Regifting and other ways to stop the spend this Christmas – Diana Clement

By New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 21, 2024

OPINION: December is often the month in which we spend money like it’s confetti.
http://dlvr.it/TGwz06

By New Zealand Blog News Service

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

Council tight-lipped on ‘major event’ July 28, 2025
Sian Sutton. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON Dunedin appears set to hold a "major event", but the council is refusing to say what it is.
Ruby Shaw
Scaffolding put up at court building for maintenance July 28, 2025
PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Brazier Scaffolding workers erect scaffolding at the Dunedin District Court yesterday morning.
‘Flaws’ in Waikato med school business case July 28, 2025
Megan Gibbons. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The University of Otago is criticising the business case for the Waikato medical school that the government used to justify the project.
Matthew Littlewood
Trial for those keen to crew a dragon boat July 28, 2025
The Otepoti Dragons crew in action at Lake Karapiro in April. PHOTO: SUPPLIED There is a place in the dragon boat for everyone.
Mark John
Inspired by trip to Finland July 28, 2025
Goldfields School principal Anna Harrison holds Goldie Bear, a teddy who accompanied her on a trip to Finland. On the bear’s collar are pins of Moomin, a Finnish character, the Finnish flag and the logo of the Tampere Tappara ice hockey team. PHOTO: ELLA JENKINS A Cromwell principal has looked to the top-performing Finnish education […]
Ella Jenkins
Invercargill, Q’town houses win supreme building awards July 28, 2025
This Queenstown home constructed by Velvin Building has been awarded the supreme house of the year over $1 million at the 2025 Southern Master Builders house of the year awards. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED A Queenstown home constructed by Velvin Building has been awarded the supreme house of the year over $1 million at the 2025 Southern […]
Urban planning gives town ‘deferential’ treatment July 28, 2025
Arrowtown. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY An independent commissioner has questioned why Arrowtown should receive special treatment when it comes to the Queenstown Lakes District Council’s proposed urban intensification variation.
Tracey Roxburgh
Conviction for shoplifts avoided July 28, 2025
A member of the high-profile Thackwray family has avoided a conviction after being caught stealing groceries from a Queenstown supermarket on 15 separate occasions.
Guy Williams
Tactix benchmark for clinical netball July 28, 2025
Paris Lokotui has been an underrated cog in the Mainland Tactix defence end this season. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES The ANZ Premiership wrapped up on Sunday. Netball writer Kayla Hodge examines the season, the future and names an all-star team.
Kayla Hodge
George St retail excites investor July 28, 2025
Lew Walsh spruces up the shopfront at 165 George St, which had until recently been vacant for about 15 years. Music and record store Relics is moving in late next month or in early September. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Four new retailers, including three major chains, are part of a promising future for Dunedin’s main street, […]
Tim Scott

Search New Zealand News

Regifting and other ways to stop the spend this Christmas – Diana Clement

Related

By New Zealand Blog News Service

You Missed

King Honey in receivership as Me Today fails to find buyer

KiwiSaver hardship reveals hidden cost of this economic downturn – Liam Dann

Pharmac must shift from being a gatekeeper of cost to an enabler of health – Cecilia Robinson

Tesla’s sales fall most for a decade in another rough quarter

Search New Zealand News

Search New Zealand News

Regifting and other ways to stop the spend this Christmas – Diana Clement

Related

By New Zealand Blog News Service

Related Post

You Missed

King Honey in receivership as Me Today fails to find buyer

KiwiSaver hardship reveals hidden cost of this economic downturn – Liam Dann

Pharmac must shift from being a gatekeeper of cost to an enabler of health – Cecilia Robinson

Tesla’s sales fall most for a decade in another rough quarter

Search New Zealand News