January 2021

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Positive GDT results and strong demand encouraging – Fonterra

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 6, 2021

Fonterra says the GDT results yesterday show demand is strong across all regions, particularly across Asia.

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Dairy prices up 3.9% in global auction

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 5, 2021

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

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…

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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…

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Morrison & Co to benefit from Infratil valuation gain

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 4, 2021

Infratil could see its incentive fees more than double following an upbeat valuation of one of its key…

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 […]
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 […]
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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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Tireless dedication to animal welfare 'nothing short of extraordinary' July 21, 2025
Carole Worley with Lavender who was recently adopted. Photo: Geoff Sloan Carole Worley has devoted 14 years to championing the cause of animals in Christchurch.
Geoff Sloan
Inquiry to be held into Orgreave confrontation July 21, 2025
Demonstrators call on the government to implement a public inquiry during the Annual Orgreave Rally in Sheffield in 2018, organised by the Orgreave Truth and Justice Campaign, commemorating the 34th anniversary of the events at Orgreave. Photo: Getty Images Britain said today it would hold an inquiry into the "Battle of Orgreave", a violent confrontation […]
Korea downpour death toll reaches 17 July 21, 2025
A road is washed away amid heavy rain near a stream in Galsan-Myeon, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea, last week. Photo: Getty Images Two people have died and five were missing in the South Korean county of Gapyeong today, after a landslide engulfed houses and campsites and flooding swept away vehicles amid heavy rainfall.
Suspect arrested from viral video 'honour killing' July 21, 2025
Photo: Getty Images Pakistan have arrested a suspect today after a video emerged on social media of a woman and a man being shot and killed for marrying against the wishes of their families, in a so-called honour killing, authorities said.
Man killed in Burnham crash named July 21, 2025
Police have released the name of the Canterbury man who died in a two-vehicle crash near Christchurch earlier this month.
Man who died in Canterbury motorcycle crash named July 21, 2025
The man who died in a two-vehicle crash near Christchurch earlier this month has been named.
Canterbury mayor steps down as cancer worsens July 21, 2025
Mayor Anne Munro. Photo: RNZ Mackenzie District Mayor Anne Munro is stepping aside due to her cancer diagnosis.
Mackenzie District mayor steps down as cancer worsens July 21, 2025
Mayor Anne Munro. Photo: RNZ Mackenzie District Mayor Anne Munro is stepping aside due to her cancer diagnosis.
Girl, 14, headbutts officer after breaching bail - police July 21, 2025
A 14-year-old Dunedin girl barricaded herself in a bedroom before allegedly headbutting a police officer in an attempt to avoid arrest.
Laine Priestley
Woman caught drink driving on school run with other parents' children in car July 21, 2025
A woman who picked up multiple children while car-pooling on the after-school run was three times over the legal alcohol limit, police say.
Laine Priestley

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January 2021

Positive GDT results and strong demand encouraging – Fonterra

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

Morrison & Co to benefit from Infratil valuation gain

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