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Mitchell: ‘We can’t change the wicket, but we’ll find a way to adapt’

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ICYMI: “I’m sure we’ll come up with a plan and find a way to take 20 wickets and…

New Zealand hope turning Pune pitch will play into their hands

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Tom Latham and Rachin Ravindra trust in their team’s ability to adapt but don’t want to go into…

Air Fryer Cinnamon Rolls With Bacon

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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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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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‘Wee bit expensive’ but ‘relief’ cat allowed February 9, 2026
Dunedin woman Emily Dixon’s beloved 11-year-old cat, Nala. PHOTO: EMILY DIXON For a Dunedin renter and cat owner, the introduction of a pet bond has lifted a large weight off her shoulders — despite the price.
Laine Priestley
Highlander Connor Garden-Bachop died of natural causes: Coroner February 9, 2026
Longstanding Dunedin painting company on market February 9, 2026
They probably did not have a cake big enough for all the candles.
Quick response to burning tractor February 9, 2026
Fire and Emergency New Zealand staff attend a tractor fire above Concord, in Dunedin, which sent large plumes of thick black smoke across the area yesterday afternoon.
Rents drop despite dip in supply February 9, 2026
ODT GRAPHIC Rental properties in the southern regions appear to be turning the economic principle of supply and demand on its head.
John Lewis
Mosgiel roads on NZTA radar February 9, 2026
Motorists sometimes have trouble around Quarry Rd getting in or out of Mosgiel. PHOTO: ODT FILES Significant investment in Mosgiel’s roads could be on the cards, as initial work to deal with increasing congestion may not be enough.
Grant Miller
Sharks or humans: anger, questions over seal deaths February 9, 2026
A New Zealand fur seal. PHOTO: RNZ Department of Conservation staff are not ruling out human involvement in the decapitation of at least two New Zealand fur seals found dead on a Dunedin beach.
John Lewis
Child sex offender denied parole February 9, 2026
Paiea Waihirere, pictured here at his sentencing in 2017, was declined parole at his most recent hearing. PHOTO: ROB KIDD A Dunedin sex offender who photoshopped his victim’s face on to child pornography images has been declined parole again.
Felicity Dear
Contest win down to ‘story in the image’ February 9, 2026
Waitahuna freelance photographer Susan Church holds up her Australia New Zealand Sony Alpha Photography Awards sports category-winning photo of Klay Lanigan, of Cambridge, competing in the steer wrestling event at the 2025 Outram Rodeo. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Concerned, encouraging, inquisitive, disbelieving, holding on for dear life — the facial expressions in Susan Church’s award-winning photo […]
John Lewis
Time frame shortened for wind farm decision February 9, 2026
An artist’s impression of what the turbines will look like for stage two of the Mahinerangi wind farm from Black Rock Runs Rd. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Mercury Energy has been given a boost to its planned Mahinerangi wind farm expansion by way of a shorter time frame than it asked for.

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