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By New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 11, 2025

By New Zealand Blog News Service

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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Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies at 91 September 4, 2025
Designer Giorgio Armani appears at the end of his Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2025 collection show in Paris in January. Photo: Reuters Designer Giorgio Armani, who helped to put Italy at the forefront of global fashion and dressed Hollywood stars, has died at the age of 91.
Mssing man Aydan not seen for three weeks September 4, 2025
Aydan was last seen in Chartwell in the early hours of 17 August. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Police are appealing for sightings of Aydan, who has now not been seen for three weeks.
Cordon lifted after bomb squad called to Nelson neighbourhood September 4, 2025
The cordons between Rutherford Street and Van Diemen Street in Nelson, as police deal with a suspicious item left at a Waimea Road address. Photo: RNZ / Samantha Gee Cordons have been lifted in Nelson after an item which sparked a bomb squad callout on Thursday was found to be of no threat.
Four sought by police over Dunedin assault September 4, 2025
Dunedin police are seeking these men. Photo: NZ Police Dunedin police are hunting four men in connection with a central city group assault that left the victim injured and "very shaken".
One confirmed dead in highway crash near Dunedin September 4, 2025
The car and motorcycle involved in the crash. Photo: Gerard O'Brien One person died in the serious crash between a motorcycle and a car which closed the highway south of Dunedin yesterday.
ODT quiz: September 5 September 4, 2025
How to help our threatened plant species fight back September 4, 2025
Craspedia argentea flowers at Dunedin Botanic Garden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED This week is Conservation Week, an annual Department of Conservation (Doc) drive to encourage efforts big and small to get involved in supporting the natural environment.
Your garden September 4, 2025
What to do in your garden this week.
Peters has a lovely house to sell September 4, 2025
Many people have said many things about New Zealand First leader Winston Peters, but few could deny that he is a master of realpolitik.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo September 4, 2025
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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