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NZ Green Investment Finance ups funding for large-scale solar panel installations by $30m

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date March 6, 2022
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A $30m boost for solarZero’s existing funding of $100m will help increase the number of solar panel installations on large-scale commercial buildings with big roofs. Search NZ news information.

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New Zealand News: Recently post PM delays wedding due to her own COVID restrictions

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date January 23, 2022
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Rumor is that New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had to unfortunately postpone her dream wedding thanks to her own COVID-19 restrictions. Search Prime Minister Jacinda Wedding.

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 […]
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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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India's reluctant prime minister dies aged 92 December 26, 2024
Former India Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh delivering a speech at a press conference in Ahmedabad Gujarat in November 2017. Photo: Getty Images Described as a "reluctant king" in his first stint as prime minister, the quietly spoken Manmohan Singh was arguably one of India's most successful leaders.
West Coast prepared for big disaster December 26, 2024
Buller Civil Defence coordinators and volunteers get a run through with the Starlink kit. Photo: Lois Williams / LDR As 2024 draws to a close, the West Coast is better prepared than it’s ever been for a natural disaster, a civil defence leader says.
West Coast prepared for big disaster December 26, 2024
Buller Civil Defence coordinators and volunteers get a run through with the Starlink kit. Photo: Lois Williams / LDR As 2024 draws to a close, the West Coast is better prepared than it’s ever been for a natural disaster, a civil defence leader says.
Pilot boat runs aground December 26, 2024
Contingency plans are in place after Bluff Harbour’s only pilot vessel ran aground yesterday morning.
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Virat Kohli fined after clash with Australian opener December 26, 2024
Virat Kohli chats with Australia's Sam Konstas and Usman Khawaja after the incident on day one of the fourth test between Australia and India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Photo: Getty Images India's Virat Kohli has been fined 20 percent of his match fees following a clash of shoulders with debutant Australia opener Sam Konstas […]
Two crew members die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race December 26, 2024
Photo: Getty Images Two crew members have died in separate incidents during the Sydney to Hobart yacht race which began on Thursday.
ODT quiz: December 27 December 26, 2024
Biscuits of a bygone era December 26, 2024
PHOTO: METRO STUDIOS (MOSGIEL), HOCKEN COLLECTIONS — TE UARE TAOKA O HĀKENA, REF: MS-5400/285/001 A superette assistant poses with Hudsons biscuits in 1961.
Bird flu response praiseworthy December 26, 2024
A welcome early Christmas gift to the poultry sector came on Tuesday with confirmation that no further cases of avian influenza have been found in Otago.
Cartoonist's view - Yeo December 26, 2024
One of Shaun Yeo's best cartoons from 2024.