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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date March 21, 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 […]
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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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Cancer patient still seeking answers after wrong part of lung removed March 21, 2025
Ian Tollemache. Photo: Supplied By Victor Waters of RNZ
Hamish Kerr settles for silver at indoor world champs March 21, 2025
Hamish wasn't at his best as he attempted to defend his World Indoor high jump title in Nanjing. Photo: Getty Images New Zealand's Hamish Kerr has been dethroned as the world indoor high jump champion after collecting silver in Nanjing.
Tense protests in Turkey after mayor's arrest March 21, 2025
Demonstrators are sprayed during a protest by students against the detention of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, in Istanbul, Turkey. Photo: Reuters Protests against the detention of Istanbul's mayor grew on Friday and turned increasingly tense, Turkey's biggest show of civil disobedience in more than a decade after President Tayyip Erdogan warned it would not be tolerated.
Sadowski-Synnott claims third straight world title March 21, 2025
Zoi Sadowski-Synnott celebrates her third straight snowboard slopestyle world crown in Switzerland. Photo: FIS Park & Pipe Wānaka's Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has been crowned the 2025 FIS Snowboard Slopestyle World Champion in Corvatsch, Switzerland overnight.
Pope must 'relearn to speak' after oxygen therapy March 21, 2025
Pope Francis in the chapel of the Gemelli hospital in Rome in this photo released by the Vatican last week. Photo: Holy See Press Office via Reuters Pope Francis is slowly regaining his strength in hospital but must "relearn to speak" after prolonged use of high-flow oxygen therapy, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said on Friday.
'Mate, I'm really sorry': Day to forget for Liam Lawson March 21, 2025
Kiwi Liam Lawson failed to make it out of the first qualifying session in China. Photo: Getty Images Lewis Hamilton smashed the Shanghai circuit lap record on his way to a stunning first sprint race pole for Ferrari in China on Friday, with Red Bull's reigning champion Max Verstappen alongside on the front row.
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Still busy on the ground and in the air March 21, 2025
Robbie Burnside prepares to trim the grass around the Taieri Aerodrome hangars this week. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN "People say, ‘how many birthdays have you had?’ I say, I’ve only had one ... all the rest are just celebrations," Robbie Burnside says laconically.
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Mentor programme ‘brilliant’ March 21, 2025
Leanne Illingworth. Photo: supplied When her year-long Institute of Directors’ mentoring for diversity programme comes to an end in June, Leanne Illingworth admits there will be a sense of sadness.
Sally Rae
Milford rivals join to lodge complaint March 21, 2025
Gem of the Sound, owned by rich-lister Chris Alpe, one of two complainants to the Commerce Commission about Milford Sound Tourism. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery The fight over rights to use the port in Milford Sound Piopiotahi rages on, reports Mary Williams.
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