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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 […]
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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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The common themes in murderers’ backgrounds January 10, 2025
Sentencing notes from recent murder cases reveal common backgrounds, where the killers experienced violence and deprivation in their childhoods.
Should the new Cook Strait ferries be rail-enabled? January 10, 2025
Photo: File image / Getty A new poll has found close to half of New Zealanders want the new Interislander ferries to be rail-enabled.
Summer heat continues to scorch Australia January 10, 2025
Multiple Australian states are sweltering through a low-intensity to severe heatwave, with temperatures in some place expected to hit the mid forties.
Riccarton Rd reopens after police investigate 'item of concern' January 10, 2025
Riccarton Rd has been reopened after police received reports of an "item of concern" in the area on Friday afternoon.
Winds ebb but massive Los Angeles fires rage on January 10, 2025
'Monster' wasp nest sounded like a Formula One car January 10, 2025
A multi generational wasp nest Lloyd Carpenter's team treated. Photo: Waspman / Lloyd Carpenter A "monster" wasp nest has been destroyed with exterminators taking two days to get rid of over 200,000 wasps.
House fire near Oamaru deemed 'suspicious' January 10, 2025
Fire investigators at the scene in Pukeuri, north of Oamaru. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A fire that caused ‘‘substantial damage’’ to a house north of Oamaru overnight is being treated as suspicious, fire officials say.
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Two-car crash on Stafford St January 10, 2025
Emergency services at the scene of a crash in Stafford St this afternoon. Photo: Gerard O'Brien Stafford St in central Dunedin was closed this afternoon after a two-vehicle crash.
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Huge increase in warnings to Kāinga Ora tenants January 10, 2025
Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ The government says more eviction warnings and shorter complaint wait times show its crackdown on Kāinga Ora tenants is working.
Shares for Dunedin's Pacific Edge in trading halt January 10, 2025
The approvals gives Pacific Edge access to about 20 million Americans. Photo: Supplied / Pacific Edge Cancer diagnostics company Pacific Edge's shares are in a trading halt while it considers the implications of new information from the United States federal health insurer.