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Mercury NZ plans to buy Trustpower’s retail business for $441m

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Trustpower plans to sell its retail business to rival power company Mercury for $441 million.

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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
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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
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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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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Shanghai relocates 280,000 amid storm July 30, 2025
A woman wrestles with an umbrella during rain and high winds in Shanghai. Photo: Reuters Shanghai has relocated more than 280,000 people, halted hundreds of flights and ferry services and imposed speed limits on roads and railways as a tropical storm whipped eastern China with gales and heavy rain.
Jackson accuses govt of rigging next election July 30, 2025
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Pacific islands on tsunami watch July 30, 2025
Boats in Rarotonga were being moved to deeper water on the advice of local authorities in response to tsunami warnings today. Photo: RNZ Pacific island nations are on alert for possible tsunami waves, following today's powerful earthquake off Russia.
MP supports saving bird sanctuary July 30, 2025
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Clockwise from top left, the School Gala Award went to Ivy Mckenzie, of Wakatipu High School, for this tiered design; Vicki Taylor-Blair and Chris Reeve, of Dunedin, won the Open Avant Garde Award and the overall Award of Excellence for this design made from bicycle tyre tubes; the Heather Patterson QSM Memorial Award for the best Southland […]
Call to strip body of charitable status July 30, 2025
Gore’s welcome sign and brown trout monument were defaced early last week, after Greenpeace put up a sign decrying dairy farming following the recent spike of nitrate levels in the water. Gore District Council workers removed the sign, which read "Where Dirty Dairy Wrecked The Water", that night. The council lifted its do-not-drink notice a […]
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School’s history recovered by dedicated local July 30, 2025
Edendale resident Glenys Macbeth has been hard at work on the long history of Edendale School, compiling photos and stories from the last 150 years of the school’s existence. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG A monumental effort of an Edendale woman has brought together the last 150 years of Edendale School, through investigation and hard work.
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Surrounded by leather July 30, 2025
Photo: Ensign files Promising boxer Renata Karena among the new gear bought by the Gore Boxing Club in July 2010.
The world wants our excellent butter July 30, 2025
One of our favourite butter brands recently took home a prestigious award from the International Cheese and Dairy show, the oldest and largest such show in England.

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June 20, 2021

Mercury NZ plans to buy Trustpower’s retail business for $441m

Signs your gutter needs a clean with Rotorua’s leading house washing service, Exterior Washing Services.

New Zealand News: See stunning images of beautiful landscaping and national parks

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