‘Quite the bounceback’: Christmas shoppers go to town

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date December 23, 2020

It’s the busiest retail day of the year adding further momentum to the post-Covid lockdown boom in spending.

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Ukrainian militia receives defective shipment of pagers that just send and receive messages September 18, 2024
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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
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NPC teams will now be allowed to actually use the Ranfurly Shield in play September 17, 2024
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Police say they won’t respond to bomb threats anymore as ‘it’s never anything’ September 16, 2024
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Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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Petrol price 'double whammy' looming June 23, 2025
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Bus fare hike among transport changes June 23, 2025
Photo: ODT files Increases in bus fares and a fleet of other public transport changes are set to be approved by the Otago Regional Council tomorrow.
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Housing project cuts ‘perfect storm’ for rise in homelessness June 23, 2025
Carmen Houlahan. Photo: ODT Files Kāinga Ora's cuts to a host of housing projects could worsen Dunedin’s homelessness problem, city councillors say.
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Scrapping councils would incur ‘damaging cost’ June 23, 2025
Shane Jones. Photo: RNZ Scrapping regional councils would come at a ‘‘damaging cost’’ to New Zealand’s clean green image, a regional councillor says.
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Wave of opposition to St Clair parking clampdown June 23, 2025
All-day parking spaces along the Esplanade and nearby roads are earmarked to become time-restricted spaces. Photo: DCC Parking changes near a popular Dunedin beach would have a ‘‘significant and ongoing impact’’ for the city’s vibrant surfing community, opponents say.
Ruby Shaw
Iran fires missiles at US airbase in Qatar June 23, 2025
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Stead to provide ‘interim’ coaching for Volts June 23, 2025
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Man whose bad driving killed partner back in court June 23, 2025
Garry Harvey was sentenced to seven months’ home detention following the death of his partner Sarah Jane Shirley in 2022. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN An Otago man whose reckless driving caused the death of his partner has been back before the court on more driving crimes.
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