December 1, 2024

Chorizo parsnips, spicy roast potatoes and three-green gratin: Rosie Mackean’s alternative Christmas sides – recipes

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2024

ICYMI: Don’t plump for the same old trimmings this year; shake things up with these stellar side dishes…

Piha’s radical new Chris Tate ‘bunker house’: Design driven by need for privacy at beachfront

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2024

ICYMI: Unorthodox house perched on a V-shaped concrete plinth.http://dlvr.it/TGWS9Z

NZ interest rate yield curve turns more steeply positive

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2024

The trend of NZ’s steeping yield curve looks likely to continue into 2025.http://dlvr.it/TGWS1T

Woakes, Carse put victory in sight after belligerent batting overpowers New Zealand

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2024

ICYMI: England cash in on 151-run first-innings lead thanks to brutal hitting on third dayhttp://dlvr.it/TGWPDv

‘Not something that requires work’ – Latham not worried about New Zealand’s catching

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2024

The hosts dropped a staggering eight catches in England’s first innings in the opening Testhttp://dlvr.it/TGWP62

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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell

Climber killed in Fiordland 'died doing something he loved' December 18, 2025
Connor Scott McKenzie died while climbing in Fiordland at the weekend. Photo: Supplied The family of one of the climbers who died in Fiordland at the weekend say there is some solace for them "in that he lived life to its fullest and died doing something he loved".
Corrections boss ordered to obey law or face contempt of court December 18, 2025
John Campbell chosen to co-host Morning Report December 18, 2025
John Campbell. Photo: RNZ John Campbell is returning to RNZ, as the new co-host of Morning Report alongside Ingrid Hipkiss.
Gloriavale Christian School has registration cancelled December 18, 2025
Gloriavale Christian Community on the West Coast seen in a photo taken when it was visited by the Employment Court's chief judge in February 2023. Photo: RNZ The Secretary for Education is cancelling the registration of Gloriavale Christian School.
Mosgiel restaurateur who offered homeless teen cash for sex named December 18, 2025
Jamie Sean Smith admitted attempting to enter a commercial sexual arrangement with a teenage girl. Photo: Gregor Richardson A Mosgiel restaurateur who offered a 17-year-old girl $700 for sex can now be named.
Rob Kidd
Climbers believed buried by avalanche on Mt Cook December 18, 2025
Two climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook were likely caught in a large ice avalanche and are not believed to be alive, police say.
Mt Cook climbers 'buried by unsurvivable avalanche' December 18, 2025
Two climbers missing on Aoraki/Mount Cook were likely caught in a large ice avalanche and are not believed to be alive, police say.
Brown Uni gunman 'could be anywhere' December 18, 2025
Flowers and candles surround photos of Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov and Ella Cook who died in the attack at Brown University. Photo: Reuters The gunman who killed two Brown University students in the United States remains at large, and there is no indication that authorities have grown closer to identifying the suspect four days after the attack.
ODT Odds On: Pete's Pride tells all December 18, 2025
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Aussie PM unveils hate speech crackdown in wake of Bondi attack December 18, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced tough new penalties for hate speech and the promotion of violence. Photo: Reuters Hate preachers who promote violence will face tough new penalties and people who spout racial hatred will be at risk of having their visas cancelled as part of changes to stamp out anti-Semitism after the […]

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December 1, 2024

Chorizo parsnips, spicy roast potatoes and three-green gratin: Rosie Mackean’s alternative Christmas sides – recipes

Piha’s radical new Chris Tate ‘bunker house’: Design driven by need for privacy at beachfront

NZ interest rate yield curve turns more steeply positive

Woakes, Carse put victory in sight after belligerent batting overpowers New Zealand

‘Not something that requires work’ – Latham not worried about New Zealand’s catching

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