
Here are some more samples of my reporting and contributor work. For a more extensive collection, please visit:
stuff.co.nz/authors/laura-walters
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/2019/07/05/667971/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/2019/08/05/713091/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/new-zealand/2020/01/wellington-s-crumbling-seawalls-losing-the-climate-change-fight-experts.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:
The Detail:
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/