Market Close: Spark hits 14-year low as NZ sharemarket falls 0.8%

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Post date March 17, 2025

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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. […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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Man found unconscious on road dies in hospital March 18, 2025
A man who was found critically injured on a roadside in Miramar, Wellington, has died in hospital.
Scores reported dead after Israeli strikes on Gaza March 18, 2025
Injured Palestinians are brought to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah, Gaza, after the Israeli air strikes. Photo: Getty Israeli strikes have killed at least 200 people across the Gaza Strip, the spokesperson of Gaza's health ministry, Khalil Al-Deqran, told Reuters.
Man who raped mother lying next to her sleeping child fails to reduce sentence March 18, 2025
Warning: This story deals with sexual assault By Catherine Hutton, Open Justice reporter
Boomers urged to leave something behind for charity March 18, 2025
Photo: Getty Images The largest-ever intergenerational wealth transfer is under way around the world as baby boomers begin to pass away.
Addington raceday to coincide with Warriors game March 18, 2025
Photo: Getty Images A joint venture between Harness Racing New Zealand and the Warriors will be launched ahead of the Anzac Day NRL match in Christchurch.
Dean Wickliffe on hunger strike after alleged beating by guards March 18, 2025
'She placed them in a jar': Woman who wanted to sell human toes avoids jail March 18, 2025
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Student army swap shovels for seedlings March 18, 2025
Photo: CCC Fourteen years after clearing liquefaction from streets and properties after the Christchurch earthquakes, the Student Volunteer Army has returned to the city’s east - this time to help restore the land they once dug up.
Man hit by vehicle had fallen from cliff March 18, 2025
The man was found dead on this section of the Gibbston Highway earlier this month. FILE PHOTO: OTAGO DAILY TIMES Police have named the man found dead on State Highway 6 near Gibbston on March 3.
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World stage beckons for Chch robotics team March 18, 2025
Quinn Rudkin, Zaia Ormandy, Violet James, Leo Davey with their aquatic robot DOT BOT at the national Aquabot competition. The team has been invited to compete at the International SeaPerch Challenge in Washington DC in May. Photo: Supplied Christchurch school team DOT BOT are taking their robotics talents to the United States.
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