March 4, 2025

NZ replace injured Hayley Jensen with Fran Jonas for ODIs against Sri Lanka

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 4, 2025

ICYMI: Jensen picked up the injury in the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield finalhttp://dlvr.it/TJJnDc

Kiwi seamer Zak Foulkes joins Durham for T20 Blast campaign

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 4, 2025

Fast bowler played for Birmingham Bears last season, but has since become regular in New Zealand T20Ishttp://dlvr.it/TJJn3z

Kiwi Kitchen – Series One

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 4, 2025

Television, 2006, (Full Length Episodes) Cook Richard Till hits the road, hunting down New Zealand’s most iconic dishes…

Commerce Commission files charges against two North Island Pak’nSave supermarkets

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 4, 2025

It’s alleged the supermarkets engage in misleading specials and inaccurate pricing.http://dlvr.it/TJJmz0

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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Maipi-Clarke outranks Te Pāti Māori elders in leadership poll December 19, 2025
'Astounding arrogance': Australian miner in bid to speed-run consent December 19, 2025
Santana chief executive Damian Spring. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Santana Minerals wants its massive Central Otago goldmine sped through the fast-track process in 30 working days in what has been described as an ‘‘astounding display of arrogance’’.
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Dumbbell killer who bludgeoned mum wins appeal against life term December 19, 2025
Jordan Taylor. File photo A Dunedin man who beat his mother to death with a dumbbell will no longer be subject to life imprisonment after winning an appeal.
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What are NZ's busiest flying days this summer? December 19, 2025
Auckland Airport on Friday, its busiest day of the year for domestic departures. Photo: RNZ Whether it's Christmas with family, or a New Year's Eve event with friends, Air New Zealand figures show 2.7 million New Zealanders and international visitors will be flying this summer.
Tech glitch may have exposed sensitive information in police files December 19, 2025
Queen’s Award Achievement December 19, 2025
ODT Wrapped 2025 December 19, 2025
As we head into 2026, we’re taking a moment to look back on the past year. We’ve pulled together a short year-in-review video with a few of the stories and projects from the past year.
Australia plans major gun buyback in wake of Bondi attack December 19, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File photo Australian gun owners will be offered cash for their firearms in the nation's largest buyback in nearly 30 years.
Take-away booze on menu for restaurants in law change December 19, 2025
Life sentence for deadly Loafers Lodge blaze December 19, 2025
Esarona David Lologa was sentenced at the High Court in Wellington today. Photo: RNZ By Nick James of RNZ The man who murdered five people by lighting the Loafers Lodge blaze has been sentenced to life in prison, with no chance of release for at least 22 years.

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NZ replace injured Hayley Jensen with Fran Jonas for ODIs against Sri Lanka

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Kiwi Kitchen – Series One

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