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Luxury home built by All Black Sean Fitzpatrick sells for more than $10m

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 25, 2020

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Watch: Has BMW ruined the M3? Zooming with DRIVEN

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 25, 2020

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Winston Peters reveals NZ First threatened to pull coalition pin over Ihumātao

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 24, 2020

Winston Peters has claimed NZ First had threatened to pull out of the coalition with Labour if it went ahead with a deal over Ihumātao, saying it was a “confidence” issue for NZ First.

In a speech …

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Cannabis firm set to break year-long NZX drought

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date September 24, 2020

The IPO drought on the New Zealand stock exchange is set to be broken by a cannabis company.

Rua Bioscience has registered its product disclosure statements as part of an initial public offering (IPO) …

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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'A collective nightmare': School lunches served up with melted plastic March 3, 2025
Glass squash court installed at Chch theatre March 3, 2025
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon Christchurch's Isaac Theatre Royal usually hosts travelling musicians or moving dramatic productions - but this week squash is taking centre stage, with a glass court installed for the New Zealand Squash Open.
Probe into school lunches with melted plastic March 3, 2025
Cost of Health NZ redundancies revealed March 3, 2025
Labour's health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall says she has heard of health workers who had taken voluntary redundancy, only to see those jobs being readvertised. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ
Health redundancy payouts top $37m March 3, 2025
Labour's health spokesperson Dr Ayesha Verrall says she has heard of health workers who had taken voluntary redundancy, only to see those jobs being readvertised. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ
'Unsafe and rushed': Leary slams powerline consent March 3, 2025
Local resident Tony Drozdzak and MP Ingrid Leary say the new power poles will be dangerous. Photo: RNZ By Krystal Gibbens of RNZ
ODT quiz: March 4 March 3, 2025
Sir John Kirwan visits Christchurch mental health facility March 3, 2025
John Kirwan. Photo: Supplied All Blacks legend and mental health advocate Sir John Kirwan is in Christchurch today to visit an organisation he has had trouble facing in the past.
A debate our MPs should have March 3, 2025
Feeding children should not be a political football. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Sir Ian Taylor has written another letter, this time to Dr Claire Achmad, the chief children's commissioner.
Penguin may be falling foul of another local hero March 3, 2025
The sea is a sea lion buffet. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Ken Steel has a theory why the hoiho is disappearing.