September 24, 2020

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Cannabis firm set to break year-long NZX drought

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 24, 2020

The IPO drought on the New Zealand stock exchange is set to be broken by a cannabis company.…

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Winston Peters reveals NZ First threatened to pull coalition pin over Ihumātao

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 24, 2020

Winston Peters has claimed NZ First had threatened to pull out of the coalition with Labour if it…

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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Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games October 28, 2025
The pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November – a full-day celebration of Scottish culture with a uniquely Kiwi twist.
Auckland University in U-turn on mandatory Treaty course October 16, 2025
File photo The University of Auckland has reversed its decision to make a paper on the Treaty of Waitangi compulsory for all first-year students after a single semester.
Baby on way for Ethan de Groot and wife October 16, 2025
Photo: Supplied Highlanders hero Ethan de Groot is preparing for his biggest test yet.
Six hospitalised after drinking water at Hanmer campground October 16, 2025
Stock photo: Getty Contamination of a private drinking water supply at a North Canterbury campground put six people in hospital and made at least 10 others ill, the national water authority says.
Six hospitalised after drinking water at Canterbury campground October 16, 2025
Stock photo: Getty Contamination of a private drinking water supply at a North Canterbury campground put six people in hospital and made at least 10 others ill, the national water authority says.
'Incoming 2026': Baby on way for de Groot and wife October 16, 2025
Photo: Supplied Highlanders hero Ethan de Groot is preparing for his biggest test yet.
'Humble, dedicated, passionate': MPs pay tribute to Jim Bolger October 16, 2025
HelloFresh fined $845k over misleading cold calls October 16, 2025
The HelloFresh website in January 2023. Photo: RNZ Meal box delivery service HelloFresh has been sentenced at the Auckland District Court for breaches of the Fair Trading Act.
Final results deliver change of fortune for councillor October 16, 2025
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Management roles could be axed at Te Papa October 16, 2025

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