All the headwinds impacting Air New Zealand’s profitability

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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. […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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ODT quiz: December 17 December 16, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, December 17.
Craft popular at Santa Parade December 16, 2025
The Hokonui Celtic Pipe Band opens the Santa Parade on Sunday. Photos: Ella Scott-Fleming The Gore Santa Parade on Sunday featured tinselled trucks, tractors, church floats and lots of bubbles.
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Endurance for charity December 16, 2025
Josh Lawton might be fresh off 80 kilometres, 2400 pushups and 1200 pullups in 15 hours, but he’s back on the bar at Shift Mind & Body in Gore after completing a challenge and raising over $7000 for the Mental Health Foundation. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG. A young man turned 80 kilometres, 2400 pushups, 1200 pullups […]
Gerrit Doppenberg
Councillors to receive 4.8% pay rise December 16, 2025
Cr Alastair Gibson. Photo: supplied Environment Southland councillors have approved a pay bump for themselves, but not without some discussion about time spent on the job.
Matthew Rosenberg
Mayor hopeful of achieving rates cap December 16, 2025
Local government rates will be capped at 4% to help "fed-up" ratepayers — but is this the fix to the affordability issues?
Gerrit Doppenberg
‘It’s hard not to be grateful’ December 16, 2025
University A rugby player Jayden Broome is recovering in Wakari Hospital after a near-fatal fall from a two-storey Dunedin flat. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY A first-year University of Otago student says "it’s hard not to be grateful" as he recovers from a near-fatal fall from the roof of a Dunedin flat.
Mark John
Garden ‘just beautiful’ December 16, 2025
The couple were supported by a large bridal party of family and friends. PHOTOS: KIWI CAPTURES Josh and Taylor (nee Stuart) Murdoch share photos of their wedding with The Ensign readers.
Hoverflies may replace bees as crop pollinators December 16, 2025
Native rat-tailed hoverfly (Helophilus trilineatus). Hoverflies may replace honeybees as crop pollinators, as bees decline.
One dead after crash December 16, 2025
One person is dead and another injured following a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 at Mataura early Saturday morning.
Survivor sharing to raise awareness December 16, 2025
Nicole Elliott, of Edendale, will be speaking, and walking, at the Cancer Society's Relay for Life event in Southland in March. PHOTO: ELLA SCOTT-FLEMING A Southland cancer survivor is urging people to listen to their bodies and seek medical help early, as she prepares to share her story and raise awareness at next year’s Relay […]
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