2024

Nigel Slater’s recipe for little prune puddings

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2024

ICYMI: Individual sized sponge puddings with a fruity boozy twist Four little sponge puddings, plump and full of…

How to make the perfect Mont Blanc – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s How to make the perfect …

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2024

There are several ways up western Europe’s highest mountain, but what’s the best way to make the eponymous…

Air New Zealand makes biggest green fuel purchase for LA, San Francisco flights

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2024

ICYMI: Airline renews push for mandates for sustainable fuel but minister not keenhttp://dlvr.it/TGsXrY

France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2024

Fining carmakers counterproductive and no good for EV transition, French minister says.http://dlvr.it/TGsXcL

Akeal Hosein tops T20I bowling rankings; Root goes back on top of Test batters’ charts

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2024

Joe Root has taken back the top spot in the Test batting rankings back from team-mate Harry Brookhttp://dlvr.it/TGsRVs

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

Ed Sheeran adds another Christchurch show July 28, 2025
Ed Sheeran. Photo: Getty Images Pop star Ed Sheeran will play a second show in Christchurch due to high demand for tickets to his upcoming tour.
Sir Ian Taylor: Do we really need this passport debate? July 28, 2025
New play areas at Lancaster Park July 28, 2025
Relative allegedly murdered man in home invasion July 28, 2025
Pole 'arcing and burning' after Mosgiel crash July 28, 2025
Photo: Peter McIntosh Emergency services in Mosgiel warned a crashed driver to stay put after seeing "arcing and burning" from a light pole.
Dunedin specialist backs law change after baby's death July 28, 2025
Bellamere Duncan died at Starship Hospital on 19 July. Photo: Supplied via RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ
Canterbury couple set to lose $1.7m in property after cannabis bust July 28, 2025
Couple set to lose $1.7m in property after cannabis bust July 28, 2025
Ball to raise money for museum makeover July 28, 2025
Renovations are under way at the Cheviot Museum. PHOTO: OLIVIA JUDD It's time to don your finest black and white attire and strike a pose as the Cheviot Museum hosts a glamorous ball on August 16.
Olivia Judd
Where has 'Lobby' the giant crayfish gone? July 28, 2025
Annette and Lindsay Painting installed Lobby the crayfish above Annette’s Kaikoura restaurant in 1992. PHOTO: ANNETTE PAINTING Lobby, the iconic orange Kaikōura crayfish, has endured gales, storms, and a huge earthquake.
John Cosgrove

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Nigel Slater’s recipe for little prune puddings

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Air New Zealand makes biggest green fuel purchase for LA, San Francisco flights

France, Italy in push to scrap 2025 car emission fines

Akeal Hosein tops T20I bowling rankings; Root goes back on top of Test batters’ charts

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