March 2021

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Choosing the Best Heating Source with the Warmer Kiwi Homes Program

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HOUSE – TAURANGA If you’re living in a cold, damp property, you may be eligible to get a…

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Are Podcasts the News Channel We Didn’t Know We Needed?

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ENTERTAINMENT With more people staying home than ever before due to the current pandemic, podcasts have experienced an…

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Is Artificial Grass A Sustainable Solution for Sports Fields?

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 31, 2021

GARDENING – CHRISTCHURCH When you think of artificial grass, you may think of scratchy, plastic Astroturf. However, the…

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Otago electrity line charges to increase over 60 percent in five years

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The Commerce Commission has given Aurora Energy the go ahead to spend $563 million to fix and run…

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Engine Noises that Require Immediate Attention

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 30, 2021

TRANSPORT – DUNEDIN If you love your car and have used it for long, you are definitely familiar…

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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Sex offender MP finally quits NSW parliament August 8, 2025
Gareth Ward was found guilty of sexual assault. Photo: Supplied/NSW Government A jailed MP convicted of sex offences has finally resigned from parliament after initially resisting growing calls to do so.
Mauger and Keown become billboard buddies August 8, 2025
While both are standing as independents, Phil Mauger and Aaron Keown have chosen the same design for their election signage. Photo: Geoff Sloan Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger and Harewood Ward city councillor Aaron Keown will be brothers in arms for the local body elections campaign.
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Netanyahu wants Israel to take control of all of Gaza August 8, 2025
A view of the site surrounding an evacuated UNRWA clinic where displaced people were taking shelter, following an overnight Israeli strike, in Gaza City. Photo: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intends to take military control of all of Gaza, despite intensifying criticism at home and abroad over the devastating almost two-year-old war in the […]
Keas swoop on another CRL Premiership title August 8, 2025
Linwood Keas’ Jochden Filimoehala runs into contact in their grand final win over Riccarton Knights. Photo: Abraham Atherton Photography “You start turning up in December, all the Tuesday and Thursday trainings, so it’s always rewarding when you get what you’ve prepared for.”
Sam Coughlan
Labour MPs gather in Christchurch to brainstorm election strategy August 8, 2025
12yo seriously hurt after crashing stolen vehicle August 8, 2025
A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured after allegedly crashing a stolen vehicle into a parked car in Christchurch on Friday morning.
Human remains found at Bay of Plenty beach August 8, 2025
An investigation is under way after the discovery of human remains at a beach in Waihau Bay, in Ōpōtiki in the Bay of Plenty.
Boot camps hailed as success despite majority reoffending August 8, 2025
Minister for Children Karen Chhour. Photo: RNZ By Tuwhenuaroa Natanahira of RNZ
Retirement village where 79yo woman went missing closes care centre August 8, 2025
Thousands giving up Medic Alert bracelets due to cost August 8, 2025
Photo: Supplied/RNZ The Medic Alert Foundation has started a petition calling for government funding to ensure all those who need a medic alert bracelet, can get one.

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March 2021

Choosing the Best Heating Source with the Warmer Kiwi Homes Program

Are Podcasts the News Channel We Didn’t Know We Needed?

Is Artificial Grass A Sustainable Solution for Sports Fields?

Otago electrity line charges to increase over 60 percent in five years

Engine Noises that Require Immediate Attention

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