Justin Watson, boss of Christchurch Airport – Where it’s a Southern Hemisphere leader

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Post date December 26, 2024

ICYMI: Profit up 37% at gateway to the South Island
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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 […]
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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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Team NZ America's Cup defence set for Italy May 15, 2025
Team New Zealand will sail into new waters at the next Americas Cup. Photo: Getty Images The America's Cup will be sailed in Italy for the first time in 2027.
Helicopter tracks stolen car after ramming police May 15, 2025
Photo: Getty Images Police have arrested two people after a car fled from police then rammed a patrol car in the carpark of The Warehouse in Takanini.
Seventh drink-driving conviction for 200m drive to liquor store May 15, 2025
Staff at the liquor store where Marcus Phillips went to buy cigarettes refused to serve him because of how intoxicated he was. Photo: Getty Images By Tracy Neal, Open Justice multimedia journalist A man’s 200-metre drive to a liquor store for cigarettes ended in his seventh conviction for drink driving.
DOC may cut 68 jobs in proposal May 15, 2025
PSA national secretary Fleur Fitzsimons says the proposal will see a hollowing out of DOC's regional conservation capability over time. Photo: RNZ/ Nick Monro By Kate Green of RNZ Sixty-eight roles are proposed to be cut at the Department of Conservation in the latest round of job cuts, but the agency says nobody will be […]
Stanford spars with Radhakrishnan over email ‘spam’ remark May 15, 2025
Erica Stanford (left); Priyanca Radhakrishnan (right) Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone By Gaurav Sharma of RNZ A Labour MP of Indian origin has accused the immigration minister of painting migrants in a "negative light" during an answer to a question in Parliament last week.
Canterbury artist raised in the shadows May 15, 2025
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Man remains missing after day of searching May 15, 2025
Murray Wakefield is shown on his boat in this 2018 photo. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A Dunedin man remains missing following another day of search efforts.
Health NZ confirms 377 roles cut May 15, 2025
Photo: File Health NZ has confirmed job cuts at five of its departments, including Hauora Māori services, Pacific health, procurement, planning and funding, and auditing.
Ashburton teacher's registration cancelled over pupil treatment May 15, 2025
Wendy Hopwood. Photo: Facebook via Open Justice A primary teacher who made fun of pupils with learning disabilities, pulled a finger at other children and told some to “p*** off” will no longer be allowed to teach.
Food prices rise at fastest rate in over a year May 15, 2025
Butter is among the biggest risers in price according to latest increases. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Food prices have risen at their fastest pace in more than a year driven by more expensive dairy products, and hinting that inflation pressures are gathering pace.

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