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Best Retirement Locations In New Zealand

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Anti-mining group fights Coromandel gold mining business

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Anti-mining group Coromandel Watchdog claims the plan will threaten a critically endangered frog and erodes the government’s promise…

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. […]
Ben Uffindell
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.
Encouraging men to focus on health October 25, 2025
East Otago Blokes Shed members (from left) Neil Kennedy, Dave Brown, Bevan Clyne and Joe Hayde enjoy practical connection through hands-on projects. Photo: Sam Henderson Communication and open discussion of health challenges will take centre stage as a local group promotes men’s mental and physical wellbeing.
Sam Henderson
Obstruction callouts in their hundreds October 25, 2025
Mattresses, hay bales and ladders are turning up on Otago’s highways — hundreds of times a year.
Sam Henderson
Diverse range of interests catered for at 2025 summit October 25, 2025
A 2024 Wao Summit event at Rippon Hall. PHOTOS: DEANNA GERLACH Hundreds from across the region are set to attend one of Wānaka’s biggest sustainability events of the year.
Race double fundraiser October 25, 2025
Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations committee co-chairwoman Wendy Jones and committee secretary Joanne Rose test out the rail trolley car to be used in next month’s fundraising trolley race event. PHOTO: ANDREW ASHTON This year’s annual Oamaru Victorian Heritage Celebrations hope to start with a bang and a novel way to raise funds for both the […]
Andrew Ashton
Keeping holiday vehicles on the go October 25, 2025
DC Auto & RV owner Darren Milmine says his eclectic collection of skills as a former carpenter and engineer make for a good fit when it comes to restoring and repairing caravans. PHOTO: ANDREW ASHTON With a noticeable up-tick in visitors’ campervans around Waitaki recently, one Oamaru businessman is ensuring tourist stays are not cut […]
Andrew Ashton
$2k refunded in consent costs dispute October 25, 2025
Outgoing mayor Glyn Lewers. PHOTO: ODT FILES A Queenstown ratepayer incensed at council billing him almost $10,000 to process two seemingly simple resource consent applications has been refunded $2117.
Philip Chandler
Filmmaker and developer remembered October 25, 2025
The late Grahame McLean. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Former Queenstowner Grahame McLean, who died last week, aged 87, was not only a pioneer Kiwi filmmaker, but also someone who, amongst other ventures, saved two historic Queenstown Mall buildings.
Philip Chandler
Duck Island lands in CBD October 25, 2025
Duck Island owners, from left, Kimberley Higgison, Cameron Farmilo and Morgan Glass. PHOTO: SUPPLIED One of New Zealand’s favourite ice-cream brands is coming to Queenstown’s CBD.
Guy Williams
Foxfolk turns grit into gold October 25, 2025
Foxfolk founder Mikkel Johannessen and one of his DirtSkirts. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Covid lockdown was a turning point in the life of Queenstown entrepreneur Mikkel Johannessen.
Guy Williams

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