August 23, 2021

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Life Insurance, vaccines & Covid-19 – your questions answered

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NEWS With another lockdown in place for the near future and vaccines gaining momentum, we thought it was…

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Sleepyhead town: resource consents approved for factory

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Resource consents have been granted for a foam factory to be built at Ōhinewai in North Waikato.

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Electronics create retail sector buzz before lockdown, figures show

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New figures show the retail sector was buoyant ahead of the nationwide lockdown, with sales of electronics leading…

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Urban Homes Win Gold at RMB House of the Year Awards 2021

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BUILDING – WHITIANGA It’s smiles all around at Urban Homes today, after they took home a Registered Master…

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Meridian Energy accused of making billions in extra profit

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Meridian Energy has earned billions of dollars in excess profits in the last 20 years, some major electricity…

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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Another Cabinet minister caught up in UN letter saga August 16, 2025
Treaty Negotiations Minister Paul Goldsmith. Photos: RNZ/Mark Papalii By Craig McCulloch of RNZ Another Cabinet minister has been caught up in the United Nations letter-writing imbroglio, with new documents showing David Seymour first ran his response past Paul Goldsmith before he sent it.
Thousands rattled by Queensland quake August 16, 2025
Photo: Getty Images An earthquake has struck in Australia for the third time in recent days, with thousands losing power and feeling the tremors.
Crews fight 'tricky' St Bathans blaze August 16, 2025
Smoke rises over the small Central Otago town of St Bathans. Photo: Supplied/Susanne Falkensammer Central Otago fire crews spent the Saturday afternoon dealing with a "rather tricky" vegetation fire that spread in St Bathans.
Matthew Littlewood
'Seasoned' Facebook Marketplace scammer imprisoned August 16, 2025
Adrian Colbert used Facebook Marketplace to trick people into thinking he'd bought their cars, but he never paid for them. A "career" criminal is back behind bars for dishonesty after he duped people into handing over their vehicles in a Facebook scam.
Police to re-examine murder of 6-year-old, 45 years on August 15, 2025
Alicia O'Reilly was murdered in 1980, when she was just six years old. Photo: Supplied/New Zealand Herald Warning: this story discusses the murder and assault of a child.
Israel looking to re-settle Gazans in South Sudan August 15, 2025
Much of Gaza has been reduced to rubble by Israel's continuing campaign. Photo: Reuters South Sudan and Israel are discussing a deal to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza in the troubled African nation, three sources told Reuters - a plan quickly dismissed as unacceptable by Palestinian leaders.
Trump-Putin summit ends with no deal over Ukraine August 15, 2025
US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin during a brief press-conference following their meeting. Photo: Reuters A highly anticipated summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday yielded no agreement to resolve or pause Moscow's war in Ukraine, despite both leaders describing the talks in Alaska as productive.
ODT quiz: August 16 August 15, 2025
Standing up for what mattered August 15, 2025
Greypower Otago president Jo Millar in her home office. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON JO MILLAR Community advocate
John Lewis
Obituary: DJ Mu, the producer and pulse beat of Fat Freddy's Drop August 15, 2025
Fat Freddy's Drop (Chris Faiumu far right). PHOTO: SARAH HUNTER CHRISTOPHER TA'ALOGA FAIUMU Musician
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August 23, 2021

Life Insurance, vaccines & Covid-19 – your questions answered

Sleepyhead town: resource consents approved for factory

Electronics create retail sector buzz before lockdown, figures show

Urban Homes Win Gold at RMB House of the Year Awards 2021

Meridian Energy accused of making billions in extra profit

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