March 5, 2021

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ANZ Bank to pay $280,000 over credit card insurance

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ANZ Bank has been ordered to pay a penalty of $280,000 for misleading some of its customers about…

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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Can’t have a casual view of corruption March 6, 2026
Photo: Files We have been naive in New Zealand. Our ‘‘she’ll be right’’ and ‘‘no worries’’ attitudes help corruption to take root.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo March 6, 2026
For Willis, the govt’s LNG terminal proposal is a gas, gas, gas March 6, 2026
Nicola Willis. Photo: Files In Parliament, much like life itself, things move swiftly. The burning issue of the day can flame out in a matter of hours, let alone last an actual 24 hour news cycle.
Blustery day at the Cale March 6, 2026
Start of a heat in the ladies’ 100-yard event in the Otago Amateur Athletic Championships, Caledonian Ground, Dunedin. — Otago Witness, 16.3.1926 The Otago amateur athletic championships were decided on the Caledonian Ground on Saturday before an attendance of about 1200.
Getting down and dirty with the govt March 6, 2026
There is no nice way of putting it — New Zealand has always been a convenient dumping ground for old cars and their puffs of blue smoke from across the world.
Women have come so far— but still more to do March 6, 2026
Kiwi golfer and Olympic champion Lydia Ko has become a household name in New Zealand. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES There was a time when women couldn’t play sport.
Kayla Hodge
One mine, one mineral, one question March 6, 2026
Sir Ian Taylor (left) and Resources Minister Shane Jones. Photos: ODT Dunedin businessman Sir Ian Taylor has questions to ask Minister for Resources Shane Jones about Santana Minerals’ proposed Bendigo-Ophir gold mine.
Airport claims ‘scaremongering’ March 6, 2026
Photo: Files Claims about the state of Oamaru Airport including safety issues are simply ‘‘scaremongering’’, a director of the New Zealand Airline Academy (NZAAL) says.
Jules Chin
Surprise literary selection March 6, 2026
Queenstown author Peta Carey says she is ‘‘absolutely floored’’ after being shortlisted for the 2026 Ockham NZ Book Awards for The Hollows Boys. Queenstown author Peta Carey is preparing to eat her hat.
Tracey Roxburgh
‘We’re stuffed’ if mine doesn’t go ahead March 6, 2026
Tarras contractor Skip Johnston (left) along with multi-generational farmers Peter Jolly, Robbie Gibson and Jonny Trevathan believe the district should focus on the opportunities the Santana gold mine affords it. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY ‘‘A country of knockers.’’
Sally Rae

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