January 2025

Cocktail of the week: Lima’s pisco Alejandro – recipe | The good mixer

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 24, 2025

A cinnamon- and nutmeg-spiced chocolatey pisco that’s made in the spirit of the classic brandy alexander The inspiration…

Egg mahmoosa, khichri and rose-flavoured jelly: Elana Benjamin’s easy Indian-Jewish recipes

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 23, 2025

The Jewish-Australian cookbook author shares flavourful family recipes that have travelled to Bondi – via Baghdad and Bombay…

How to make gumbo – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s Masterclass

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 22, 2025

The classic Creole stew in nine simple steps Gumbo, “New Orleans’ most famous Creole creation”, is a word…

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for one-pan spaghetti puttanesca | Quick and easy

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 20, 2025

If you thought pasta with tomato sauce couldn’t get any simpler, try this punchy one-pan version Olives, capers,…

Media Insider: 25 of the pickiest and most peculiar complaints about NZ advertisements in the past 12 months

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 20, 2025

Media Insider: Revealed – some of the more bizarre complaints about ads.http://dlvr.it/THSvry

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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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'Tug-o-war': Inflation hits 12-month high July 20, 2025
High food, power and housing coasts are offset by cheaper fuel. Photo: ODT files By Gyles Beckford of RNZ
Sounds Air to drop Wānaka flight July 20, 2025
Sounds Air managing director Andrew Crawford says aviation has been severely hit by escalating costs, supply chain challenges and a weak New Zealand dollar. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Sounds Air is cutting two regional services, including one to Wānaka, saying it is facing "out of control" costs.
Breath test lie exposed as mouthwash found to be alcohol-free July 20, 2025
Photo: Getty Images A Dunedin man’s claim a high breath-test result was down to mouthwash was exposed as a lie when officers checked the bottle and found it was alcohol-free.
Laine Priestley
Fire at Cathedral Junction building July 20, 2025
Firefighters were called to a blaze at Cathedral Junction in central Christchurch on Monday morning.
All Black great on last year's gym collapse July 20, 2025
Govt's $6b announcement has nothing new - Labour July 20, 2025
Labour's Infrastructure spokesperson Kieran McAnulty. Photo: RNZ By Nick James of RNZ
Pedestrian taken to hospital after being hit by vehicle July 20, 2025
A pedestrian has been taken to Christchurch Hospital after being hit by a vehicle on Monday morning.
Woman on school-run nearly four times the limit July 20, 2025
A Dunedin woman who picked up multiple children while car-pooling on the after-school run was caught nearly four times the legal alcohol limit, police say.
Laine Priestley
Former All Black opens up about heart health issues after collapsing last year July 20, 2025
DSO - Amalia plays Piazzolla July 20, 2025

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January 2025

Cocktail of the week: Lima’s pisco Alejandro – recipe | The good mixer

Egg mahmoosa, khichri and rose-flavoured jelly: Elana Benjamin’s easy Indian-Jewish recipes

How to make gumbo – recipe | Felicity Cloake’s Masterclass

Rukmini Iyer’s quick and easy recipe for one-pan spaghetti puttanesca | Quick and easy

Media Insider: 25 of the pickiest and most peculiar complaints about NZ advertisements in the past 12 months

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