Craig Cumming named head coach of the Blaze

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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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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 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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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 […]
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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
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Ben Uffindell
National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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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 […]
Ben Uffindell

Quake-damaged hotel to become five-star Sheraton August 12, 2025
Big interest in sale of 162-year-old hotel August 12, 2025
Interest has been high in the Cardrona Hotel. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The listing for the iconic Cardrona Hotel has been the third-most viewed property on Trade Me this year as the sale comes to an end on Friday.
Rawan Saadi
One injured after car hits bank on motorway August 12, 2025
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY One person has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a crash on the Dunedin to Waitati motorway this morning.
ODT quiz: August 13 August 12, 2025
South overrepresented in lame stats August 12, 2025
Sheep can be culled for lameness but require a veterinary certificate of fitness for transport. PHOTO: SRL FILES People sending sheep and cattle to southern meatworks have an overrepresentation in the number of fines being issued for livestock arriving lame.
Shawn McAvinue
Sale brings hot demand for cattle August 12, 2025
More than 50 people attend the Balclutha Winter Cattle Sale. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUE Demand was hot at the Balclutha Winter Cattle Sale and some prospective buyers left empty-handed.
Shawn McAvinue
Call for awards entries August 12, 2025
A call is out for southern farmers and growers to enter the 2026 Ballance Farm Environment Awards.
Quick draw for cleaner needles August 12, 2025
University of Canterbury third-year student Jade Luxton’s Steerineedle hip holster sterilises needles every time farmers vaccinate cattle to save them time and money and prevent infection. She is a category finalist in the KiwiNet Awards. PHOTO: KIWINET A holster worn on the hip which sterilises needles each time a farmer vaccinates cattle is the idea […]
Tim Cronshaw
Genetics tool popular August 12, 2025
Otago farmers have been using the nProve Beef genetics tool to make better breeding decisions and drive genetic improvement in their herds, Beef + Lamb New Zealand says.
Will axing petrol tax be a game-changer? August 12, 2025
Traffic full of potential road user charge payers. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Scrapping petrol tax may, or many not, be transformative, Angela Curl and Caroline Shaw write.

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