January 4, 2025

Cocktail of the week: Story Cellar’s flintlocke – recipe | The good mixer

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ICYMI: A rum punch with a sparkling edge If you’re planning on serving this to a crowd, make…

Georgina Hayden’s recipe for brothy braised chicory and beans

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 4, 2025

This is real winter comfort food: creamy white beans offset by chilli spice, salty anchovies and bitter chicory…

Lunch with… Sistema founder Brendan Lindsay, the plastic-fantastic boss and rich-lister now helping other people click

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 4, 2025

ICYMI: ‘I don’t care if it’s Martha Stewart or the bloody Pope. I’m not taking off.’http://dlvr.it/TH9L0P

Briscoes and Rebel Sport boss Rod Duke on why his store is thriving while other retailers struggle – Money Talks

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Briscoes owner tells Liam Dann what drives him to succeed… and how he spends his money.http://dlvr.it/TH9Kqh

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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Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games October 28, 2025
The pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November – a full-day celebration of Scottish culture with a uniquely Kiwi twist.
ODT quiz: October 18 October 17, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, October 18.
A burst of colour October 17, 2025
A painting of the Great Dome at the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition, Dunedin, reproduced in full colour on the cover of the exhibition-themed Christmas annual. — Otago Witness 1925 Christmas Annual To-day the Otago Witness Annual makes a welcome reappearance, and is in all respects worthy of comparison with the best publications of […]
‘Real’ Palmerston October 17, 2025
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery East Otago High School dominates the foreground of this aerial view of Palmerston.
Miki Bennett’s standing-start manners key October 17, 2025
Tim Williams admits he does not know what Miki Bennett will do when the tapes fly in the Oamaru Cup tomorrow.
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Keayang Zahara zips up rankings October 17, 2025
After going through her first New Zealand campaign unbeaten, Australian superstar Keayang Zahara is the biggest mover in this week's rankings
The secret diary of... Luxon's last hours October 17, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ By Steve Braunias
A decent bloke and decent PM October 17, 2025
Jim Bolger once embarked on an election campaign calling for a "decent society".
Varied price of southern product questioned October 17, 2025
Make of the price of EasiYo Fresh Greek Style Yoghurt base what you will. Photo: supplied When a "disgusted" shopper highlighted what appeared to be an excessive supermarket markup, Civis decided to investigate.
Obituary: Joan Metge, anthropologist October 17, 2025
Dame Joan Metge. Photo: supplied/RNZ Educator Joan Metge was one of New Zealand’s most respected scientists, earning the rare honour of having a Royal Society of New Zealand medal named after her.

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January 4, 2025

Cocktail of the week: Story Cellar’s flintlocke – recipe | The good mixer

Georgina Hayden’s recipe for brothy braised chicory and beans

Lunch with… Sistema founder Brendan Lindsay, the plastic-fantastic boss and rich-lister now helping other people click

Briscoes and Rebel Sport boss Rod Duke on why his store is thriving while other retailers struggle – Money Talks

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