April 2021

Investigation of wholesale power price spike finds companies didn’t break rules

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 21, 2021

The Electricity Authority chief executive said Meridian and Contact did not breach the high standard of trading conduct.

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Bank insurance scheme to protect up to $100,000 of each depositor’s funds

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 21, 2021

The scheme, first proposed two years ago, will protect up to $100,000 of each depositor’s funds in the…

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Lack Of Water Fluoridation Causing Tooth Decay Problems – 32 Gems Dental

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 21, 2021

NEWS Several drinking water sources don’t include enough fluoride to protect against tooth decay. The government recently announced…

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Georgie Falloon Shares Her Story About Starting Redwood Clothing

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 21, 2021

NEWS The newest blog on the Redwood Clothing website is an interview with the founder by FashioNZ about…

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FMA taking aim at investment funds advertising phenomenal returns

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 20, 2021

The Financial Markets Authority is clamping down on investment funds advertising phenomenal returns for the past year.

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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Trainer aims for new world record November 10, 2025
Photo: HIIT For Hope The push is on to get more people signed up for a world record attempt in Rolleston this month.
ODT Hockey Chat: Alpiners take to the turf November 10, 2025
Paddon secures Australian Rally Championship title November 10, 2025
John Kennard (left) and Hayden Paddon celebrate with the Possum Bourne Trophy after winning the Australian Rally Championship in Tasmania yesterday. Photo: Supplied Hayden Paddon and John Kennard have delivered on the final stage to secure the Possum Bourne Trophy as winners of the Australian Rally Championship.
What happens next for Te Pāti Māori and its expelled MPs? November 10, 2025
Buildings that 'drift' less perform better in quakes November 10, 2025
MP calls out Government's social housing blunder November 9, 2025
The Government said social housing was planned for Lyttelton, instead of Lyttleton St, Somerfield, the location of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust’s community housing development. Photo: Geoff Sloan The Government made an error in its announcement of social housing development in Christchurch, confusing Lyttelton with Lyttelton St.
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Man fined after being filmed burning rubbish on beach November 9, 2025
A video posted to social media showed the fire on Dorie Beach near Rakaia, Canterbury. Photo: Supplied By Jonathan Leask, Local democracy reporter A Canterbury fisherman has complained to authorities after filming a man dumping trash on the beach and setting it alight.
Person fined for burning trash on Canterbury beach after fisherman dobbed them in November 9, 2025
Govt ramps up social media ban awareness November 9, 2025
Photo: Getty Images Australia's world-leading youth social media ban will give kids back their childhood, the prime minister says, as key questions about the plan remain unanswered.
Students' sporting achievements on show at awards November 9, 2025
The Zonta Club of Christchurch South has held its secondary school sports awards at the Hornby Club to celebrate students’ sporting success.

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April 2021

Investigation of wholesale power price spike finds companies didn’t break rules

Bank insurance scheme to protect up to $100,000 of each depositor’s funds

Lack Of Water Fluoridation Causing Tooth Decay Problems – 32 Gems Dental

Georgie Falloon Shares Her Story About Starting Redwood Clothing

FMA taking aim at investment funds advertising phenomenal returns

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