October 16, 2024

What are the best fillings for a jacket potato? | Kitchen aide

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 16, 2024

ICYMI: Beans and/or cheese are the obvious choices, yes, but how about tahini, trout caviar or curry? There’s…

Summertime and the lemon is squeezy: Alice Zaslavsky’s surf club salad with iceberg, tomatoes and citrus

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 16, 2024

The cookbook author’s recipe showcases ultra-crisp lettuce and sweet citrus acidity. Plus a spring combo with peas and…

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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Family Christmas Festival now a ‘feature’ of season December 21, 2025
Ezra Thompson, 11, makes bubbles during the festival. Photos: Peter McIntosh Families braved the torrential rain to attend the Oval’s Christmas celebrations in decent numbers on Saturday.
Matthew Littlewood
Neighbours’ claims dismissed December 21, 2025
Claims some events at a Queenstown property would resemble an Eden Park concert are "fanciful", the Environment Court has found.
Guy Williams
Teeing up support for fire-damaged golf business December 21, 2025
Queenstown's golfers are being asked to rally behind a local business following a fire.
Tracey Roxburgh
20 years supporting athletes celebrated December 21, 2025
Jason McKenzie. Photo: supplied ILT Academy Southland celebrated two decades of supporting Southland’s best young athletes at a special function in Invercargill yesterday.
Growing village, hoping to elicit revisits December 21, 2025
Christina Grant stands in front of her mother’s rose bushes with her husband Callum Grant at Tarras Village, a cluster of businesses they are working to expand. PHOTO: EVIE SINCLAIR Christina and Callum Grant are following through on a family vision by expanding Tarras Village.
Evie Sinclair
Pair vying for vacant council seat December 21, 2025
And they’re off.
Julie Asher
Mines an economic boost if done well December 21, 2025
The proposed Bendigo-Ophir Gold Project site. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Balance and facts are missing from the debate over the proposed Bendigo gold mine, Miles Anderson writes.
Court correcting Corrections December 21, 2025
This time last year we were writing for the umpteenth time about the Department of Corrections thumbing its nose about calls for it to treat all prisoners according to the law.
Summer Times December 21, 2025
Over the next three weeks, the Otago Daily Times runs its annual Summer Times section.
Letters to the Editor: Bondi, buildings and partisanship December 21, 2025
The former Port Chalmers BNZ. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the terrible massacre at Bondi Beach, restoring the Port Chalmers BNZ, and partisan politics in New Zealand.

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What are the best fillings for a jacket potato? | Kitchen aide

Summertime and the lemon is squeezy: Alice Zaslavsky’s surf club salad with iceberg, tomatoes and citrus

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