January 2025

NZ sharemarket bounces back on US rally – Market close

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A Healthy But Hearty Winter Crunch Lentil Salad Recipe

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The 1990s are back in fashion – happily for Tesco

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The UK grocer has successfully fought back against discount rivals.http://dlvr.it/THJvMv

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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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'Godfather of Heavy Metal' Ozzy Osbourne dies July 22, 2025
Ozzy Osbourne, frontman of 1970s heavy metal band Black Sabbath, earned his infamy biting the head off a bat on stage and pursuing a drug-fuelled lifestyle before reinventing himself as a loveable if often foul-mouthed reality TV star.
Firefighters battle blaze in roof of Christchurch business July 22, 2025
Fire crews battled an overnight blaze in the roof of a commercial building in Christchurch.
Ozzy Osbourne dies aged 76 July 22, 2025
Black ice and fog warning for South July 22, 2025
Road users in Dunedin and around the South are warned to take extra care this morning due to black ice, fog and freezing temperatures.
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Selling farm no easy decision, owners say July 22, 2025
Ardgour Station owners Linda and Bruce Jolly have sold their sheep and beef farm to Santana Minerals, but the cherry and apricot orchards (pictured) will be retained and continue operating on the Tarras property. PHOTO: SUPPLIED/HORTINVEST A family which has owned a Central Otago farm for 70 years says it was not an easy decision […]
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Tb in Lindis: Ospri control of movement criticised July 22, 2025
Possums are the main source of bovine Tb in New Zealand. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Upper Waitaki farmers say Ospri has "dropped the ball" on bovine tuberculosis control in the area and called a public meeting last week to seek answers after infected calves were sold at a calf sale in Omarama earlier this year.
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Reserve’s grazing licence to be reduced July 22, 2025
Puketapu, above Palmerston, with its memorial cairn to 19th-century Otago politician Sir John McKenzie, is the annual destination of Kelly’s Canter, a race dedicated to Constable Albert Kelly who ran up to the summit every day during World War 2 to check for enemy ships. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON After a Waitaki District Council meeting recently […]
Andrew Ashton
Sharks lose their bite when it counts July 22, 2025
The Southland Sharks played in the final of the NBL in Wellington on Sunday. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The Southland Sharks timed their run to perfection — for all but one half.
Doc alarmed by discovery of dead stoat on Stewart Island/Rakiura July 22, 2025
A dead stoat found in the middle of a Stewart Island/Rakiura track is concerning, Department of Conservation southern South Island director of operations Aaron Fleming says.

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