February 16, 2021

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Lunar New Year warning: ‘Scammers thrive on secrecy’

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Chinese New Zealanders are being urged to be wary of investment scams during this year’s Lunar New Year…

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Dairy prices hit highest level since 2014 in global auction

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The average price leapt 3 percent to $US3746 a tonne, compared to a 1.8 percent rise at the…

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Fletcher Building benefits from strong housing market and improved margins

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Fletcher Building has reported a solid lift in first half profit as it benefited from a strong housing…

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Record half-year profit for Ebos

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 16, 2021

The healthcare and animal products company Ebos has gone from strength to strength during the pandemic, posting a…

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Refining New Zealand reports net $193m loss

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 16, 2021

A significant squeeze on refining margins and reduced demand for fuel globally saw the owner of Northland’s Marsden…

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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Teen basketballer bound for Las Vegas March 3, 2026
Toni Williams
Lunar eclipse glows in South March 3, 2026
The progression of the lunar eclipse as seen from Ranfurly. Photo: Amy Hughes It's the celestial highlight of the year: a total lunar eclipse and sky watchers in the South were out to capture it.
ODT quiz: March 4 March 3, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, March 4.
Novel honey stall proves a welcome call March 3, 2026
Hamish Horsley shows the new honey honesty box he renovated outside his Hawea Flat home. PHOTO: EVIE SINCLAIR You can’t make a call, but maybe you can make some breakfast.
Evie Sinclair
Obituary: the snow farmer who was not fond of snow March 3, 2026
Mary and John Lee spent a full life together in the Cardrona Valley and latterly in Wānaka. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery John Lee, the visionary Cardrona Valley entrepreneur who put not only his beloved valley but also the wider Upper Clutha area on the international map, died on December 21, aged 89.
Sally Rae
A&P show attendance surges March 3, 2026
Enjoying the sun and an ice cream at the North Otago A&P Show on Saturday are (from left) Kyan, 10, Jason and Peyton, 7, Caldwell. PHOTOS: NIC DUFF The North Otago A&P Show was a hit in Oamaru on Saturday.
Nic Duff
Waitaki joins Three Waters group March 3, 2026
Photo: Getty Images Gore Mayor Ben Bell has welcomed Waitaki District Council’s decision to rejoin the Three Waters group Southern Waters Done Well after its initial rejection of the scheme last year.
Gerrit Doppenberg
St John Riversdale Station opening March 3, 2026
Photo: supplied Due to a production error, the wrong photograph was placed in our story last week about the opening of the long-awaited Hato Hone St John Riversdale Station last month, nearly 15 years after the need for a new station was identified.
Pāmu posts strong performance March 3, 2026
Pāmu enters the second half of FY26 on a high, with a record full-year net operating profit forecast of between $97 million and $107 million.
Rural boom lifts PGW profit March 3, 2026
PGG Wrightson chief executive Stephen Guerin. Photo: PGG Wrightson A thriving rural economy has helped PGG Wrightson (PGW) lift its half-year profit 8% to $17.3 million.
Tim Cronshaw

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February 16, 2021

Lunar New Year warning: ‘Scammers thrive on secrecy’

Dairy prices hit highest level since 2014 in global auction

Fletcher Building benefits from strong housing market and improved margins

Record half-year profit for Ebos

Refining New Zealand reports net $193m loss

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