June 2021

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Arborgen, AMP in potential mergers, acquisitions

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 29, 2021

Two new potential deals have emerged today – the small tree genetics company Arborgen, and the New Zealand…

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Data reveals NZ and Australian investors’ different priorities

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 29, 2021

Australian retail investors have different priorities to New Zealanders when it comes to investing online, according to Sharesies…

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Businesses wary of policing mandatory QR scanning

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 29, 2021

With the government considering compulsory QR code checkins, businesses seem sceptical about how it would be policed, saying…

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MotorCo Have Some Advice On Buying a Used Car

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BUSINESS If you are in the market for buying a used car, MotorCo have some advice for you,…

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Heaven Contracting Offer A Wide Range of Arboriculture Services

New Zealand Blog News Service Jun 29, 2021

BUSINESS Heaven Contracting provide a full range of arboriculture services, including tree removal, tree pruning, stump grinding, hedge…

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. […]
Ben Uffindell
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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Beloved brew bash boundless bliss for beer buffs November 7, 2025
Costumes were the order of the day at the Dunedin Craft Beer & Food Festival yesterday.
Matthew Littlewood
PPTA to back drastic intervention: Trust in Columba board ‘damaged’ November 7, 2025
Columba College. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Rumblings of revolt at embattled Columba College have been amplified now union members are calling for the resignation of both the school’s board chairs.
Rob Kidd
Shake-up intended to ‘elevate’ governance November 7, 2025
Sophie Barker. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED New Dunedin Mayor Sophie Barker has shaken up how the city’s elected representatives will govern the council.
Grant Miller
Director of ‘Once Were Warriors’ Lee Tamahori dies November 7, 2025
Lee Tamahori on location while filming The Convert in 2022. PHOTO: SUPPLIED / KIRSTY GRIFFIN One of the biggest names in New Zealand film-making has died.
Pupils hope to keep sealife safe, one bag of rubbish at a time November 7, 2025
St Brigid's School Rubbish Rangers Kairo Astilla, Heanock Ignatius, Danelle Dumasis, Levi Daniels, all 5, keep their eyes peeled for litter in Bayfield Park. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUEIRY A squad of thirteen 5-year-old children have taken it upon themselves to clean Dunedin.
Mark John
No conviction after assaulting daughter November 7, 2025
A Dunedin businessman has avoided a conviction for assaulting his daughter — and his identity can never be revealed.
Felicity Dear
Calder Stewart eyes future as firm marks 70th November 7, 2025
The Revolution Hills business campus at Calder Stewart’s headquarters just north of Milton. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED A South Otago business has bullishly talked of expansion — with plans for wind and solar farms, and major infrastructure projects — as it brings up 70 years of existence.
ODT quiz: November 8 November 7, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, November 8.
Aim of ‘sound sculpture’ to be ‘empathetic’ November 7, 2025
Artist Mike O’Kane explains his new work, 'Mercy Falls Like Gentle Rain', to an audience at Knox Church Garden last night. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Mike O’Kane wanted to create something "empathetic" for Knox Church’s garden.
Matthew Littlewood
October weather broke many records November 7, 2025
ODT GRAPHIC After a month of highly volatile weather with "violent" winds and rain, few people will be surprised that many long-held records were broken across Otago and Southland during October.
John Lewis

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June 2021

Arborgen, AMP in potential mergers, acquisitions

Data reveals NZ and Australian investors’ different priorities

Businesses wary of policing mandatory QR scanning

MotorCo Have Some Advice On Buying a Used Car

Heaven Contracting Offer A Wide Range of Arboriculture Services

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