Here are some more samples of my reporting and contributor work. For a more extensive collection, please visit:

stuff.co.nz/authors/laura-walters

newsroom.co.nz/profile/LauraWalters/posts

laurawalters.contently.com

Recent news stories (by subject area):

Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2020/01/02/824486/paedophile-in-meetings-with-abuse-survivors

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/29/877684/resignation-ahead-of-royal-commission-public-hearings

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/11/853327/survivors-frustrated-by-commissions-cone-of-silence

Democracy and foreign influence:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/23/819874/chinese-nz-herald-under-supervision-and-control-of-chinese-state

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/30/705870/aut-scraps-tiananmen-square-event

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/31/707828/universities-get-a-lesson-in-democratic-freedom

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/29/878467/new-zealand-looks-for-ways-to-raise-concerns-over-xinjiang

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/02/838837/jian-yang-in-china-for-chinese-communist-party-celebrations

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/05/667971/china-justice-system-not-fair-or-just-former-prisoner

Immigration:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/22/871682/immigration-nz-partnership-visa-policy-labelled-racist-unsympathetic

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/21/764750/campaign-to-scrap-discriminatory-refugee-restrictions

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/18/814001/lets-have-a-conversation-about-migration

Drug policy:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/04/788944/helen-clark-backs-recreational-cannabis-legalisation

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/22/692034/govt-knuckles-down-ahead-of-reeferendum

Gun laws:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/03/17/492692/nzs-ongoing-fight-over-gun-laws

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/11/531020/firearms-prohibition-orders-need-to-go-wider-than-gangs

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/23/694836/opposition-mounting-against-gun-law-reforms

Health:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/19/760762/lack-of-transparency-hampers-cancer-drug-debate

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/11/01/888503/tears-and-frustration-over-widening-health-equity-gap

Earthquakes:

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/86584164/why-quakes-werent-caused-by-seismic-blasting-or-unzipping-faultline

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/88269767/who-are-the-men-who-say-they-can-predict-earthquakes

https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/nz-earthquake/88619522/chance-of-another-big-quake-declines-but-nzs-not-out-of-the-woods

Climate change:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/18/794163/powers-want-pacific-rewards-without-responsibility

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/2019/02/01/425067/no-one-left-behind-in-climate-change-policy

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/greenroom/2019/11/07/900271/unanimous-support-for-landmark-zero-carbon-bill

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/01/31/422874/nz-needs-to-plan-for-worst-case-scenario-local-government

Features/profiles:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/07/26/700312/jan-logie-the-governments-secret-success-story

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/14/752865/chester-borrows-sense-of-justice-guides-sector-reform

Further analysis:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/05/24/600329/questions-raised-over-relationship-between-pm-and-lobbyist

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/03/17/492692/nzs-ongoing-fight-over-gun-laws

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/03/27/507719/tomorrow-when-the-war-began

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/10/14/857324/crackdown-on-gangs-wins-votes-doesnt-solve-problems

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/pro/2019/11/11/905717/gun-law-reform-raises-sticky-human-rights-issues

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/09/30/832210/who-is-watching-nzs-chinese-language-media

Opinion pieces:

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/05/10/577331/political-interference-inquiry-an-opportunity-not-to-be-squandered 

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/08/05/713091/the-pro-gun-pile-on-is-real

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2018/09/03/217642/where-is-politics-john-kirwan

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/12/01/928449/labour-aims-to-balance-the-old-and-the-new

https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/04/29/551732/allow-media-to-help-shine-a-light-on-pacific-issues

Television reporting for Newshub:

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2020/01/tenants-going-to-extremes-to-find-housing-as-rental-prices-surge.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/wellington-s-crumbling-seawalls-losing-the-climate-change-fight-experts.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/we-re-in-limbo-same-sex-couple-feel-discriminated-against-by-immigration-nz.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/rural/2020/01/theft-of-thousands-of-dollars-of-fruit-angers-growers.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/01/tenants-winning-thousands-from-landlords-failing-to-insulate-homes.html

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/02/lower-hutt-residents-concerned-by-level-of-climate-change-managed-retreat-consultation.html

Contributor work:

Newshub Nation:

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=521542218687615

Radio New Zealand:

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018714531/is-the-chinese-nz-herald-under-chinese-state-control

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/lately/audio/2018696680/pm-s-connection-to-lobbyist-raises-flags

The Detail:

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018715519/the-story-behind-the-sex-abuser-at-the-sexual-abuse-inquiry

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018723151/will-a-new-suicide-plan-bring-down-the-numbers

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018706927/where-aotearoa-lets-its-kids-down

https://static1.radionz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018709503/how-big-pharma-operates-in-new-zealand

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018755893/the-tightrope-of-trade-with-china

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/the-detail/story/2018767463/where-is-the-mental-health-support-in-new-zealand

The Globalist (Monocle):

https://monocle.com/minute/2020/03/19/

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/2343/new-zealand-s-election/

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-briefing/2346/play/

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-briefing/2337/

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/2427/

https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-globalist/2386/

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