GameStop share trading frenzy – what’s going on?

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date January 28, 2021

Users of popular US platforms for trading stocks are in an uproar after a curb on buying shares in games firm GameStop and other companies.

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
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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
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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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Sand mine approved near Hokitika July 18, 2025
The West Coast Regional Council will now focus on compliance and monitoring of the resource consent conditions. File photo: Getty Images Consent has been granted for a new sand mine near Hokitika.
Best in business to be celebrated July 18, 2025
PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Good sorts, top-notch small businesses and the best employer have been added to the categories for this year’s 2degrees Queenstown Business Awards — entries for which have opened.
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Child exploitation and bestiality allegedly found on top cop's computer July 18, 2025
Former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming resigned in May. He had been on leave since November last year. Photo: Getty Images By Sam Sherwood of RNZ
Police name victim of head-on crash near Roxburgh July 18, 2025
The scene of the fatal crash between Roxburgh and Millers Flat on July 4. PHOTO: JULIE ASHER Police have released the name of the man who died after a head-on crash between a car and a truck on State Highway 8 near Roxburgh earlier this month.
Gore residents warned to not drink town's water July 18, 2025
PHOTO: ODT FILES Gore residents have been told to avoid drinking the town's water after elevated nitrate levels were found in routine testing.
Police sniff out trouble at Invercargill address July 18, 2025
Three people have been arrested after police followed their noses during a routine bail check in Invercargill.
Trump threatens to sue over reports of risque Epstein letter July 18, 2025
Donald Trump with Jeffrey Epstein in 1997. Photo: Getty Images Donald Trump's name appeared on a risque 2003 personal note to Jeffrey Epstein, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The president responded that the letter was fake.
Frequent Trump critic Stephen Colbert's 'The Late Show' canned July 18, 2025
Host Stephen Colbert with an Emmy in 2021. Photo: Reuters "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on US broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Donald Trump, will end its 10-year run on CBS in May 2026, the network said on Thursday.
Trio rescued from life-raft in Pacific Ocean July 18, 2025
A life raft alongside a merchant vessel. Photo: NZDF / supplied By Kajal Nair of RNZ
Aggravated robbery at Canterbury supermarket July 18, 2025
Police are investigating an aggravated robbery at a Canterbury FreshChoice supermarket in the early hours of Thursday morning.

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