December 29, 2020

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NZX cyberattack and the Covid pandemic: ‘You throw out the playbook’

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 29, 2020

Even in a bad year things can get worse, the New Zealand Stock Exchange experienced that in 2020.

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Dairy sector pushing for export tariffs removal

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 29, 2020

The dairy industry wants export tariffs scrapped as it tries to get the best bang for its buck…

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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Loss of flights will impact Christchurch Hospital patients July 21, 2025
Photo: Sounds Air Travel and Tourism Limited By Tess Brunton of RNZ The loss of two popular regional flights is a blow to tourism and people needing treatment at Christchurch Hospital.
'Slap in the face': Grieving mum wants harsher sentence July 21, 2025
Emma-Jane Kupa was killed while riding her bike in Flaxmere in January this year. Photo: supplied The family of Emma-Jane Kupa, an 11-year-old fatally knocked from her bike by an angry and intoxicated drug-using driver, wants her killer given a longer sentence.
User sceptical over changes to needle exchange service July 21, 2025
The Christchurch Needle Exchange at the Rodger Wright Centre. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Katie Todd of RNZ Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision will breed distrust, potentially leading to needle-sharing.
Concerns raised over changes to needle exchange service July 21, 2025
The Christchurch Needle Exchange at the Rodger Wright Centre. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Katie Todd of RNZ Changes to a decades-long needle exchange contract have left a Christchurch drug-user and health expert worried the decision will breed distrust, potentially leading to needle-sharing.
Black ice and fog warning July 21, 2025
Photo: ODT files Central Otago motorists are warned to take care today, as black ice is forming throughout the Alexandra and Clyde areas.
Prominent South Island businessman found dead in boat July 21, 2025
Rick Murrell. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The fisherman found dead in a boat on Lake Manapouri is reportedly prominent Southland businessman Rick Murrell.
School curriculum rewrite had 'serious problems' July 21, 2025
Photo: Getty Images By John Gerritsen of RNZ Internal Education Ministry documents sighted by RNZ reveal serious problems plagued the rewrite of the school curriculum earlier this year and managers were considering using AI to help with the work.
'Cosby Show' star Malcolm-Jamal Warner dies by drowning at 54 July 21, 2025
American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner. Photo: Reuters American actor Malcolm-Jamal Warner, who played Bill Cosby's son Theo on the 1980s ground-breaking television hit "The Cosby Show," died at age 54 on Monday by drowning, a law enforcement source confirmed to Reuters.
NZ condemns 'inhumane', 'horrifying' killings in Gaza July 21, 2025
Palestinians gather to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Nuseirat, Gaza. Photo: Reuters New Zealand has joined 24 other countries in calling for an end to the war in Gaza, and criticising what they call the inhumane killing of Palestinians.
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