2021

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Green Cross Health pulls out of potential bid for Tamaki Health

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

The listed medical services and pharmacy company has pulled out of its potential bid for Auckland-based independent healthcare…

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Quarterly housing construction costs rise at double usual rate

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

Annual construction cost growth rose 5.5 percent in the year to September, which was the fastest annual rate…

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Warnings over finance course spreading in Māori, Pasifika community

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

A Hamilton woman living in the US admits she targets single mothers, Māori and Pasifika to join a…

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Good Spirits Hospitality makes deal to buy Nourish Group

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

Good Spirits Hospitality has made a deal to buy Nourish Group, which will double the company’s size.

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The Potentially Positive Environmental Impact of 3D Mapping

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2021

NEWS Climate change is significantly impacting the natural world. From rises in overall global temperatures and melting ice…

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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Water now safe to drink in Gore July 21, 2025
Gore District Council has lifted the do not drink notice on the township's water supply following a third day of testing beneath the national limit.
Four kilos of cocaine found in suitcase at Auckland Airport July 21, 2025
Four kilograms of cocaine were found hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport. Photo: Supplied / Customs Customs officers have found $1.6 million worth of cocaine "intricately" hidden in a suitcase at Auckland Airport.
China starts work on world's largest hydropower dam July 21, 2025
Southland businessman found dead in boat on Lake Manapouri: reports July 21, 2025
Shy Canterbury student now spreading his wings July 21, 2025
Thousands in counterfeit cash seized after dodgy Facebook Marketplace deals July 21, 2025
Unique brass plaque goes missing in Rolleston July 21, 2025
The plaque marking the site of the first rural Catholic parish has gone missing. Photo: Police A unique brass plaque has gone missing in Rolleston and police need your help to find it.
What are the most popular dog names in Chch? July 21, 2025
Photo: Christchurch City Council The most popular dog names in Christchurch over the past year have been revealed.
Govt to go ahead with new Waikato medical school July 21, 2025
'Stop being so timid and start trying new things': Shy student now spreading his wings July 21, 2025

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2021

Green Cross Health pulls out of potential bid for Tamaki Health

Quarterly housing construction costs rise at double usual rate

Warnings over finance course spreading in Māori, Pasifika community

Good Spirits Hospitality makes deal to buy Nourish Group

The Potentially Positive Environmental Impact of 3D Mapping

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