June 2021

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Big Names Confirmed For North v South Challenge

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BOWLS Some of the biggest names in bowls in New Zealand has been confirmed in the North (Te…

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Hundreds of insurance claims following Canterbury floods

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 2, 2021

Rural insurance provider FMG says it’s received about 300 claims to do with the floods in Canterbury.

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The Soil Scientist Gordon Rajendram (PhD) is serious about soil.

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 2, 2021

NEWS Farmers, do you know what is going on with your soil? Soil testing and sampling is the…

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Get Your Milltek Products From Sutherland Performance!

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NEWS Sutherland Performance stock a range of Milltek products for all your performance tuning needs! Milltek Sport are…

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Marsden Point workers brace for major job losses

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 2, 2021

Workers at Northland’s oil refinery say the region should be bracing for the biggest loss of jobs in…

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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Poor access to patient notes makes outsourcing risky, say doctors July 20, 2025
Photo: File "Ad hoc" sharing of patient information between public and private hospitals is putting patients at risk, warn doctors, with the government push to outsource thousands more operations.
Israeli fire kills another 67 waiting for aid in Gaza July 20, 2025
Palestinians queue to receive aid supplies amid a worsening hunger crisis, in Beit Lahia, Gaza. Photo: Reuters At least 67 Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire as they waited for UN aid trucks in northern Gaza on Sunday, the Gaza health ministry said, as Israel issued new evacuation orders for areas packed with displaced people.
Inflation predicted to hit 12-month high July 20, 2025
High food, power and housing coasts are offset by cheaper fuel. Photo: ODT files By Gyles Beckford of RNZ
Ministry overrides Health NZ in alcohol guidelines review July 20, 2025
PHOTO: SAMUEL RILLSTONE / RNZ By Gwen McClure of RNZ Outdated alcohol guidelines put New Zealand out of step with modern research, but our health authorities are in no hurry to update them.
Young competitors fine-tune confidence on stage July 20, 2025
In fine voice at SongFest’25! yesterday are (clockwise from top left) Kahurangi Makiha, Max Smith, Poppy Hussey, Holly Hamilton, Mackenzie Dunnicliff, Rishi Shantapriyan, Yulia Wood, Kahurangi Potae-Tamatea and Lucy Appleton (centre). PHOTOS: GERARD O’BRIEN Hits from Miley Cyrus, Adele and Queen filled the air at the weekend as young singers blew "the back off the […]
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University unfazed by dwindling donations July 20, 2025
The University of Otago is brushing off another dramatic drop-off in donations to its Foundation Trust, saying donors continue to seek other ways to contribute.
Matthew Littlewood
Lab should be open seven days: widower July 20, 2025
Dunedin man Sam Weepers protests outside the Dunedin Hospital every weekend to highlight his family’s concerns about the operating hours of the hospital’s cath lab. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON A grieving widower is vowing to continue a campaign to improve access to the Dunedin cardiac cath lab after his wife’s death.
Laine Priestley
Record sale proves a hit as event continues to grow July 20, 2025
Courtenay and Shiloh Butler hunt for a bargain at the fifth Dunedin Record & Pop Culture Fair held at Pearl Diver yesterday. PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Music fans and bargain hunters alike filled a Dunedin bar to the brim for the latest outing of a record and pop culture fair yesterday.
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Buy cycle July 20, 2025
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Student Lily Frieswyk picks up one of the 50 "pre-loved" bikes for sale at Friday’s Te Oraka Social Club bike market and repair workshop, which took place at the St David St end of the University of Otago campus.
Transported to idyllic world July 20, 2025
NZSO principal oboe Robert Orr. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Sublime Schubert, Dunedin Symphony Orchestra, King’s and Queen’s Performing Arts Centre, Saturday, July 19.

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June 2021

Big Names Confirmed For North v South Challenge

Hundreds of insurance claims following Canterbury floods

The Soil Scientist Gordon Rajendram (PhD) is serious about soil.

Get Your Milltek Products From Sutherland Performance!

Marsden Point workers brace for major job losses

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