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Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date July 14, 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. […]
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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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Elevating a notch with crunch July 15, 2025
Treading dangerous ground and buoyed by the "it’s easier to ask for forgiveness than permission" theory, I am exposing a restaurant that has become an IYKYK (if you know, you know) for discerning Wānaka diners, who have been breaking bread at Treehouse for over a year and hoping the rest of the world doesn’t find […]
Hormones significant in keeping healthy bones July 15, 2025
Yoga helps with flexibility, strength and balance, promoting healthier bones over time. Photos: Getty Images Can hormones influence our bone health?
Wine a pleasure to embrace rather than dumb down July 15, 2025
I’ve recently read a speech given by winery owner Nigel Greening at Pinot Noir NZ 2025, earlier this year in Christchurch.
Brussels sprout, leek and bacon spaghetti July 15, 2025
Photo: Simon Lambert This may not be a traditional pasta combo.
Classic recipes made ‘own way’ July 15, 2025
Many of her Wendy Morgan’s recipes have been developed using a combination of seasonal vegetables from her own garden. Photo: supplied Chef and Cordon bleu cook Wendy Morgan is sharing some of the food she likes to cook at home in her new book Comfort Cooking.
ABs coach hints at fresh faces for final France test July 15, 2025
Fabian Holland's high workload during the first two tests could see the Highlanders lock rotated out for the final match against the French. Photo: Getty Images By Jamie Wall of RNZ
Crews rush to Balclutha house fire July 15, 2025
Firefighters at the scene of the blaze in Cromer St, Balclutha. Photo: Nick Brook Fire and Emergency crews are responding to a house "well alight" in Balclutha's Cromer St.
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Three dead in 'tragic' North Island crash July 15, 2025
Photo: Google Maps Three people have died after a car ended up in a body of water on Masters Rd in Waiuku.
A slice of Italy in Dunedin's St Clair July 15, 2025
Katrina Toovey has helped to bring about 40 or so Italians to Dunedin through her St Clair businesses The Esplanade, Piccolo Bar and Sorella Gelato. Photo: RNZ By Tess Brunton of RNZ
Otago has 'work to do' before getting out of new 'federation' July 15, 2025
Vocational Education Minister Penny Simmonds. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ