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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date March 6, 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 […]
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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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Building refreshed March 8, 2025
Taieri Historical Society committee member Peter Thomson (left) and president Neil Gamble show the newly painted schoolhouse at the society’s Outram grounds. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON A time-worn property is looking freshly revitalised.
Sam Henderson
DIY evening aims to help you nail it March 6, 2025
Getting ready for the first DIY night at Bunnings Timaru are (from left) activity organiser Maddy Cummings, 24/7 Construction director Rory Foley, Bunnings Timaru complex manager Hannah Garard and Top Coats Plastering director Tom Williams. PHOTO: CONNOR HALEY. A free evening of DIY tips and tricks is aiming to help the community finish off all […]
Gift improves access for those with MS March 6, 2025
Testing out the new transit chairs are Pleasant Point Lions Club president Tom Lambie and MS South Canterbury field worker Fiona Pierce. PHOTO: CONNOR HALEY A special donation is promising to reopen the community for those living with multiple sclerosis in South Canterbury.
CPlay gets new seats March 6, 2025
Testing out one of the new seats installed at the CPlay playground are (from left) Geoff Cloake, (front) Rotary Club of Timaru North president Rod Sparrow, past president Don George and John Keenan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Timaru’s CPlay playground is continuing to expand with the addition of two new seats.
Local Legend: Margaret Campbell March 6, 2025
PHOTO: NICK BROOK The first Clutha Leader — Silver Fern Farms Local Legend for autumn is Balclutha’s own Margaret Campbell.
Nick Brook
Paddon to chase Australian title March 6, 2025
Cromwell-based rally driver Hayden Paddon and co-driver John Kennard compete at Coffs Harbour in the 2022 Australian Rally Championship. Paddon won that series and is heading back this year for another tilt at the title and the Possum Bourne Memorial Trophy. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Cromwell-based rally star Hayden Paddon is off across the ditch to give […]
Op-shop a ‘win-win’ March 6, 2025
Manager Claire Mackie (left) took a moment with Cheri Shanks who had just treated (from left) Macy Fitzgerald, 4, Hunter Graham, 2, Willow Graham, 1, and Peacemaker Nenohwe, 3, to pre-loved plush teddies at the new Balclutha Op-Shop, last week. PHOTO: NICK BROOK About 200 customers rolled up to the grand opening of the new […]
Nick Brook
Ron keeps on clocking up kms March 6, 2025
Shelly Inon
Drone inspections of power lines under way March 6, 2025
Photo: Gerard O'Brien Aurora Energy have begun acoustic and drone inspections of the two main electricity lines between Alexandra and Roxburgh, which are to continue over the month.
New open spaces strategy set in motion March 6, 2025
PHOTO: ODT FILES The Central Otago District Council adopted its first open spaces and recreation strategy in a council meeting last week.