March 2021

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Does the cap fit? What $625k will get you in Auckland house hunt

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 24, 2021

With prices already well out of reach for many first-home buyers, Checkpoint visited real estate agent Rawdon Christie…

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Does the cap fit? What $625k will get you in Auckland house hunt

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 24, 2021

With prices already well out of reach for many first-home buyers, Checkpoint visited real estate agent Rawdon Christie…

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More than a third of people living pay day to pay day – study

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 24, 2021

The ASB study also found more than a third of customers frequently had balances of less than their…

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Signs Your Heat Pump Needs Immediate Service

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 24, 2021

NEWS – AUCKLAND Your heat pump is essential to your everyday life and is without a doubt needed.…

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Keeping Your Storage Unit Clean and Organized

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 24, 2021

HOUSE – CHRISTCHURCH There are many of us that have a storage unit, and for many it isn’t…

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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Heart care in NZ 'failing in all aspects' August 10, 2025
New Zealand has only a third of the cardiologists it should have. Photo: Getty Images By Ruth Hill of RNZ Half of all heart attack patients are not being treated within accepted timeframes in New Zealand, which has just a third of the cardiologists it needs, according to a new University of Otago report commissioned […]
New political poll predicts hung Parliament August 10, 2025
In preferred prime minister ratings, Christopher Luxon and Chris Hipkins both sit at 20.2 percent. Photos: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ
ODT quiz: August 11 August 10, 2025
Hip-hop dancers need more room to move August 10, 2025
Queen’s High School hip-hop dance team Audacity member Hannah Geary, 15, leads the pack during their performance at the 2025 Otago and Southland Hip-Hop Unite NZ Schools Regional Competition at the Regent Theatre on Saturday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN As hip-hop dancers take over Dunedin schools, the list of venues to host city-wide competitions becomes smaller […]
Laine Priestley
Apology for way decision communicated August 10, 2025
Grant Robertson. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Vice-chancellor Grant Robertson has apologised for blindsiding staff with drastic cuts to University of Otago scholarships.
Matthew Littlewood
Luxon, Albanese make the most of Q’town August 10, 2025
Enjoying the scenery above Queenstown yesterday are (from left) Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, his fiancee, Jodie Haydon, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his wife, Amanda. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s dance card was full to bursting in Queenstown over the weekend.
Tracey Roxburgh
New sea ice research results ‘shocking’ August 10, 2025
Braving the midwinter conditions at noon near Scott Base, are (from left) science technician Hue Tran, with members of the Scott Base search and rescue team Daniel Beveridge, William Stewart and Alex Sewell, who helped to install the University of Otago’s sea ice monitoring station (Sims) in McMurdo Sound. PHOTO: STEPHEN TRIMBLE Is it midnight […]
John Lewis
Left ‘violated’ by deletion of Meta account August 10, 2025
IMAGE: SUPPLIED The arbitrary permanent deletion by Meta of a Dunedin dance school’s Instagram account containing years of memories has left the school’s owner feeling "violated".
Mark John
Cartoonist's view - Yeo August 10, 2025
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
Palestinian state not the panacea to Gaza’s woes August 10, 2025
Palestinians gather to collect water at a Gaza aid distribution point. PHOTO: REUTERS "Anyone who wants to thwart the establishment of a Palestinian state has to support bolstering Hamas and transferring money to Hamas [from Qatar]," Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu told the parliamentary members of his Likud Party in 2019.

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March 2021

Does the cap fit? What $625k will get you in Auckland house hunt

Does the cap fit? What $625k will get you in Auckland house hunt

More than a third of people living pay day to pay day – study

Signs Your Heat Pump Needs Immediate Service

Keeping Your Storage Unit Clean and Organized

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