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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date February 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. […]
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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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Audit finds police officers illegitimately accessed case files February 22, 2025
An internal audit of police staff accessing computer files about the death of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming found about a third were legitimate and about a quarter were likely unauthorised use. Photo: RNZ Investigations have revealed around a quarter of police staff who accessed the national database for information about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death […]
Audit finds police officers illegitimately accessed files February 22, 2025
An internal audit of police staff accessing computer files about the death of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming found about a third were legitimate and about a quarter were likely unauthorised use. Photo: RNZ Investigations have revealed around a quarter of police staff who accessed the national database for information about Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming's death […]
China begins second live firing incident in Tasman Sea February 22, 2025
Crew from NZ Navy ship Te Kaha are monitoring Chinese naval ships. Photo: NZ Defence Force (file) Minister of Defence Judith Collins said that China has launched a second live firing activity in the Tasman Sea.
Hamas releases new hostage body February 22, 2025
Israeli soldiers salute as they receive coffins with the bodies of deceased hostages. Photo: GPO via Reuters Hamas has released a body it claimed to be that of Israeli hostage Shiri Bibas, whose misidentification in a handover this week threatened to derail the fragile Gaza ceasefire deal.
Walk to Defeat disease takes next step February 22, 2025
Dr Natalie Gauld will be part of the Auckland Walk to Defeat MND 2025. Photo: Facebook / Motor Neurone Disease NZ By Victor Waters of RNZ About 200 New Zealanders are expected to take part in the nationwide event Walk to Defeat MND 2025.
Are freedom campers in Queenstown taking the piss? February 22, 2025
Since the High Court last year ruled Queenstown council's 2021 Freedom Camping Bylaw was invalid, this summer hordes of freedom campers are parking up by picturesque Lake Wakatipu, which they're us
Walk to Defeat MND takes next step February 22, 2025
Dr Natalie Gauld will be part of the Auckland Walk to Defeat MND 2025. Photo: Facebook / Motor Neurone Disease NZ By Victor Waters of RNZ About 200 New Zealanders are expected to take part in the nationwide event Walk to Defeat MND 2025.
Govt pledges $4.5m boost to conservation trust February 22, 2025
The QEII Trust and Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary are to get extra government funding. Shown: A QEII covenant of protected original bush in Gisborne's Waimata Valley, amid a sea of farmland and forestry. Photo: White Rose Organics A $4.5 million funding boost has been promised for conservation body QEII National Trust to support its […]
Ukraine access to vital Starlink threat February 22, 2025
Elon Musk rushed thousands of Starlink terminals to Ukraine to replace communications services destroyed by Russia after its 2022 invasion. Photo Illustration: Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images US negotiators pressing Kyiv for access to Ukraine's critical minerals have raised the possibility of cutting the country's access to Elon Musk's vital Starlink satellite internet system, three sources familiar […]
Govt pledges $4.5m boost to QEII National Trust February 21, 2025
The QEII Trust and Maungatautari Ecological Island Trust Sanctuary are to get extra government funding. Shown: A QEII covenant of protected original bush in Gisborne's Waimata Valley, amid a sea of farmland and forestry. Photo: White Rose Organics A $4.5 million funding boost has been promised for conservation body QEII National Trust to support its […]