Raphael Franks

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based journalist working for the Herald, where he covers breaking news. He joined the publication in 2022 as a Te Rito cadet and has reported on significant local events, including the investigation into the Tipene Funerals scandal, which has garnered widespread attention.

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Watercare pays $1 million compensation to north Auckland oyster farmers after wastewater overflow

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Auckland motorway crash: Truck tips at Lincoln Rd motorway ramp

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New Zealand· 2025-11-05

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter covering business and local stories.

Westpac CEO pay over $4 million, nearly double last year’s earnings and 55 times average Kiwi wage

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Cotality data shows house prices up 0.2% in October, green shoots visible

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New Zealand· 2025-10-31

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Hot chicken chemical contamination fear: New World Te Kūiti recalls cooked chooks, says do not eat

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New Zealand· 2025-10-27

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business and local stories.

ASB cuts fixed term morgtage rates: New 18-month rate of 4.45% puts bank ahead of others

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New Zealand· 2025-10-20

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Whittaker’s chocolate price: Blocks as high as $8.49 in supermarkets after hike

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New Zealand· 2025-10-20

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

GrabOne liquidation: Some businesses still honouring vouchers despite impact

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New Zealand· 2025-10-17

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Economy shows early signs of lifting, Westpac survey of households, businesses shows

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New Zealand· 2025-10-14

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories.

Tributes flow for Rakaia worker Teariki Akaroa and granddaughter after fatal fire

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New Zealand· 2025-10-13

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Dashcam footage shows driver make dangerous overtake on State Highway 2 near Paeroa

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

One dead after crash in Whangārei

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New Zealand· 2025-10-11

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

One person dead, one critically injured in Canterbury house fire

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New Zealand· 2025-10-11

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Homelessness in Auckland CBD: Commuters think city unsafe after survey shows businesses agree

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New Zealand· 2025-10-06

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Vivace to reopen in new location: Auckland icons combine for Vivace Restaurant & Bar at DeBretts

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New Zealand· 2025-10-03

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NZ house prices edge up in September after five-month slide, economists cautious

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Ex-Race Relations Commissioner Gregory Fortuin slams Government for not recognising Palestine state

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New Zealand· 2025-09-28

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Moving to Australia? NZ recruitment agency says don’t as job vacancies drop off

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Migrant exploitation: Southland farmer and former imam Reza Abdul-Jabbar loses appeal over $215k penalties

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New Zealand· 2025-09-25

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter who covers business, breaking news and local stories from Tāmaki Makaurau.

Operation Mexted: Police bust alleged drug-smuggling ring across Auckland, Waikato

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New Zealand· 2025-09-19

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Nelson’s economic woes: Kitchen Things, Eves Valley sawmill, Proper Crisps, Sealord factory closures see hundreds of jobs go

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Police find body of missing woman Eileen Davenport in Māngere reserve

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New Zealand· 2025-09-18

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Fires in Canterbury: Springfield, Southbridge blazes wreak havoc amid wind watch

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New Zealand· 2025-09-17

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Raphael Franks is an Auckland-based reporter covering the story of Tom Phillips.

Tom Phillips: Inside fugitive’s campsite and psyche, and what King Country locals think of the man

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New Zealand· 2025-09-13

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Tom Phillips’ hideout revealed: Images show campsite where fugitive holed up his children

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New Zealand· 2025-09-09

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Police Commissioner Richard Chambers blasts fugitive Tom Phillips’ supporters over ‘hero’ claims

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New Zealand· 2025-09-08

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Tom Phillips dead: Fugitive Marokopa dad shoots policeman; one child with cops, two outstanding

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New Zealand· 2025-09-08

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Smiths City has liquidation sale, Kitchen Things stores also reopen for clearance in receivership

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New Zealand· 2025-09-05

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Lightning strikes Wellington flats, Remutaka Hill Rd reopens amid fierce storm, rain and snow to hit NZ

The New Zealand Herald – country’s largest newspaper, est. 1863·

New Zealand· 2025-09-05

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