October 2024

New Zealand overcome Dottin’s all-round brilliance to make first T20 World Cup final since 2010

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 18, 2024

Dottin picked up four wickets and then blitzed 33 off 22 but New Zealand’s spinners undo West Indieshttp://dlvr.it/TFTz1f

India 46 all out as Henry and Conway create New Zealand’s dream day

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 18, 2024

ICYMI: A spectacular day’s play in Bengaluru ended with the visitors 134 runs in the leadhttp://dlvr.it/TFTz0T

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

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 17, 2024

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

Halloween Charcuterie Board

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 17, 2024

Recipe Listings: Want to scare up some fun during spooky season? This Nightmare Before Christmas theme Halloween Charcuterie…

India 46 all out as Henry and Conway create New Zealand’s dream day

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 17, 2024

A spectacular day’s play in Bengaluru ended with the visitors 134 runs in the leadhttp://dlvr.it/TFS1Vw

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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Thailand fishing industry nearing standstill as fuel costs rise March 26, 2026
Soaring fuel costs threaten to cripple Thai fishing fleet. Photo: Reuters A surge in diesel prices triggered by the US-Israeli war on Iran is pushing Thailand's multibillion-dollar fishing industry towards a standstill, with fishermen warning that their boats could be idled within days unless the government steps in.
At least 24 dead as bus falls into river while boarding ferry March 26, 2026
Relatives of victims react at a mortuary after a bus met with an accident and plunged into the Padma River in Rajbari. Photo: Reuters At least 24 people died after a passenger bus carrying around 40 passengers plunged into the Padma River while attempting to board a ferry in Bangladesh, officials said today.
AI scribe concerns highlighted after 'jailbreak' exercise March 26, 2026
By Kate Green of RNZ The AI scribe rolled out in EDs around the country has given health diagnoses, a meth recipe, instructions for killing by poison and advice on making bombs, during testing to see if would break the rules on what it's allowed to do.
Stuff to close Petone printing press March 26, 2026
Photo: RNZ News publisher Stuff Group has announced the closure of its Petone printing press and the loss of 30 jobs on site.
Former priest sexually violated teen at Canterbury bach March 26, 2026
Jonathan Kirkpatrick Former Anglican priest Jonathan Kirkpatrick, can now be revealed as the man who sexually violated a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.
Former Dunedin Anglican dean sexually violated teen March 26, 2026
Jonathan Kirkpatrick A former dean of Dunedin's St Paul's Cathedral can now be revealed as the man who sexually violated a teenager at his Canterbury bach over 30 years ago.
Mayor dismisses reports of low fuel as Twizel hosts Maadi Cup March 26, 2026
By Keiller MacDuff of RNZ Mackenzie mayor Scott Aronsen has dismissed reports Twizel is running low on fuel as the town hosts the pinnacle of the secondary school rowing calendar.
No fuel alert level change tomorrow: Willis March 26, 2026
Finance Minister Nicola Willis. Photo: RNZ By Jo Moir of RNZ The country will not be moving up an alert level when ministers announce more details of the national fuel plan at Parliament on Friday.
Okarito rowi kiwi return to West Coast March 26, 2026
A rowi kiwi. Photo: Supplied/Department of Conservation Seventy Okarito rowi kiwi have been brought home after rearing on a predator-free island off the North Island.
Rugby Chat: Club season returns March 26, 2026
The much-missed ODT Rugby Chat, brought to you by Garador, is back bigger than ever by popular demand.

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October 2024

New Zealand overcome Dottin’s all-round brilliance to make first T20 World Cup final since 2010

India 46 all out as Henry and Conway create New Zealand’s dream day

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

Halloween Charcuterie Board

India 46 all out as Henry and Conway create New Zealand’s dream day

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