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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date February 25, 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

ODT quiz: February 26 February 25, 2025
Race draws thrill-seekers of all ages February 25, 2025
Robert Shearing, of Queenstown, revs the engine of his big-block Camaro. PHOTOS: ELLA SCOTT-FLEMING An annual Gore drag race aimed to provide a space for young people to speed and show off their wheels without getting in trouble with the law.
Ella Scott-Fleming
Local made South Port intern director February 25, 2025
A Gore man has been appointed an intern director at South Port.
Failed wagyu beef plant up for sale February 25, 2025
No time has been wasted in getting a Gore property on the market after its operator went belly-up.
College sticks with own lunches February 25, 2025
Canteen manager Rachel Duffy hard at work with her two other staff members making over 300 corned beef sandwiches for the students at Menzies College, as a part of their funded lunch programme. PHOTOS: GERRIT DOPPENBERG While debate over Associate Education Minister David Seymour’s revamped school lunch programme rages on, one Southland school has quietly […]
Gerrit Doppenberg
Council failed to protect wetlands: High Court ruling February 25, 2025
A southern council failed to care for its wetlands, with a judgement describing those in the region as "significantly degraded in recent decades".
Matthew Rosenberg
Album review February 25, 2025
Sharon Van Etten and The Attachment Theory ★★★ After a period hanging out with country-leaning fellow travellers such as Angel Olsen and Margot Price, Van Etten is back in rock mode for her seventh album overall, but with a twist: this record’s tonal choices often favour-wafting, almost gothic resonances.
Between you and me February 25, 2025
Automotive engineer Scott Ramsay, of Gore. • What are you watching and why?
Making many more special memories February 25, 2025
Nahum and Natalia Wallace with their bridal party (from left) Crystal Hislop, Tom Wallace, Annalee Black, Joel Wallace, Reese Churstain, Corban Shearer, Keiralee Gilson and Marcus Edwards. PHOTOS: ALISHA MCKEOWN The bridesmaids (from left) Crystal Hislop, Reese Churstain, Keiralee Gilson, Annalee Black, pictured with Natalia Wallace, wore pink, which was complemented by a loose cottage-style […]
Weekend’s games fire up competition February 25, 2025
Super Rugby took off over the weekend with a series of fantastic games and couple of huge upsets to boot.