January 5, 2021

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Dairy prices up 3.9% in global auction

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Dairy prices increased 3.9 percent across the board in the first global auction of the year.

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Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic

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There are fears more people will be locked out of the New Zealand property market in the coming…

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Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 5, 2021

There are fears more people will be locked out of the New Zealand property market in the coming…

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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World record in sights at Canterbury classic car show October 30, 2025
Dr Richard Waugh and his Jaguar MkVIII. Waugh is organising Saturday’s showcase of Jaguars at Risingholme, Opawa. Photo: Supplied Classic Jaguar cars have attracted a host of famous owners over the years such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Peter Sellers and the Queen Mother.
Geoff Sloan
Bungling boozer leads cops on 'very short foot chase' October 30, 2025
An allegedly intoxicated man causing chaos in the main street of an Otago town twice attempted to flee police on foot.
Laine Priestley
Sunday’s the day to get quacking October 30, 2025
Rotary duck race organiser Tim Wilshire. PHOTO: PHILIP CHANDLER All in the interests of charity, rubber ducks will be elbowing out their real-life equivalents on Queenstown’s Horne Creek this Sunday for Rotary Club of Queenstown’s annual duck race.
Philip Chandler
Pensioner caught pooping in public after threatening bar worker October 30, 2025
Photo: ODT Files A pensioner who threatened and pushed a woman working in a central city bar was soon tracked down by police while ‘‘excreting’’ in a bush.
Ronald McDonald House: 'My home away from home during an overwhelming time' October 30, 2025
Toni Williams
Southlanders still picking up pieces after the storm October 30, 2025
Damage at Queens Park, Invercargill, which is closed due to last week's storm. Photo: Supplied Communities are picking up the pieces in Southland one week after a storm took its toll on the region, where more than 2800 properties are still without power.
Matthew Rosenberg
Jaguar show aims to set world record October 30, 2025
Dr Richard Waugh and his Jaguar MkVIII. Waugh is organising Saturday’s showcase of Jaguars at Risingholme, Opawa. Photo: Supplied Classic Jaguar cars have attracted a host of famous owners over the years such as Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, Peter Sellers and the Queen Mother.
Geoff Sloan
Talented young Cantabrian signs Warriors deal October 30, 2025
Sam Coughlan
Public-pooping pensioner caught in act after threats to kill October 30, 2025
Photo: ODT Files A pensioner who threatened and pushed a woman working in central Dunedin was soon tracked down by police while ‘‘excreting’’ in a bush.
'Unrealistic and developmentally inappropriate': Teachers slam proposed changes to history curriculum October 30, 2025
Photo: Getty Images History teachers have slammed the government's proposal to water down the teaching of New Zealand history in schools with the study of topics including Ancient Egypt and the French Revolution.

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January 5, 2021

Dairy prices up 3.9% in global auction

Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic

Buying first home will be out of reach for more people in 2021 – CoreLogic

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