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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date March 31, 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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Myanmar quake death toll passes 3000 April 3, 2025
Search and rescue efforts continue at the construction site of a skyscraper that collapsed following the Myanmar earthquake. Photo: Getty Images The death toll from Myanmar's devastating earthquake has surpassed 3000, with hundreds more missing.
Driver ran down teen with vehicle and laughed April 3, 2025
Manuhuia Tahupotiki Kupe, 29, and Miria Thompson, 27, appeared for sentencing in the High Court at Hamilton. Photo: Belinda Feek / Open Justice After intentionally driving his car into a 15-year-old boy several times on a rural Ngāruawāhia road, Manuhuia Kupe and his partner, Miria Thompson, got out of their vehicle and laughed at him as he […]
Remand prison conditions inhumane: inspector April 3, 2025
Inmates at a men's remand prison have limited access to fresh air, excessive lockdowns and unhygienic cells infested with pests, a scathing report from a jails' watchdog says.
Headmaster claims to be victim of bullying April 3, 2025
Christchurch Boys' High School. Photo: Wikimedia Commons By Adam Burns of RNZ A Christchurch headmaster has wiped tears from his eyes and claimed he was the victim of bullying while giving evidence at an Employment Relations Authority hearing.
Person dies in Little River crash April 3, 2025
One person has died and another is in a critical condition following a crash near Christchurch.
Fatal crash near Christchurch April 3, 2025
One person has died and another is in a critical condition following a crash near Christchurch.
DCC to negotiate contract extension with Graham April 3, 2025
Dunedin City Council chief executive Sandy Graham. PHOTO: ODT FILES The Dunedin City Council has decided to negotiate with its chief executive Sandy Graham about extending her contract.
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All Treaty Principles submissions to be added to public record April 3, 2025
Parliament has unanimously agreed to allow all submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill to be added to the public record. By Lillian Hanly and Russell Palmer of RNZ Parliament has unanimously agreed to allow all submissions on the Treaty Principles Bill to be added to the public record, after a last-minute motion was moved by ACT MP […]
Homicide and aggravated burglary linked: police April 3, 2025
Police at the scene on Darlington Road, Miramar. Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER By Kate Green of RNZ Police say they now believe a homicide and an aggravated burglary in the Wellington suburb of Miramar last month are linked.
NZ won't launch reciprocal tariffs against US: Luxon April 3, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ By Jo Moir and Lillian Hanly of RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says New Zealand is "relatively well positioned" to weather Donald Trump's new sweeping global tariffs, because it's been hit with the "baseline tariff" by the US whereas other countries had received "much higher".