February 2021

Retirement village contracts unfairly favour providers – Consumer NZ

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 1, 2021

A consumer watchdog is calling for an overhaul of retirement village regulations to protect elderly residents from being…

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Retirement village contracts unfairly favour providers – Consumer NZ

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 1, 2021

A consumer watchdog is calling for an overhaul of retirement village regulations to protect elderly residents from being…

#newzealand #nzbusiness #talk News

Christchurch businesses returning to city centre, real estate company says

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 1, 2021

Commercial real estate company Colliers says office vacancies are back to pre-earthquake levels as businesses are lured back…

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
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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Killer detained as 'special patient' December 16, 2025
Jarrod Arnold Dent photographed in 2020. Photo / Lewis Gardner. A mentally unwell man, distraught at the death of his cat, fatally stabbed his neighbour and wounded five others after falsely believing they were responsible for the animal’s death.
Local Farming Partner Agrispray Announces Major Rebrand December 16, 2025
A long-standing partner in the rural sector is entering a new chapter in 2026.
Voter fraud allegations spark by-election December 16, 2025
'It's an interactive art piece': Man charged with stealing provocative flag December 16, 2025
Public warned about man sought over double murder December 16, 2025
Mitchell Cole Photo: Supplied / NZ Police Police are warning people not to approach a man being sought in relation to a double murder in the central North Island.
Otago marching team brings home bronze December 16, 2025
Rainbow frames Tiwai December 16, 2025
A gorgeous rainbow lit up Tiwai, taken from our balcony.
Big challenge to build swing bridge December 16, 2025
An illustration of the Aoraki/Mount Cook bridge, which will span 189 metres across the Hooker River on the upper section of the popular Hooker Valley Track. IMAGE: DC STRUCTURES STUDIO First images of the country's longest swing bridge have been revealed, and the project has caused a few headaches, the Department of Conservation says.
'The beast': massive swing bridge a challenging build December 16, 2025
An illustration of a completed Aoraki/Mount Cook swing bridge that will span 189 metres across the Hooker River on the upper section of the popular Hooker Valley Track. IMAGE: DC STRUCTURES STUDIO The first images of the country's longest swing bridge have been revealed, and the project has caused a few headaches, the Department of […]
Hāwea coffee cart owner charged under Food Safety Act December 16, 2025
Leanne Harling at the Camphill Coffee Cart in 2021. File photo: Marjorie Cook A Hāwea Flat cafe owner has been charged by the council after allegedly breaching the Food Safety Act.

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February 2021

Retirement village contracts unfairly favour providers – Consumer NZ

Retirement village contracts unfairly favour providers – Consumer NZ

Christchurch businesses returning to city centre, real estate company says

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