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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date May 31, 2025

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 […]
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
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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Man charged after alleged double stabbing at market June 22, 2025
Photo: Getty Images By Finn Blackwell of RNZ A man has been charged after two people were stabbed at Auckland's Pakuranga Night Markets, after handing himself in to police last night.
Woman accused of killing mother to begin trial June 22, 2025
Helen Gregory was found dead at her home in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah. Photo: RNZ / Hamish Cardwell By Kate Green of RNZ The trial of a 53-year-old accused of killing her mother is set to begin at the High Court in Wellington today.
Former Lake Alice nurse charged over ill-treatment of children dies June 22, 2025
Dempsey Cockran in court in 2021. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Jimmy Ellingham of RNZ The only staff member at the notorious Lake Alice child and adolescent unit to face prosecution over the horrors at the Rangitīkei institution in the 1970s has died.
World awaits Iran response to US strikes June 22, 2025
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi delivers a speech during a press conference as he attends the 51st Meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) at Lutfi Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center in Istanbul today. Photo: Getty Images The world is bracing for Iran's response after the U.S. […]
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Hatching of condor chicks at zoo ‘a conservation win’ June 22, 2025
Condors at the California Condor Recovery Program at the Los Angeles Zoo. Photo: Getty Images Once there were only 22 condors left on Earth. Last week, the Los Angeles Zoo hatched 10 chicks, reports Summer Lin, of the Los Angeles Times.
Censoring signs Trump’s attempt to rewrite history June 22, 2025
A monument honouring the dead stands in the cemetery at Manzanar National Historic Site, near Independence in California. The Manzanar War Relocation Center was one of 10 internment camps where Japanese American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were incarcerated from 1942 to 1945 during World War 2. Photo: Getty Images US President Donald Trump has […]
World in pictures: recent photographs June 22, 2025
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Big win important for University’s season June 22, 2025
Zingari-Richmond lock Ratunui Latus tries to bring down University flanker Matt Brock at Logan Park on Saturday. Photo: Gregor Richardson University 71 Zingari-Richmond 14 University halfback Brad Campbell took a quick tap and ran 50m untouched to score early in the second half.
Excelsior win to claim second spot, earn life in upcoming playoffs June 22, 2025
The Citizens Shield. Photo: Rugby In North Otago No surprises were sprung during the final round of the Citizens Shield on Saturday with the three leading teams all claiming wins.
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