April 2021

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How NZ Businesses are Getting Ahead One Keyword at a Time

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INTERNET Some businesses appear to have a secret weapon to getting ahead. A select few seem to get…

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Tauranga city centre businesses struggle without shoppers

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Tauranga businesses are hoping new leadership in the city will help revitalise the CBD, which has been hit…

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Welcome Boost Expected With Travel Bubble Opening

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TRAVEL – ASHBURTON “Just what we all need.” That from Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time…

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Welcome Boost Expected With Travel Bubble Opening

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TRAVEL – ASHBURTON “Just what we all need.” That from Peter and Susanne Wood who run Ski Time…

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Yes Finance welcomes new regulations to protect kiwis from unaffordable loans.

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 6, 2021

NEWS The New Zealand Government’s move to ensure that anyone who wants to borrow money is guaranteed consistent…

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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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Moving on from outdated thinking November 9, 2025
The transition to a sustainable economy offers New Zealand immense opportunity. Photo: Getty Images Businesses need to be managing today for a resilient future.
Kāhu winless after Hoiho run away with second half November 9, 2025
Southern Hoiho shooting guard Claire Jacobs. File photo: Gregor Richardson Claire Jacobs can claim family bragging rights.
Kayla Hodge
Hoiho run away with second half to keep Kāhu winless November 9, 2025
Southern Hoiho shooting guard Claire Jacobs. File photo: Gregor Richardson Claire Jacobs can claim family bragging rights.
Kayla Hodge
Good as it looks November 9, 2025
Photo: Penelope Maguire Roses are Penelope Maguire’s flavour of the season.
Social satire still scathing 40 years on November 9, 2025
The focus is on Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker, but in the background the shop awnings are ripped, the shops themselves closed and the cinema has stopped showing movies. It’s the right time to go Back to the Future, blockbustering’s most brilliant social satire, Amy Nicholson writes.
Headset for the hardcore November 9, 2025
TECH Photo: supplied TECH REVIEW LOGITECH ASTRO A20X LIGHTSPEED Wireless gaming headset ★★★★ RRP $399.95 I love physical interfaces, with tactile knobs and switches and inputs and outputs and wires.
Govt announces wide-reaching meth crackdown November 9, 2025
Bags of meth recently discovered at Auckland Airport. Photo: Supplied The government has unveiled a plan to combat methamphetamine harm in New Zealand, strengthening border security, and increasing addiction services and maritime operations to disrupt organised crime networks.
SH1 near Invercargill closed after truck crash November 9, 2025
State Highway 1 near Invercargill is closed after a water truck rolled and took out a power pole.
Tim Scott
Philippines evacuates 100,000 as super typhoon bears down November 9, 2025
The Philippines is still recovering from a typhoon Kalmaegi, which left more than 200 dead in the country. Photo: Reuters The Philippines evacuated over 100,000 residents across its eastern and northern regions as Fung-wong intensified on Sunday into a super typhoon ahead of its expected arrival later in the day, threatening to unleash torrential rains, destructive winds, […]
Pain 'off the charts': Disgraced dentist fined for botched work November 9, 2025
Former Auckland dentist David Zimmerman and his company, MJ & Sleep Therapy Centre, have been sentenced on charges brought by the Ministry of Health under the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act and the Radiation Safety Act. Image: NZME composite A woman in agony from an infected tooth knew something was off with the dentist when […]

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How NZ Businesses are Getting Ahead One Keyword at a Time

Tauranga city centre businesses struggle without shoppers

Welcome Boost Expected With Travel Bubble Opening

Welcome Boost Expected With Travel Bubble Opening

Yes Finance welcomes new regulations to protect kiwis from unaffordable loans.

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