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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 6, 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

Cut in colonoscopies after Covid funding ran out April 10, 2025
By Ruth Hill of RNZ The reduction in the number of colonoscopies outsourced to the private sector last year was due to a temporary "surge" the year before - paid for by leftover Covid funding, Health NZ says.
Skipper asleep at wheel when cruise ship grounded April 10, 2025
Several of the 57 passengers on board the Fiordland Navigator suffered minor injuries when it grounded in January 2024. Photo: RealNZ Investigators have concluded the skipper of a cruise vessel Fiordland Navigator was asleep at the wheel when it grounded last year.
The demise of the Treaty Principles Bill April 10, 2025
By Anneke Smith of RNZ National's Māori-Crown Relations Minister Tama Potaka welcomes the second reading of the Treaty Principles Bill as the legislation's "cremation day".
Firefighter who died in brain cancer battle had 'ridiculous optimism' April 10, 2025
Carl Whiten with wife Beth and children Phoebe and Zac. Photo: Supplied The Christchurch firefighting community is mourning the loss of a 31-year-old senior fireman and family man.
Dad went to pick kids from school after drinking at the pub April 10, 2025
Photo: ODT Files A few drinks at the pub before the school run landed a Dunedin dad in trouble with police.
Ruby Shaw
Prominent Rangiora family supports new road through their land April 10, 2025
Geoff Spark (left) and his uncle Richard Spark next to North Brook Stream. The proposed North Brook Trail will pass by on the opposite bank and the planned Rangiora eastern link road will pass through the family farm in the distance. Photo: david Hill / North Canterbury News Rangiora’s proposed new arterial route has the […]
David Hill
Preventing possums' passage from pests to potholes April 10, 2025
Litter picking by Lake Hawea. Photo: NZTA Central Otago road workers preparing for winter are on the lookout for rotting roadkill.
'I actually wash all the shirts myself': Champion of Selwyn kids football bids farewell April 10, 2025
After nearly 30 years running kids’ football in Selwyn, Jym Findlay knows this season will be his last.
Sam Coughlan
ODT Odds On: 10 April 2025 April 10, 2025
Did we get the consistency we were after? On ODT Odds On brought to you by the best little sports bar going round the Baaa. Well we didn’t this week but we aren’t far away.
Luke Chapman
Firefighter who died after brain cancer battle remembered for his 'ridiculous optimism' April 10, 2025
Carl Whiten with wife Beth and children Phoebe and Zac. Photo: Supplied The Christchurch firefighting community is mourning the loss of a 31-year-old senior fireman and family man.
Dylan Smits