May 2021

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Pacific Legal is expanding its website

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NEWS Pacific Legal is regularly updating their website with all the services they offer. The immigration law team…

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Electricity Authority imposes new trading conduct rule

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The rule is expected to prevent big electricity suppliers from taking advantage of their dominant position in what…

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Virtual Assistant is hiring!

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NEWS Virtual Assistant is looking for an additional team member who can support businesses with their exceptional assistant…

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Accountants’ gender pay gap averages $60k – survey

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Male accountants are paid 40 to 50 percent more than their female counterparts according to a survey by…

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Time is running out to win the ultimate travel package from the award-winning luxury Nelson motel Century Park Motor Lodge.

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NEWS Century Park Motor Lodge, Origin Air, Nelson Car Hire, Wilsons Abel Tasman and Mama Cod are coming…

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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Horseman Nathan Williamson in coma after serious injury December 13, 2025
Nathan Williamson. PHOTO: ODT FILES Southland horseman Nathan Williamson has suffered a serious injury after a fall during a race.
Horseman Nathan Williamson in coma after serious fall December 13, 2025
Nathan Williamson. PHOTO: ODT FILES Southland horseman Nathan Williamson has suffered a serious injury after a fall during a race.
Dirt bike rider flown to hospital after Twizel crash December 13, 2025
A person has been airlifted to hospital after they collided with a car while on a dirt bike near Twizel, police say.
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Dirt bike rider 'seriously hurt' in Twizel crash December 13, 2025
A person has been airlifted to hospital after they collided with a car while on a dirt bike near Twizel, police say.
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Youth escapes justice facility in Canterbury December 13, 2025
RNZ understands the facility the young person escaped from is Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps By Sam Sherwood of RNZ A person has escaped from a youth justice facility in Canterbury.
Search after youth escapes Canterbury facility December 13, 2025
RNZ understands the facility the young person escaped from is Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps By Sam Sherwood of RNZ A person has escaped from a youth justice facility in Canterbury.
Luxon moves to defend leadership December 13, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he has a "tight disciplined team". Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has mounted a defence of his leadership, reminding people he rebuilt the National Party after "a state of civil war".
Luxon defends leadership December 13, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says he has a "tight disciplined team". Photo: RNZ By Anneke Smith of RNZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has mounted a defence of his leadership, reminding people he rebuilt the National Party after "a state of civil war".
Latest ferry incident shows tug needed: union December 13, 2025
The Kaiārahi ferry. Photo: Interislander (file) An Interislander ferry dodged a bullet after suffering a technical failure yesterday - and that is proof an emergency tug is needed, the Maritime Union says.
Bravery award for man who died saving boy December 13, 2025
Jonathan Young died after attempting to save a child who got swept into Lake Wakatipu. PHOTO: ODT FILES The fiancee of an Australian man who "gave away his life" for a young boy "to continue on living" said it was her truest honour to receive a New Zealand Bravery Award on his behalf.
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Pacific Legal is expanding its website

Electricity Authority imposes new trading conduct rule

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Accountants’ gender pay gap averages $60k – survey

Time is running out to win the ultimate travel package from the award-winning luxury Nelson motel Century Park Motor Lodge.

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