Lunch with… Sir Russell Coutts – sailing great opens up on fierce rivalries, New Zealand’s place in the world and working with Larry Ellison

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Post date January 2, 2025

‘Let that entrepreneurial spirit shine through’: Sailing great on NZ’s future.
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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 […]
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 […]
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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
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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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Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow March 11, 2025
A residential house ablaze after Ukraine's drone attack in the Moscow region, according the local authorities. Photo: Governor of Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov via Telegram/Handout via REUTERS Ukraine has launched its biggest drone attack on the Russian capital with at least 91 drones targeting Moscow, killing at least one person, sparking fires, closing airports and […]
School lunch provider struggling for months - liquidator March 11, 2025
School lunch provider Libelle Group has been placed into liquidation. Photo: RNZ Liquidators taking financial control of the failed school lunch programme say it owes money to multiple suppliers and to its 500 staff - but wages will be paid in the interim.
Man arrested after Teslas vandalised in Auckland March 11, 2025
A photo of a Tesla marked with spray paint posted on Reddit with the caption 'Ouch, spotted on Ponsonby Road this morning.' Photo: Supplied / Reddit A man is in police custody after reports of electric vehicles being targeted by a spray-paint vandal in Auckland suburbs.
Offshore operators likely to dominate new online gambling market March 11, 2025
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Ron Brierley charged with more child sex offences March 11, 2025
Ron Brierley leaving a Sydney court in 2019. Photo: Getty Images Disgraced businessman Ron Brierley has been charged with more child sex offences, three years after being released from prison after a court said he was too old and ill to serve his full sentence.
NZ one of just 7 nations to meet air quality standards March 11, 2025
Heavy pollution in Dhaka, Bangladesh - one of the world's most polluted countries last year. Photo: Getty Images Only seven countries met World Health Organization (WHO) air quality standards last year, new data shows, as researchers warn the war on smog will only get harder after the United States shut down its global monitoring efforts.
Former Philippine president arrested over bloody 'war on drugs' March 11, 2025
Rodrigo Duterte at a political rally last month. Photo: Getty Images The Philippines' firebrand former leader Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested at the request of the International Criminal Court, a major step in its investigation into thousands of alleged extrajudicial killings in a bloody "war on drugs" that defined his presidency.
Flight to Chch delayed by bird-strike March 11, 2025
File photo: Getty Images Bird-strike delayed an Air New Zealand flight from Dunedin to Christchurch on Tuesday afternoon.
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'Inhuman, irresponsible and illegal': Cats shot with slug gun now on the mend March 11, 2025
Three cats shot with slug gun pellets are now being cared for by a Rangiora-based cat rescue.
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'Inspirational' Canterbury kindy teacher retires March 11, 2025
Jocelyn Cameron, of Fernside, head teacher at the Kidsfirst King Street Kindergarten in Rangiora, with Alex McDonald and her son, Adam, 3, left, and Anna Tavendale, with Knoxx, 2, right, at the kindergarten last week when Jocelyn retired after 35 years teaching at the centre. Both Alex and Anna were taught by Jocelyn, along with […]

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