Power company profits: It’s not the players, it’s the game – Huia Burt

By New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 26, 2026

OPINION: Separating gentailers could shift incentives towards building more.
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NZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgraced September 27, 2026
Overrun with a torrent of applicants seeking to reignite their political careers, or who are unwelcome in other parties on character grounds, New Zealand First has tightened its criteria for accepting new candidates for this year’s election. Faced with a surplus of candidates attempting a lukewarm comeback, from Alfred Ngaro to Ron Mark, (and formerly […]
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National promises to break up Woolworths and Pak’nSave September 27, 2026
In a bold move this weekend, the National Party has committed to its second supermarket breakup. Last week, the party promised to break up supermarket giant Foodstuffs, separating Pak’nSave from New World, in a move that business leaders have described. But now it’s pushing further, promising also to ensure that Woolworths and Pak’nSave are not […]
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AI companies in fierce arms race to demonstrate their model is the most existentially threatening to humanity September 27, 2026
In the midst of growing fears that artificial intelligence is advancing at such a rate that it may compel itself to end all life on earth, AI giants from OpenAI to Anthropic are switching up their sales pitches. Where companies previously competed to demonstrate superior abilities in programming, passive-aggressive emails, and videos of unusually high […]
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Wayne Brown rejects claims Auckland is NZ’s murder capital, pointing out the capital city is ‘often not the biggest’ September 27, 2026
Auckland mayor Wayne Brown has sought to contextualise new data showing that Auckland City has the most homicides per capita in the country. Police data from 2020 to 2026 shows that the district leads the nation in fatal violent crime with a whopping 3.6 homicides per capita, meaning that the average Auckland City resident killed […]
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Electoral Commission clarifies that candidates will not be allowed to complete the campaign if they shit their pants September 27, 2026
With the deadline for candidate nominations fast approaching, the Electoral Commission has today sought to clarify whether candidates who shit their pants during the course of the campaign will be allowed to see it through to the end. Earlier this month, at a HYROX athletic competition in Beijing, one competitor, Australian Joanna Wietrzyk, suffered an […]
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The Civilian is back for the election: and possibly beyond? What does it mean? September 27, 2026
The year is 2026… Quite literally, it is 2026. It’s election time. And it’s not looking good, folks. Newshub is dead. Stuff is broke. The Herald is mostly paywalled. TVNZ lost Dallow. Radio New Zealand is like visiting your grandparents. The Spinoff? Well, god bless their sweet little hearts. There is only one news organisation […]
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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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