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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date November 27, 2024

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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‘Critical milestone’: Mayor rallies support for ski field comeback May 2, 2025
Whakapapa ski field at Mt Ruapehu. Photo: Supplied/ Ruapehu Alpine Lifts The Ruapehu mayor is urging unity over the government's new Ruapehu ski field lease.
Senior doctors not ruling out more strike action May 2, 2025
Newly qualified public health specialist Maeve Hume-Nixon says she's struggled to get a job in New Zealand but could earn $100,000 more in Australia. Photo: RNZ The senior doctors' union is not ruling out further industrial action, as Health NZ scrambles to reschedule the thousands of operations and specialist appointments cancelled as a result of […]
Hundreds of tyres shredded after metal spill on Aussie motorway May 2, 2025
A "very intricate clean-up" will be required after flying metal shards punctured hundreds of car tyres along a major highway connecting two cities, bringing traffic to a screeching halt.
Hunt on for driver after fatal crash in Auckland May 2, 2025
One person is dead and another critically injured after two cars crashed on Auckland's Dominion Rd overnight.
Bank fined $3.25m after misleading, overcharging customers May 2, 2025
Photo: ODT files High Court orders Westpac NZ to pay $3.25m over historic breachesThe bank admitted the breaches and reported itself to the Financial Markets AuthorityWestpac is New Zealand's fourth-biggest bank by total assets One of the country's biggest banks has been ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar penalty for misleading and overcharging customers.
200 flights cancelled, 22,000 Air NZ passengers delayed May 2, 2025
Westpac fined $3.25m over historic breaches May 2, 2025
Photo: ODT files High Court orders Westpac NZ to pay $3.25m over historic breachesThe bank admitted the breaches and reported itself to the Financial Markets AuthorityWestpac is New Zealand's fourth-biggest bank by total assets One of the country's biggest banks has been ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar penalty for misleading and overcharging customers.
Society’s stupidity skewered in edgy set May 2, 2025
Ben Elton — Authentic Stupidity Dunedin Town Hall Thursday, May 1
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Whitestone creams it at NZ cheese awards May 2, 2025
Whitestone Cheese head cheesemaker Jonathan Emerson and managing director Simon Berry at their Oamaru factory. PHOTO: JULES CHIN A sheep milk cheddar made in Oamaru has been named New Zealand's best cheese.
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Canterbury man blushes as judge asks why he drove 'like an idiot’ May 2, 2025
Isaac Ginty and father Jerome Ginty outside the temporary Nelson Courthouse, where Isaac was sentenced on his latest crop of charges for driving while disqualified. Photo: Tracy Neal By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist A young Canterbury man already banned from driving until 2029 because of his “appallingly bad” history went ahead and drove […]