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NZ Green Investment Finance ups funding for large-scale solar panel installations by $30m

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A $30m boost for solarZero’s existing funding of $100m will help increase the number of solar panel installations…

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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National tumbles in latest poll as Luxon faces caucus April 19, 2026
Photo: RNZ/Alexander Robertson By Jo Moir of RNZ Analysis: A new poll showing National sitting on just 30 percent, and the coalition unable to govern, has set the stage for a crucial week in Christopher Luxon's prime ministership.
Poll result National's worst since Luxon became leader April 19, 2026
Photo: RNZ/Alexander Robertson By Jo Moir of RNZ Analysis: A new poll showing National sitting on just 30 percent, and the coalition unable to govern, has set the stage for a crucial week in Christopher Luxon's prime ministership.
Payne claims final Supercars race as anguish for Wood April 19, 2026
Matt Payne went back-to-back after winning on Saturday. Photos: Daniel Alvey Kiwi Matt Payne has claimed back-to-back Supercars wins.
Daniel Alvey
Payne continues upward form as anguish for Wood April 19, 2026
Matt Payne went back-to-back after winning on Saturday. Photos: Daniel Alvey Kiwi Matt Payne has claimed back-to-back Supercars wins.
Daniel Alvey
Green Party issues 'human catastrophe' warning in address April 19, 2026
Chlöe Swarbrick delivers her 'State of the Planet' speech. Photos: RNZ/Mark Papalii The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry with natural energy, as a response to the fuel crisis.
Greens issue warning in 'State of the Planet' address April 19, 2026
Chlöe Swarbrick delivers her 'State of the Planet' speech. Photos: RNZ/Mark Papalii The Green Party is calling for a national plan to electrify homes, transport and industry with natural energy, as a response to the fuel crisis.
Letters to the Editor: Land, byelection and thanks, Dunedin April 19, 2026
Nothing? The site of the proposed Santana mine. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including Otago land, byelection and a thanks to the Dunedin community.
Laughing at Hyde St costumes leads to arrest April 19, 2026
A Hyde St partygoer, who laughed at a group of men's costumes and challenged them to a fight, tried to punch and kick officers while being arrested, police say.
Tim Scott
Robots race past humans in China half-marathon April 19, 2026
A Lightning humanoid robot by Honor takes part in the half-marathon in Beijing on Saturday. Photo: Reuters Dozens of Chinese-made humanoid robots showed off their fast-improving athleticism, whizzing past human runners in a half-marathon race in Beijing on Sunday, having lagged far behind a year earlier.
Pope downplays feud with Trump April 19, 2026
Pope Leo's Africa tour is one of the most complicated ever arranged for a pontiff. Photo: Reuters Pope Leo XIV has sought to downplay his feud with US President Donald Trump, saying reporting about comments he has made so far during his Africa tour "has not been accurate in all its aspects".

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