Author: New Zealand Blog News Service

How China took over the world’s rare earths industry

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 20, 2025

New York Times: China’s rare earth dominance leaves US vulnerable amid export halt.
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AI in courtrooms: Legal system grapples with GenAI challenges – Sasha Borissenko

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 19, 2025

AI tools risk breaching privacy by using sensitive, suppressed information.
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NZ’s infrastructure crisis: Unlocking Crown assets for renewal – Roger Partridge

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 18, 2025

OPINION: New Zealand faces a $210 billion infrastructure deficit with ageing systems.
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Cyclone Tam live updates: Moderate risk of thunderstorms as storm remains over Tasman Sea

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 17, 2025

A potential low-system is set to form on the northeast coast of New Zealand.
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Auckland Council report opposes Westmere helipad application for Anna Mowbray, Ali Williams: submissions released

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 16, 2025

All 1397 public submissions are out: 91% or 1277 opposed, 108 supporting, 12 are neutral.
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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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell

ODT Sports Chat: Basketball & Netball gets underway May 12, 2025
Bikes line up for Originals Ashburton motorcycle show May 12, 2025
Willie Little and his one-of-a-kind 1996 Harley Davidson sporty chopper. PHOTO: TONI WILLIAMS Willie Little took a 1996 Harley-Davidson Sportster and blinged it up with chrome.
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Three seriously hurt in Blanket Bay crash May 12, 2025
Fire fighters attend to patients from a car crash between a car and a ute towing a horse float on Blanket Bay Rd. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery Three patients have been transported to hospital in serious condition after a person was trapped in head-on crash in Dunedin this afternoon.
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Lawson may not last the season: Montoya May 12, 2025
Liam Lawson at the Miami Grand Prix. Photo: Getty Images Former Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya believes Liam Lawson may not see out the season.
Dentist ignored woman 'thrashing about' in pain May 12, 2025
Photo: Getty Images A woman in agony during the extraction of a wisdom tooth was ignored by the dentist as she “thrashed about” in pain.
Christchurch eye surgeon granted parole after attempted murder May 12, 2025
Ian Dallison. Photo: Supplied By Sam Sherwood of RNZ A Christchurch eye surgeon who attempted to murder his former business landlord has been granted parole.
Two more arrests following Invercargill incidents May 12, 2025
Two further arrests have been made in relation to a series of alleged burglaries and robberies in Invercargill.
Suspended deputy police commissioner resigns May 12, 2025
Jevon McSkimming. Photo: RNZ One of the country's top police officers, suspended since December last year, has resigned.
'Thrashed out in pain many times': Dentist ignored woman during tooth extraction May 12, 2025
A woman was left in agony during the extraction of a wisdom tooth. The dental surgeon responsible admitted she had a 'terrible experience'. Photo: Getty Images By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist A woman in agony during the extraction of a wisdom tooth was ignored by the dentist as she “thrashed about” in pain.
Another Robertson makes waves May 12, 2025
Sumner first-five Macklan Robertson is the son of All Blacks coach Scott Robertson. PHOTO: TONY BRUNT PHOTOGRAPHY Keep an eye on Macklan Robertson, the young playmaker starting to make a mark in the Christchurch Metro premier competition.
Sam Coughlan