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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 9, 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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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Year of weather extremes in Europe April 15, 2025
A woman walks through mud in the street after heavy rain and flooding hit large parts of Valencia, Spain, in November last year. Photo: Getty Images Europe faced its most widespread flooding last year since 2013, with 30% of the continent's river network hit by significant floods, scientists say, as fossil fuel-driven climate change continued […]
How to get the most out of your veggie box April 15, 2025
Wherever your veggie box comes from, what they all tend to have in common is that you don't always know what's going to be in them.
Choir hits the high notes but still 'short of men' April 15, 2025
Rangiora Community Choir singer Marjorie Aurini (centre) has been a member since 2004 and sings in the soprano section. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE The Rangiora Community Choir continues to hit the high notes, despite some bumps in the road over the years.
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Diversions in place after serious crash April 15, 2025
Motorists are being warned to avoid State Highway 7 in Canterbury after a serious two-vehicle crash.
'Obscene': Contractors left covered in dog poo April 15, 2025
Contractors return from clearing a Bluff track covered from head to toe in dog excrement thrown about by scrub-cutters. Photo: Department of Conservation Contractors clearing a popular Bluff walking track are returning covered "from head to toe in excrement" as dog faeces reaches "obscene" levels.
Part of Canterbury moves to open fire season April 15, 2025
Photo: File image The restricted fire season will be revoked in most of Mid and South Canterbury from 1am on Wednesday.
Govt celebrates violent crime stats, admits data volatile April 15, 2025
From left: Police Minister Mark Mitchell, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith speaking to media today. Image: RNZ The government is celebrating what it says is a reduction in violent crime based on the latest quarterly statistics - but admits the data is volatile.
Court deadline looms for Oxford landfill April 15, 2025
Olivia Smith beside a sign on a fence in Oxford opposing the proposal to establish an industrial landfill on Trig Road, Oxford. Photo: North Canterbury News The fate of a controversial proposed landfill in Canterbury could be known soon.
David Hill
Well-loved cat immortalised in stone on cycleway April 15, 2025
A beloved cat has been immortalised after a community effort got a small memorial installed on a Dunedin cycle track.
Laine Priestley
Deputy jailed over fatal shooting of Christchurch-born man April 15, 2025
Christian Glass. Photo: Supplied / RM Lawyers After three years and two trials, a former US police officer has been sentenced to three years' jail over the fatal 2022 shooting of a Christchurch-born man in Colorado.