May 2021

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ASB to pay back $8m to customers over lending breach

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ASB Bank has agreed to pay more than $8 million to 78,000 of its customers after breaching responsible…

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Student Job Search aims to boost full-time jobs for university graduates

New Zealand Blog News Service May 4, 2021

Students have been seeking permanent work, with many businesses wanting casual staff and recruitment agencies overlooking graduates, the…

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Student Job Search boosts full-time jobs for university graduates

New Zealand Blog News Service May 4, 2021

Students have been seeking permanent work, with many businesses wanting casual staff and recruitment agencies overlooking graduates, the…

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‘Critical worker’ border exemptions: Entertainment industry about 12% of approvals

New Zealand Blog News Service May 4, 2021

Almost one in eight overseas workers approved to enter New Zealand since last June have been cast and…

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Wellington taxi company pulled up for ‘cartel conduct’

New Zealand Blog News Service May 4, 2021

The Commerce Commission is taking a Wellington taxi company to the High Court for alleged price-fixing.

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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ODT quiz: October 31 October 30, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, October 31.
Taking their posts October 30, 2025
Extension of chief executive’s contract to bring ‘stability’ October 30, 2025
Alex Parmley. PHOTO: ODT FILES The Waitaki District Council has agreed to a two-year extension for chief executive Alex Parmley.
Andrew Ashton
40-year-old motorcycle business closes October 30, 2025
MCR Motorcycle Replacements, at 79 Crawford St, closed its doors last week. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH A "poor economic climate" has resulted in the closure of a nearly 40-year-old Dunedin motorcycle business.
Tim Scott
Consent to take 65% stake in Alliance October 30, 2025
Dawn Meats chief executive officer, Niall Browne. PHOTO: ODT FILES Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand has granted consent, under the Overseas Investment Act, for Delmec Unlimited — part of the Dawn Meats Group — to take a 65% stake in Alliance Group.
Sally Rae
N. Otago rapt with season October 30, 2025
North Otago celebrating with the Lochore Cup. PHOTO: ODT FILES The North Otago Rugby Football Union has wrapped up a successful and "incredibly special" season.
Kayla Hodge
All about hunting gains earlier and converting them October 30, 2025
Maddy Gordon has been a revelation in the midcourt for the Silver Ferns during the Constellation Cup. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The Silver Ferns were a mixed bag across the Ditch, but came home strongly in the final two tests of the Constellation Cup on home soil. Netball writer Kayla Hodge picks five things we learned […]
Kayla Hodge
Vines dodge frost bullet, so far October 30, 2025
Queenstown winemakers say they managed to dodge a significant bullet this week.
Tracey Roxburgh
A black-letter day for communities October 30, 2025
Not everyone is a digital native in this super-connected world of ours.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo October 30, 2025
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.

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May 2021

ASB to pay back $8m to customers over lending breach

Student Job Search aims to boost full-time jobs for university graduates

Student Job Search boosts full-time jobs for university graduates

‘Critical worker’ border exemptions: Entertainment industry about 12% of approvals

Wellington taxi company pulled up for ‘cartel conduct’

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