October 25, 2020

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Disgraced billionaire ex-boss of Samsung dies

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 25, 2020

Lee Kun-hee, the chairman of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, has died aged 78.

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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Concertgoers urged to get their stuff checked before New Year's December 28, 2025
KnowYourStuff manager Casey Spearin. Photo: Leah Hollingworth A drug-checking group is reminding concertgoers this New Year party season that it offers a free, legal and confidential service.
Flood recovery in Tasman expected to cost $50m, take two years December 28, 2025
Wintry weather causes travel chaos in US Northeast December 28, 2025
Lengthy delays after crash in Cromwell Gorge December 28, 2025
Traffic backed up on State Highway 8 in the Cromwell Gorge this afternoon. Photo: Julie Asher Traffic was backed up for a couple of hours through the Cromwell Gorge after a four-vehicle crash this afternoon.
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Tasman flood recovery expected to take two years, cost $50m December 28, 2025
Four hurt in crash near Levin December 28, 2025
Four people have been injured in a two-vehicle crash north of Levin, in the North Island, this morning.
Drenching on way for parts of North Island December 27, 2025
Revellers at last year's Rhythm and Vines event. Photo: Kaelin Wade via RNZ A bout of bad weather is about to sweep across the east of the North Island, ahead of New Year celebrations.
Chris Wood out for lengthy spell after surgery December 27, 2025
Chris Wood. File photo: Getty All Whites captain Chris Wood's spell on the sideline will continue for an indefinite period after he underwent surgery.
Calmer day after South Island battered by storms December 27, 2025
File photo A calmer day is in store for parts of the South Island battered by hail and lashed by torrential downpours and lightning yesterday.
Calmer day ahead for storm-battered South Island December 27, 2025
File photo A calmer day is in store for parts of the South Island battered by hail and lashed by torrential downpours and lightning yesterday.

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