France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines

By New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 19, 2024

ICYMI: Fining carmakers counterproductive and no good for EV transition, French minister says.
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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
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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
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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 […]
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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 […]
Ben Uffindell

A quiet place for forgiveness December 29, 2025
The Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Michael Dooley, opens the door to a confessional at St Joseph’s Cathedral. PHOTOS: GREGOR RICHARDSON The Catholic confessional ritual has a few intricacies that are not all that obvious. Mark John spoke to the Bishop of Dunedin, the Most Rev Michael Dooley to learn more about what happens.
Mark John
Moulding hobby into dream job December 29, 2025
No two weeks look the same to Shelley Brigit, a diversity the Dunedin artist enjoys. She talks to Ruby Shaw about the passion project which became a fulltime job.
Ruby Shaw
Collier ends fine year with medal December 29, 2025
Central Otago paddler Nick Collier prepares to tackle a tricky stretch at a wildwater event in China. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Nick Collier has ended an impressive year in the world of canoe slalom with another international medal.
Pijnenburg keen for playing time with Nix December 29, 2025
Emma Pijnenburg. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The Wellington Phoenix have brought one of New Zealand’s top young female footballers back home.
Bracewell privileged to have played at top level December 29, 2025
Doug Bracewell bowls in front of South African non-striker Jacques Kallis during the test at the University Oval in 2012. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Former Black Caps all-rounder Doug Bracewell has announced his retirement from all cricket.
Hoping for a return to ‘holistic solutions’ December 29, 2025
Mike Houlahan
Succession planning can be tricky but starting the conversation vital December 29, 2025
I bet this is the unspoken script around many family barbecues this summer:
Freedom camping problems 'far less frequent' December 29, 2025
Austrian tourists Luca Fankhauser (left) and Susanne Hintner enjoy a sunny moment alongside their campervan at Kākā Point on Christmas Eve. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISON Freedom camping behaviour in tourist hotspot the Catlins appears to be improving, thanks to a fresh approach from officials.
Richard Davison
ODT quiz: December 30 December 29, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Tuesday, December 30.
All Doc huts now coal-free as move to ‘greener’ alternatives completed December 29, 2025
Welcome Flat Hut in Westland Tai Poutini National Park has ditched coal heating in favour of a heat transfer system that captures warmth from the nearby hot pool spring. PHOTO: FILES Department of Conservation (Doc) huts on the West Coast have officially ditched coal heating for "greener" alternatives, as part of a wider effort to […]

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