April 2021

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Industries desperate for workers urge government to open borders to Pacific

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Fruit, meat works and food processing industries are calling on the government to open Pacific borders to tackle…

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Commodity prices hit record high, driven by surge in global dairy exports

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 7, 2021

ANZ’s monthly commodity price index rose 6 percent in March on February, and was 20 percent higher than…

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Used cars repossessed more often after being sold with money owing – FSCL

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 7, 2021

The Financial Services Complaints organisation said people are having their cars repossessed after they bought them from sellers…

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Trans-Tasman bubble may produce uneven spending in regions – economist

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 6, 2021

Economists are warning that the resumption of trans-Tasman travel may not necessarily deliver the economic boon many are…

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Changes to the Brightline Property Rule – Hayman Lawyers

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 6, 2021

NEWS New changes from 27 March 2021 mean that you might have to pay income tax when you…

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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Obituary: Simpson a cricketer for every season when Australia called November 9, 2025
Bob Simpson at the wicket during his famous 1977 comeback season, batting against India for New South Wales. Photos: Getty Images BOB SIMPSON Cricketer As a player, captain and coach, Bob Simpson was one of the most influential figures in Australian cricket.
Obituary: Ricky Hatton, boxer November 9, 2025
Ricky Hatton, trainer of Chloe Watson, looks on during a media workout ahead of her EBU European Flyweight title fight against Jasmina Zapotoczna at Bronx Boxing Club on March 4, 2025, in London, England. Photo: Getty Images Ricky Hatton rose from a council estate to become a boxing world champion, but his life was not […]
Obituary: Sonny Curtis, musician November 9, 2025
Sonny Curtis performs during The First And The Worst benefiting Music Health Alliance at City Winery Nashville on March 1, 2017 in Nashville, Tennessee. Photo: Getty Images Sonny Curtis wrote or co-wrote hundreds of songs, from Keith Whitley’s country smash I’m No Stranger to the Rain to the Everly Brothers’ Walk Right Back.
Obituary: Doig undaunted by fire or flood November 9, 2025
Eleanor Doig helped pull together a network of community agencies and local residents. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED ELEANOR DOIG QSM Community leader Eleanor Doig poured everything she had learned in her life and work into an audacious retirement project: to help save South Dunedin.
Obituary: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, architect November 9, 2025
A view inside the Fulton Subway station and transpirational hub on February 07, 2025 in New York City. Completed in 2014 by Nicholas Grimshaw and James Carpenter Design Associates. Photo: Getty Images Architect Sir Nicholas Grimshaw revelled in bringing the latest technology to his designs, and created buildings which are known world-wide.
Protest room win for Hunt leaves a sour taste November 9, 2025
Emma Gilmour. Photo: Geoff Ridder EDITORIAL This weekend is shaping up as another busy one for motorsport fans, with both the New Zealand and Australian rally championships wrapping up, and the Brazilian Grand Prix running in Sao Paulo.
Sizable technology leap for Audi November 9, 2025
Photo: Richard Bosselman ROAD TEST When Europe’s premium brands became really serious about going electric, the argument supporting the logic seemed so solid.
Seeing the wood for the exotic trees November 9, 2025
A recent piece of research, looking at the role of parks and reserves in colonisation, set the newspaper’s letters column alight.
Painting a pivotal moment November 9, 2025
Red Cockerel (1924, oil on canvas) by Frances Hodgkins (b.1869 d.1967). Collection of the Dunedin Public Art Gallery. It took a while for Francis Hodgkins’ vision to be recognised, Lucy Hammonds writes.
Lessons in the key of music November 9, 2025
Concord School band Plug In are (from left) Emily McKenzie (guitar), Sierra Ford (vocals), Amaya Haycock (keys), Luca Canning (drums), Keesha-Maree Gawn (vocals) and Arnold Reddy (bass). Photo: Peter McIntosh A new take on a Kiwi classic is helping a group of tamariki to find their voice.
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April 2021

Industries desperate for workers urge government to open borders to Pacific

Commodity prices hit record high, driven by surge in global dairy exports

Used cars repossessed more often after being sold with money owing – FSCL

Trans-Tasman bubble may produce uneven spending in regions – economist

Changes to the Brightline Property Rule – Hayman Lawyers

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