #nzpol nzherald.co.nz/nz/police-anno…

All hospital emergency departments are failing to assess and treat patients with imminently or potentially life threatening conditions on time @nzherald Watch/Read: nzherald.co.nz/nz/watch-how-d…

Greyhound racing in New Zealand will be banned within 20 months with the final racing event expected to be held in July 2026. @winstonpeters has just made the announcement #greyhounds nzherald.co.nz/nz/winston-pet… Winston Peters announces greyhound racing ban to protect dog welfare

Herald investigation: Single cigarettes sold from dairies in some of NZ’s poorest suburbs for $3. Watch the video here : @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/herald-inve… Single cigarettes sold illegally in South Auckland dairies

A New Zealand bottom trawler has caught 37 kilos of coral in international waters, triggering an immediate suspension of fishing in the Lord Howe Rise area. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/new-zealand… New Zealand trawler catches coral, triggering fishing suspension in Lord Howe Rise

Auckland man Tony Knott died in the toilet cubicle in the “severely overcrowded” ED waiting room at Middlemore Hospital while he was waiting to be assessed. Before arriving, he’d waited 4.5 hours for an ambulance transfer. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/tony-knott-…

New Zealand’s healthcare crisis - watch & read about what’s happening at a GP clinic in Otara. @nzherald #doctors #nurses #nzpol #gps #health #nz nzherald.co.nz/nz/healthcare-… Healthcare crisis: Desperate patients queue from 6am at Ōtara clinic for doctor visits

The CEO of Presbyterian Support Otago has resigned amid the abuse in care inquiry fallout, saying fronting up over document destruction & claims of a pedophile ring at the church group has “taken a toll” #church #abuse #nz @nzherald #nzpol #inquiry nzherald.co.nz/nz/presbyteria…

Customs intelligence obtained exclusively by the Herald reveals “insider threats” are increasing, & technology is being adopted by organised crime “often faster than law enforcement agencies”. Read the story and watch the full video here: nzherald.co.nz/nz/customs-int… @nzherald

#BREAKING Law Society president Frazer Barton on leave after complaints laid nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-ca…

#Breaking NZ Law Society President Frazer Barton has taken leave, after the Herald revealed complaints had been lodged over advice he gave an Otago church group about destroying children’s children’s records. More to come @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-ca…

Another complaint has been laid against the NZ Law Society’s president over advice he gave about the destruction of records at a Presbyterian church group. It comes as the Attorney General warns destroying key documents could lead to prosecution. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/abuse-in-ca…

The Herald can reveal a formal complaint has been laid against the president of the NZ law society after he advised a Presbyterian church group it could destroy the records of children it cared for in its residential homes @nzherald #abuse #nz #nzpol nzherald.co.nz/nz/formal-comp…

Two young women who say they were abused while in the care of Oranga Tamariki have called for it to be stripped of its responsibilities. It comes as the agency says it has a plan to shift 50% of its funding to community and iwi care providers. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/young-women…

The president of Black Power Auckland Aotearoa & a former King Cobras gang member reflect on the damage done from abuse in state care, saying redress can't just be about "shut-up money". Read and watch the video here: @nzherald #abuse #nz #gangs nzherald.co.nz/nz/black-power…

A Christchurch-based Catholic group has been banned & its priests stripped of their powers, after an investigation by the Vatican. @nzherald nzherald.co.nz/nz/vatican-and… Vatican and Christchurch bishop strips authority from Catholic order The Sons after unauthorised exorcisms