April 22, 2021

Just Life Group buys two businesses in one week

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The small investment company Just Life Group is busy on the acquisition trail, buying its second business this…

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NZ News Report: Latest Talk in Why You Should Reduce Your Sugar Consumption – Hutt Dental Hub

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 22, 2021

NZ NEWS BLOGGER: The Dental Association suggested that a sugar tax should be introduced on soft drinks to…

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QEX Logistics delisting process begins, plans for third-party business sale

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 22, 2021

Embattled shipping company QEX Logistics plans to delist from the stock market and become a private company again,…

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Explore Nelsons bike trails with the award-winning luxury Nelson motel Century Park Motor Lodge.

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 22, 2021

NEWS The Nelson and Tasman region is home to some world-class biking trails and the award-winning Century Park…

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Homeowners Group Says Private Insurers Need To Step Up

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 22, 2021

COMMUNITY – CANTERBURY More than ten years after the Canterbury earthquakes which changed thousands of lives forever, a…

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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Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games October 28, 2025
The pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November – a full-day celebration of Scottish culture with a uniquely Kiwi twist.
Wild weather slideshow: More reader photos October 24, 2025
As the clean-up continues from the wild winds that left a trail of destruction in parts of the South, Otago Daily Times readers have continued to share photos of the damage wrought by the storm.
Police in Canterbury going after suspicious fire-lighters October 24, 2025
Locals clean up after a fire on Harnetts Rd, north of Kaikoura, this week. Photo: Biddy Getz Police are looking to prosecute anyone who lights an illegal fire in Canterbury while the total fire ban is in force.
Obituary: Bobby Whitlock, musician October 24, 2025
Bobby Whitlock at home in 1976. Photo: Getty Images Memphis-born keyboard player Bobby Whitlock made his escape from an abusive upbringing through discovering rock’n’roll.
Obituary: Hec a man who loved his horses October 24, 2025
Ten-race winner Sand Sweeper and proud trainer Hec Anderton. Photo: ODT files There was not much Hec Anderton could not do with a horse.
Obituary: Terence Stamp, actor October 24, 2025
Terence Stamp at the premiere of the movie "Valkyrie" at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles in December 2008. Photo: Reuters Terence Stamp was an actor who could play almost everything — from complex villains to Aussie drag queens.
Meeting on despite loss of ‘60 or 70 stalls’ October 24, 2025
It is business — just not quite as usual — for Ascot Park in Invercargill this weekend.
Rakavenom looks primed for repeat win October 24, 2025
Rakavenom will be looking to back up from this impressive victory on October 16. PHOTO: MONICA TORETTO Trainer Tony Stratford has been in hot form recently and it can continue tomorrow on Tuapeka Cup day.
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Rimington first female MI5 spy master turned spy maker October 24, 2025
Former MI5 chief Dame Stella Rimington. Photo: Getty Images Stella Rimington was the first female chief of Britain’s MI5 intelligence agency and later a successful thriller writer.
Ebony Arden eyeing big 12 months October 24, 2025
The impeccably bred Ebony Arden has won three of her five starts and is a filly that looks destined for some black-type racing.

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April 22, 2021

Just Life Group buys two businesses in one week

NZ News Report: Latest Talk in Why You Should Reduce Your Sugar Consumption – Hutt Dental Hub

QEX Logistics delisting process begins, plans for third-party business sale

Explore Nelsons bike trails with the award-winning luxury Nelson motel Century Park Motor Lodge.

Homeowners Group Says Private Insurers Need To Step Up

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