2021

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Google to pause all political ads from 14 January

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 13, 2021

Alphabet Inc’s Google will pause political ads on all of its platforms starting 14 January, following last week’s…

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Surge in job ads as employment sector rallies

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 12, 2021

Job listings were almost back at their pre-Covid levels by the end of last year, Seek NZ says.

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Reserve Bank warned of cyber vulnerability weeks before breach

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 11, 2021

The Reserve Bank was warned about a critical problem in its file-sharing service weeks before a major breach,…

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Businesses hoping for good local turnout for America’s Cup

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 11, 2021

Auckland businesses trading on the doorstep of the America’s Cup Village face a nervous wait to see if…

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Pushpay lifts profit forecast in light of Christmas donations surge

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 11, 2021

The New Zealand-owned company expected its underlying profit to be between $US56 million and $US60m for the year…

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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Sent rude images to probation officer July 21, 2025
Sean Maguren, outside the Dunedin District Court, after admitting he sent an explicit image to his probation officer. PHOTO: STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER A Dunedin man who sent his former probation officer salacious and incriminating images claimed the woman texted him first.
Felicity Dear
End of Sounds Air route raises concerns July 21, 2025
A Sounds Air Cessna 208 Caravan. PHOTO: SUPPLIED There is concern Sounds Air quitting Wanaka may open the way for plans to have larger planes flying in and out of the town.
Olivia Caldwell
Community perplexed by plans to relocate school July 21, 2025
The Hawea Flat School may be relocating to the town of Hawea. PHOTOS: OLIVIA CALDWELL A school that has seen several generations of families through its doors for 140 years in Hawea Flat still has the threat of closure hanging over it.
Olivia Caldwell
New access to Clifton industrial area safer, more efficient July 21, 2025
ODT GRAPHIC Accessing Invercargill’s Clifton industrial area will be safer and more efficient from next week.
Water back on the menu; Greenpeace blames farmers July 21, 2025
Greenpeace spokesman Will Appelbe. PHOTO: GREENPEACE Greenpeace has pointed the finger at dairy farmers for the contaminated drinking water in Gore as Environment Southland begins an investigation.
Gerrit Doppenberg
Single-cell classrooms are ideal: principal July 21, 2025
Columba College principal Charissa Nicol (right) waits as assistant principal Marion Hogg marks some work in a single-cell classroom. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH A Dunedin secondary school with a traditional campus says single-cell classrooms are better at keeping students focused on learning.
Mark John
Near-complete moa skeleton July 21, 2025
Moa skeleton found in a dry cave, blocked by a boulder, at Waikaremoana. The bird’s height was about 12 feet 9 inches. — Otago Witness, 4.8.1925 The Government electrical engineer and the Acclimatisation Society’s ranger relate the discovery of a magnificent moa skeleton at Waikaremoana.
O’Ward keeps hopes alive July 21, 2025
Pato O'Ward. PHOTO: Kristin Enzor-USA TODAY NETWORK Mexican Pato O’Ward eked out his second IndyCar win in three weeks in Toronto yesterday, keeping alive his underdog chances to win the season championship.
Nweke in line for NZ selection after eligibility change July 21, 2025
Grace Nweke. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Grace Nweke could be in line to play for the Silver Ferns this year after Netball New Zealand changed its eligibility criteria.
Kayla Hodge
Boosting turnout at local elections July 21, 2025
A plan to "refresh our local democracy" presents ideas for improving the poor voter turnout at local elections, including a return to polling booths.

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2021

Google to pause all political ads from 14 January

Surge in job ads as employment sector rallies

Reserve Bank warned of cyber vulnerability weeks before breach

Businesses hoping for good local turnout for America’s Cup

Pushpay lifts profit forecast in light of Christmas donations surge

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