December 25, 2024

How to feed a jaded Twixmas crowd | Kitchen Aide

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ICYMI: Take it easy between Christmas and New Year with pre-prepped dishes and the joys of soup, says…

Justin Watson, boss of Christchurch Airport – Where it’s a Southern Hemisphere leader

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Profit up 37% at gateway to the South Islandhttp://dlvr.it/TH0TLd

Champions Trophy 2025: Dubai to host all India matches, including the knockouts if India qualify

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 25, 2024

ICYMI: The final has been allocated to Lahore, but will be played in Dubai if India make the…

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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ODT quiz: December 18 December 17, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Thursday, December 18.
Efforts to preserve history realised December 17, 2025
Port Chalmers community stalwart Carol Meikle, who runs the MacKillop Centre at St Mary Star of the Sea church, is looking forward to welcoming dignitaries and supporters to a celebration in January. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD A 15-year labour of love for Port Chalmers community stalwart Carol Meikle will culminate in the unveiling of a shrine […]
Festive hijinks fun December 17, 2025
The joy of Christmas was to the fore as a large audience of children, parents and grandparents came together to enjoy a new take on festive fun in Santa Weighs In.
Factory life remembered December 17, 2025
Hocken Collections Uare Taoka o Hākena archivist David Murray shows an image of the Hudson’s Cookie Bear, one of many donated items from the former Cadbury factory. Photo: Sam Henderson The smell of chocolate may have faded from the city streets, but the memories of those who made it have been preserved for posterity.
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Opinion: keeping up the fight for Dunedin in 2026 December 17, 2025
This year will be remembered as a challenging one for many.
Opinion: Xmas gift policies December 17, 2025
In the spirit of Christmas, the government is delivering early gifts; relief from stifling planning rules, rates burdens and local bureaucracies.
Building skills for everywhere December 17, 2025
ILT Academy Southland programme manager Jason McKenzie stands in front of the wall celebrating the success of graduates. PHOTO: NATHAN BURDON Attending an ILT Academy Southland programme has had long-term benefits, a graduate says.
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Road safety concerns voiced over trucks December 17, 2025
Waikouaiti Coast Community Board 2026 (from left) John Chambers, Sonya Billyard, Alasdair Morrison, Andy Barratt, Geraldine Tait, Danny Hailes and Anna Knight. PHOTO: BRENDA HARWOOD Community groups were out in force for the first full meeting of the Waikoauaiti Coast Community Board of the new triennium, keen to push for project funding and to highlight […]
Hometown heroine returns December 17, 2025
Nadia Reid brings her Enter Now Brightness tour to Dunedin’s Regent Theatre this Friday night. Photo: Marieke Macklon After a "huge couple of years" living and performing in the United Kingdom, New Zealand musician Nadia Reid is excited to return home to see friends and family
Folk music’s spotlight set with awards, concert December 17, 2025
Among the lineup for the annual Ballads to Blues concert are (from left) John Dodd, Lara Rose and Craig Monk. Photo: supplied The Aotearoa NZ Folk Alliance will host the fourth annual Ballads to Blues concert and showcase of New Zealand folk artists in Dunedin, hot on the heels of the 50th Whare Flat Folk […]

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