Author: New Zealand Blog News Service

Auckland Zoo in legal clash over accessible bathroom design

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Post date April 5, 2025

Construction of accessible bathroom at Auckland Zoo triggers year-long standoff.
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Takeovers Panel probes Jim Grenon’s NZME share purchases

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Post date April 4, 2025

The Auckland businessman is wanting an overhaul of NZME’s board.
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The Body Shop NZ owes $12 million, mall landlords among creditors

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Post date April 3, 2025

$147k was owed to employees, but all were paid during administration.
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What KiwiSaver investors should do after a bad start to 2025 for world sharemarkets

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Post date April 2, 2025

The S&P 500 is down by almost 5% while the local NZX50 has dropped 6.4%.
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NZ sharemarket rebounds, led by Tower block sale

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Post date April 1, 2025

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 12,312.6, up 42.6 points or 0.35%.
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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. […]
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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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NZ leaders react to Pope Francis' death April 21, 2025
Pope Francis at the Vatican in 2023. Photo: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images New Zealand's political leaders have begun paying tribute to Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, who died on Easter Monday.
Obituary: Pope Francis shook up Church with simplicity April 21, 2025
Pope Francis waves to the crowds during a drive around St. Peter's Square during Palm Sunday Mass in 2013. Photo: Getty Images Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the Catholic Church more inclusive and less […]
Pope Francis dies aged 88 April 21, 2025
Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, has died, the Vatican said in a video statement on Monday, ending an often turbulent reign marked by division and tension as he sought to overhaul the hidebound institution.
Mining protesters trespassed on West Coast April 21, 2025
Some of the protesters have climbed into cable cars used to transport coal at Stockton mine. Photo: Supplied / Climate Liberation Aotearoa Protesters attempting to shut down a coal mine on the West Coast have been trespassed by the mining company.
Boy's drowning adds to 'horrific' Easter toll in Australia April 21, 2025
The small town of South West Rocks in New South Wales. File photo: Getty Images Holidaymakers are warned to avoid any unnecessary risks as powerful swells lash the east coast, resulting in record drownings in one state.
Easter road toll rises to four April 21, 2025
File photo: NZME The Easter holiday road toll has risen to four after a person was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Waikato this afternoon.
Lessons to be learned from scene-stealing penguin April 21, 2025
Steve Coogan delivers a nicely understated performance as the world-weary teacher. Image: TNS THE PENGUIN LESSONSDirector: Peter CattaneoCast: Alfonsina Carrocio, Steve Coogan, Vivian El Jaber, Bjorn Gustafsson, David Herrero, Jonathan Pryce(M) ★★★+ REVIEWED BY TOM MCKINLAY
Anderson called on to create Dior collection April 21, 2025
Jonathan Anderson i one of a new generation of high-profile designers taking over some of the world's biggest fashion labels. Photo: Getty Images Jonathan Anderson will create the June collection for Dior Men's Fashion, LVMH chief executive Bernard Arnault says.
Artist Bill Hammond's bolthole up for sale April 21, 2025
Bill Hammond's Wainui bach is going under the hammer, complete with art painted onto the walls and ceiling beams. Photo: Parallax Films The bush-clad bolthole of one of New Zealand's most famous artists is on the market, complete with artworks painted directly on the walls.
Artist Bill Hammond's bolthole up for sale April 21, 2025
Bill Hammond's Wainui bach is going under the hammer, complete with art painted onto the walls and ceiling beams. Photo: Parallax Films The bush-clad bolthole of one of New Zealand's most famous artists is on the market, complete with artworks painted directly on the walls.