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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date May 15, 2025

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

26 'unsafe' vehicles off Dunedin roads May 16, 2025
Twenty-four vehicles received either a pink or green sticker. Photo: NZ Police Numerous vehicles have been taken off Dunedin roads after a multi-agency operation targeting illegally modified and unsafe vehicles.
Laine Priestley
Progress made in intervention May 16, 2025
The co-educational college in Gore has been under a limited statutory review since April 2023. Photo: ODT files St Peter’s College continues to make progress and it may emerge out of statutory intervention later this year.
Little consensus over future of community pool May 16, 2025
The revitalised Ida MacDonald Roxburgh Community Pool Punawai Ora. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Roxburgh residents appear split over whether to hand over the keys to their community pool to the Central Otago District Council.
Kim Bowden
Calls for sign to be moved past bridge to slow speedsters May 16, 2025
Heather Morris holds her horse Mach beside State Highway 8, just east of Ettrick. PHOTO: ELLA JENKINS A newcomer to Ettrick says she cannot sleep at night and is putting her life, her animals, and grandchildren in danger every time she gets on the road.
Ella Jenkins
Swiss take aim at proud claim May 16, 2025
Invercargill town crier Lynley McKerrow in front of a Strang’s Coffee mural shows what she thinks of Swiss coffee. PHOTO: TONI MCDONALD The Aussies claimed Phar Lap, the Yanks reckoned they came up with pavlova. Now those cunning Swiss are talking about how they invented instant coffee.
Film body praises rebate funding May 16, 2025
Kyle Murdoch. Photo: supplied Film Otago Southland chairman Kyle Murdoch says a half-billion-dollar funding boost to New Zealand’s film and television sector will ensure the country remains competitive on the world stage.
Tracey Roxburgh
Unusual backdrop to DCC plan hearing May 16, 2025
Councillors listen to submitters’ presentations to the Dunedin City Council’s long-term plan hearing earlier this month. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Walk-outs, insults, political manoeuvring and cackling councillors. It was anything but your usual Dunedin City Council meeting. Ruby Shaw and Grant Miller explore why this year’s long-term plan hearing was overshadowed by the drama.
Grant Miller
Wet, windy weekend for parts of South Is May 16, 2025
Heavy rain watches are in place for much of the West Coast, the Otago headwaters and Fiordland, while severe gales are set to buffet the Canterbury high country.
Work begins on new suspension bridge May 16, 2025
The second bridge on the popular Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park was closed after heavy rain at Easter weekend. PHOTO: SUPPLIED More of the popular Hooker Valley Track in Aoraki/Mt Cook National Park has reopened, as work starts on a spectacular new suspension bridge.
Lies and immortality May 16, 2025
Amasio Jutel