April 16, 2021

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Canadian fund bids to acquire Tilt Renewables

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 16, 2021

A Canadian pension fund has put in a last-ditch offer to snap up Tilt Renewables, according to Australian…

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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Thousands more health workers to join strike November 10, 2025
Health workers will go on strike on November 28. Photo: RNZ Another 5200 health workers will walk off the job at the end of the month, the public sector union says, bringing the total number on strike to about 16,700.
Mass dumping in student quarter ‘disappointing’ November 10, 2025
An overflowing skip and dozens of dumped couches litter the student quarter yesterday. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY As Dunedin’s students pack to head home for summer, they are leaving behind piles of couches and stained mattresses for us to remember them by.
Laine Priestley
Five-year consent granted: OceanaGold Macraes extension November 10, 2025
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery OceanaGold has received consent to continue mining at the Macraes site for another five years and is signalling it is going down a fast-track road for further expansion.
Matthew Littlewood
Albany St tenders above council’s budget November 10, 2025
ODT GRAPHIC Proposed prices for a much-debated walking and cycling connection in Dunedin have come in above the city council’s budget.
Grant Miller
Hydroslides to reopen next month November 10, 2025
The Moana Pool hydroslides are being given a new coat of paint ahead of a mid-December reopening. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Moana Pool’s hydroslides are expected to reopen in time for the summer holidays, the Dunedin City Council says.
Ruby Shaw
Family at appeal over sentence for killing November 10, 2025
The family of Enere McLaren-Taana will attend the Court of Appeal hearing for the teen’s killer. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN A 15-year-old who stabbed a schoolboy to death at Dunedin’s bus hub will appeal his sentence today.
Rob Kidd
Hurdle seen in meth harm plan: ‘Cat and mouse game’ November 10, 2025
Paul Goldsmith. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED A multimillion-dollar plan by the government to curb methamphetamine harm could become "a cat and mouse game" as drug supplies get moved around the Pacific, a University of Otago academic says.
Tim Scott
ODT quiz: November 11 November 10, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Tuesday, November 11.
Trio arrested after allegedly barricading inside courthouse November 10, 2025
Three people were arrested yesterday after allegedly barricading themselves in a room inside the Dunedin Courthouse.
Penguin visit fulfills boy’s lifelong dream November 10, 2025
It took more than 12,000km to get here, but it was worth the trip for Andrew Jeffs.
Mark John

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