Leighton Heikell is a journalist for Newshub, focusing on local news in Wellington, New Zealand. With a keen interest in politics, crime, and human interest stories, Leighton covers a range of topics that impact the Wellington community.
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By: Leighton Heikell
Recycling rules are set to change for much of New Zealand on Thursday. Credits: Image - Getty Images; Video - Newshub
Recycling rules have changed for much of New Zealand on Thursday. Last year, the previous Government introduced a plan to standardise recycling nationwide.
By: Leighton Heikell
0 seconds of 0 seconds Volume 0% The man who ran the unit and was responsible for much of the abuse, Selwyn Leeks, died in 2022.
By: Leighton Heikell
Te Aka Whai Ora is disestablished two days before an urgent hearing at the Waitangi Tribunal. Credits: Image - Getty Images; Video - Newshub
By: Leighton Heikell
0 seconds of 0 seconds Volume 0% Watch: Dozens of people have come forward claiming two Wellington business owners defrauded them of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Credits: Newshub.
By: Leighton Heikell
Watch: Callaghan Innovation is planning a 'strategic reset' which means some staff, including some of the country's top scientists, could lose their jobs. Credits: Newshub.
By: Leighton Heikell
"We were really shocked and outraged."
By: Leighton Heikell
0 seconds of 0 seconds Volume 0% Watch: Hundreds of tamariki gathered at Te Tauihu o te Waka - the top of the south - to learn mātauranga waka. Credits: Newshub.
By: Ireland Hendry-Tennent, Leighton Heikell
Oranage Tamariki is cutting hundreds of roles as the public sector downsizing continues, Newshub understands.
By: Ireland Hendry-Tennent, Leighton Heikell
Oranga Tamariki is proposing cutting hundreds of roles as public sector downsizing continues.
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