Melissa Nightingale
New ZealandjournalistFemale7.5Global Dominance: 0.00%Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who has been covering crime, justice, and news in the capital since joining the Herald in 2016. With a decade of experience in journalism, she has established herself as a knowledgeable and reliable source on important local issues.
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Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Ministry of Health vs QSi: The Covid-era feud over orders for 35 million face masksNew Zealand· 2026-06-22
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Humpback whales spotted in Evans Bay, Wellington delight commuters travelling along SH1New Zealand· 2026-06-02
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Ex-Hutt International Boys School staff member Anthony Francis avoids jail for child sex offendingNew Zealand· 2026-03-03
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Cook Strait storm: 13.6m wave reading in doubt after buoy breaks freeNew Zealand· 2026-02-18
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Wellington Weather: Orange warning in place as tunnels flood, wind gusts hit records and roofs are ripped offNew Zealand· 2026-02-15
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news in the capital.
Firefighter’s crude gesture: Prime Minister says he wasn’t aware as he watches for first timeNew Zealand· 2026-02-01
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Epstein files: Auckland academic Brian Boyd says disgraced paedophile offered to pay him to write a bookNew Zealand· 2026-02-01
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Mass murderer Raymond Wahia Ratima denied parole after 33 years in prisonNew Zealand· 2026-01-28
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Bitter, 10-year divorce case thrown out of court, judge cites ‘need for finality’New Zealand· 2026-01-11
Melissa is a Wellington-based reporter covering crime, justice, and news.
Wellington family lose all their possessions in Karori house fireNew Zealand· 2025-12-22
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Neighbours of Kāinga Ora ‘helpless’ as tenant regularly throws household items over fenceNew Zealand· 2025-12-22
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Wellington homeowner on hook for costs over 60-year-old fence built beyond property lineNew Zealand· 2025-12-21
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Jevon McSkimming scandal: Why disgraced ex-cop was able to slip outside court backdoorNew Zealand· 2025-12-19
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Loafers Lodge murders: Victims’ loved ones speak to man who lit fatal fireNew Zealand· 2025-12-18
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Kāpiti woman describes pushing through symptoms on hike, only to find out it was a heart attackNew Zealand· 2025-12-13
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Teen who raped young boy in public toilets at Lower Hutt playground may be detained indefinitelyNew Zealand· 2025-12-07
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news.
Porirua woman allegedly partially cut off sleeping husband’s penis over infidelityNew Zealand· 2025-12-06
Melissa Nightingale provides insights on the ongoing murder-suicide investigation.
Sanson Fire: Melissa Nightingale on what we know as murder-suicide probe continuesNew Zealand· 2025-11-18Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Jevon McSkimming case: High-ranking police officer put under investigation before he could officially retireNew Zealand· 2025-11-14
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Police gifts register shows alcohol, cash and Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s child’s bike donated to copsNew Zealand· 2025-11-09
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Ex-top cop Jevon McSkimming admits having child exploitation, bestiality images on work devicesNew Zealand· 2025-11-06
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Waiheke vineyard company Cable Bay Wine Ltd to pay $18,000 to fired workerNew Zealand· 2025-11-02
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Pahīatua homicide: Motorists should not pick up hitchhikers resembling Jeremy RobertsonNew Zealand· 2025-10-28
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Study claims illicit tobacco is now more than a quarter of the New Zealand marketNew Zealand· 2025-10-27
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice, and news.
Life-changing cystic fibrosis drug Trikafta may get Pharmac fundingNew Zealand· 2025-10-23
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter covering crime and justice.
Tom Phillips injunction: Children’s mother Catherine Christey joins legal battleNew Zealand· 2025-10-17
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Woman found dead at property near Pahiatua school, police launch homicide investigationNew Zealand· 2025-10-15
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter covering crime and justice.
Resene factory workers strike: Staff walk off job, delegate says offer was ‘kick in the guts’New Zealand· 2025-10-14
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news.
Hero dog who saved owner from car crash to receive ‘prestigious’ award decades onNew Zealand· 2025-10-13
Melissa Nightingale is a Wellington-based reporter who covers crime, justice and news in the capital.
Mother of uni student, Jed Walker, who died of suspected seizure in Dunedin flat speaks of ‘immense loss’New Zealand· 2025-10-05
