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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date January 14, 2025

Tory Whanau may have to sell Wellington mayoralty to make ends meet September 20, 2024
Tory Whanau has revealed that she’s struggling so much financially that she may have to part with her beloved mayoralty, that of New Zealand’s capital city, if she’s to fund her ever-diminishing lifestyle. Whanau was elected to lead Wellington in 2022, winning an overwhelming victory against the incumbent mayor: the evil version of Jason Gunn. […]
Ben Uffindell
Ukrainian militia receives defective shipment of pagers that just send and receive messages September 18, 2024
There’s been a major setback for one Ukrainian-backed militia on the Russian border, after the group ordered a large shipment of pagers to use as improvised explosive devices. The plan was to litter the pagers throughout abandoned homes and buildings in hopes of wounding Russian soldiers. But upon arrival of the shipment, routed through the […]
Ben Uffindell
Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
The coalition government has issued a directive to Te Puni Kōkiri, the Ministry of Māori Development, instructing them that – in the interests of clear communication – they are to conduct this year’s Māori Language Week primarily or exclusively in English. The directive is in line with the Government’s policy – signaled when they came […]
Ben Uffindell
Government celebrates fact that New Zealand’s healthcare is so good people are queuing up for it at 5am September 17, 2024
At yesterday’s post-cabinet press conference, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, flanked by his Health Minister Shane Reti and someone we can’t independently verify was a real sign language interpreter, announced that he had some positive news for the country. “Alright team, I’m just going to hand over to uh, Dr. Shane, because I think he’s got […]
Ben Uffindell
Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
It’s 4:10pm in the morning, and you’re in the middle lane heading north on the great southern motorway of our nation’s capital, Auckland. There are no cars directly in front of you, but quite a few in the lane to your left. Suddenly, without warning, a black ute enters your lane, cutting in front of […]
Ben Uffindell
NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
Following decades of controversy, the governing body of New Zealand rugby, New Zealand Rugby, has ruled that the team currently holding the Ranfurly Shield may once again use it in play during the National Provincial Championship (NPC). The ruling restores the utility of a prize that for many years was rendered merely symbolic, after the […]
Ben Uffindell
Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says that New Zealand’s police force will no longer respond to bomb threats, in an attempt to cut costs and redirect police resources to less boring activities. Coster said that threat response and bomb disposal was a “fairly obvious” area for downsizing, as bomb threats are “never anything”, a “huge waste […]
Ben Uffindell
Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
New Zealand’s national carrier, Air New Zealand, has expressed great enthusiasm in announcing its new CEO today: 51-year-old Nathan Guy, a flight attendant who has spent about 1200 hours on the job. Guy joined the company as a fresh-faced, wide-eyed flight attendant serving now-reduced domestic routes in November of 2020, and has since spent a […]
Ben Uffindell
National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
National Party president Peter Goodfellow is today issuing a strong denial on behalf of the party’s board, saying they did not, at any point, agree to the Faustian bargain that National leader Judith Collins struck with the Evil One, Son of Perdition, the Devil Satan himself. When Collins became the leader of the National Party […]
Ben Uffindell
Super Saturday recap: Patrick Gower doesn’t know what he’s supposed to do October 16, 2021
It was Aotearoa’s first national day of action in over ten years, the first since 2010, when Prime Minister John Key tried to inspire us to clean up our nation’s berms. It didn’t work. Today, New Zealand’s berms are worse than ever. But history is not destiny, and other cliches. Today, we tried again, this […]
Ben Uffindell

Triggers & tingles January 18, 2025
Letitia Lickkit, aka Amy Atkins, of Wellington, who is debuting her Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) show ASMR Hour at the Dunedin Fringe Festival in March, is believed to be the only live-performance ASMRtist currently touring anywhere worldwide. Photo: supplied Kiwi artist Amy Atkins, aka Letitia Lickkit, is bringing her take on Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response […]
Bruce Munro
Mexican site mystical January 18, 2025
The massive pyramid of the moon at Teotihuacan in Mexico, where sacrifices were made to the gods of creation. Photo: Deagostini/Getty Images The Shanghai Archaeological Forum is a gathering held every two years that brings together archaeologists from all over the world.
Bright comet in southwest sky worth seeking out January 18, 2025
As I type these words, I am getting excited at the prospect of seeing what might be the brightest comet of 2025 in the southwest after sunset.
Making the most of Tomatoes January 18, 2025
Photo: Penelope Maguire Penelope Maguire finds some interesting new ways to enjoy a summer staple.
Five injured after car hits pedestrians in Upper Hutt January 18, 2025
The scene of a pedestrian accident on Fergusson Drive, Upper Hutt. Photos: RNZ/Mary Argue Four people have been taken to hospital, one in a serious condition, after being struck by a car in the Upper Hutt suburb of Trentham this afternoon.
No skirting the issues January 18, 2025
One of the young He Taua activists, Hilda Halkyard-Harawira retreats after challenging Auckland students’ haka parody, a year before the incident on which the film focuses. Photos: supplied A little remembered campus standoff, now the focus of a documentary, tells us much about ourselves, director Katie Wolfe tells Tom McKinlay.
Tom McKinlay
Christmas Day primary school fire 'suspicious' January 18, 2025
Christchurch Police investigating a suspicious fire at Mairehau Primary School Christmas Day. Photo: Canterbury Police Christchurch police are investigating a suspicious fire at Mairehau Primary School on Christmas Day.
Delving deep into Dylan January 18, 2025
Elle Fanning, as Sylvie Russo, and Timothee Chalamet, as Bob Dylan, take a motorcycle ride to the 1965 Newport Folk Festival, a fictitious scene in A Complete Unknown. Photo: TNS As Chalamet plays Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown, the man himself, at 83, is finding new ways to remain relevant, writes Matt Thorne.
Decision on Waikato med school taking too long - union January 18, 2025
The University of Waikato. Photo: Supplied By Natalie Akoorie of RNZ
Good vibes in Waitati January 18, 2025
Soul Kitchen light up the Waitati Music Festival stage in 2022. Photo: Martyn Buyck If the skies have been stubbornly grey this summer, fear not — there’s a vibrant beacon of fun on the horizon.
Jeremy Quinn