May 2021

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Life Insurance, suicide and taxes (explained simply)

New Zealand Blog News Service May 17, 2021

NEWS Suicide and taxes are among the most ‘googled’ terms when looking for life insurance, as there is…

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NZ software firm Timely snapped up by overseas buyer

New Zealand Blog News Service May 17, 2021

Dunedin-based Timely is being bought by US company EverCommerce – the fourth local technology to be sold to…

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Villa Maria wine company owners in receivership

New Zealand Blog News Service May 17, 2021

The receivers stressed that Villa Maria’s domestic or international business, which had been in operating for 60 years,…

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Taupō-based firm secures investment in lithium extraction for EV batteries

New Zealand Blog News Service May 17, 2021

A Taupō-based company hoping to mine geothermal waste for use in making electric vehicle batteries has received a…

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Tourism spending fell 10% over summer – report

New Zealand Blog News Service May 17, 2021

The economic gap between the regions that rely on tourism and those that do not has widened.

Political leaders say public feedback has been valuable, but final government must reflect operational realities November 8, 2026
New Zealanders were greeted this morning with an emergency mobile alert from the sitting coalition government, thanking them profusely for taking the time to participate in the triennial democracy survey. The survey, which every three years seeks to gauge New Zealanders’ opinion on what their government should look like, before ostensibly taking it somewhat into […]
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Public sends clear message it wants seven distinctly different things November 7, 2026
Last night, the people of New Zealand spoke, and while we don’t have all the results yet due to the catastrophic freak fires at seventeen different polling places – and the unfortunate incident in which Stuff’s Patrick Gower became so hungry for politics he ate an entire box of marked ballots – it remains undeniable […]
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Disaster as overhang seats overflow debating chamber, taking out load-bearing walls November 7, 2026
An unmitigated catastrophe is unfolding at Parliament tonight as election results have produced an enormous overhang for both sides of the political aisle, with the resulting additional seats overflowing the debating chamber and causing significant structural damage to the building. While Parliament is designed to accommodate an overhang, the debating chamber is physically quite small, […]
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LIVE: ELECTION VOTE DECISION 2026 – Nation Election-Votes to Decide November 7, 2026
Once more, we’re back where we were three years ago, and three years before that, and possibly three years before that but we can’t quite remember if we were covering it. It’s Election Night, and we’re here with all the important updates you need to understand what your vote did or did not mean. We’re […]
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National rolled Luxon this morning and replaced him with a sandwich press, but due to electoral law we couldn’t report it until now November 7, 2026
As polls close across the nation, National voters are likely to be more than a bit surprised by what they voted for today. Due to electoral law, all politics is banned in New Zealand from midnight on election day through to polls closing at 7pm. Nothing can be published that may, in any way, sway […]
Ben Uffindell
Electoral Commission urged to release results in more exciting order November 6, 2026
Television broadcasters, along with Stuff, which is sometimes a bit like television but at other times is just outsourced TV3, have urged the Electoral Commission to release election results in a more exciting order, saying the current approach gives undue priority to counting votes rather than maintaining suspense. Network executives say results should be arranged […]
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Nation reconsidering whether we should have Laws at all November 4, 2026
In a stark shift in mood today, New Zealanders are increasingly wondering whether they should continue following Laws, and political parties across the country are giving serious thought to whether they should get rid of them. A series of political parties, most chiefly Opportunity (O), are expressing particularly strong views about Laws. O leader Q […]
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Luxon somehow loses US midterm elections November 4, 2026
In yet another blow to the National Party’s stuttering campaign, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has somehow lost the United States midterm elections, despite not qualifying for, nor participating, in any of them. Luxon was informed by aides late this afternoon that things were looking “pretty bad” for him across the country, and while polls were […]
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Tensions flare as Labour seeks to win back Green votes by backing rival gang October 20, 2026
Campaigns are usually something of a cold war, with parties vying for supremacy without direct confrontation. But this campaign could be poised to turn hot, as Labour has sought to stop the Greens’ incursion into their turf by backing a different gang to them. With the Greens offering at least a tacit endorsement to the […]
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Independent family-owned supermarkets independently suffer identical independent pricing faults October 20, 2026
Several independent, family-owned supermarkets across the North Island yesterday independently experienced independent pricing errors at independent but identical times. The errors, which affected presumably-independent prices at New World supermarkets, were not thought to be connected, as each supermarket was owned and operated independently of each other, as was made clear by dozens of near-identical but […]

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May 2021

Life Insurance, suicide and taxes (explained simply)

NZ software firm Timely snapped up by overseas buyer

Villa Maria wine company owners in receivership

Taupō-based firm secures investment in lithium extraction for EV batteries

Tourism spending fell 10% over summer – report

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