March 29, 2025

Are leaders rewarded for profile, not performance?: Bruce Cotterill

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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. […]
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

Funding for two drug combinations to treat type of blood cancer April 9, 2026
Pharmac has announced funding for two drug combinations to treat a kind of blood cancer.
Man posed as immigration adviser to deceive employee, laundered visa funds April 9, 2026
A former restaurant business director masquerading as an immigration adviser deceived an employee into paying him thousands of dollars.
Online safety warning after teen's death following blackmail April 9, 2026
WARNING: This story is about suicide and may be distressing A teen who had dreams of becoming a policeman took his own life just hours after he was sexually extorted online.
Diesel crunch hits Bangladesh farmers in key planting season April 9, 2026
A Bangladesh farmer feels pinch as Iran crisis fuels shortages. Photo: Reuters The fuel crunch from the Iran war is rippling through Bangladesh’s countryside, leaving tens of thousands of farmers struggling to secure diesel for irrigation at a critical stage of the paddy season.
KiwiSaver providers hope ceasefire will support investment markets April 9, 2026
By Susan Edmunds of RNZ KiwiSaver providers are hoping news of a ceasefire in the Iran conflict may give investment markets more support.
Heading off in a new direction April 9, 2026
Dolamore Park is the venue for a family-friendly orienteering event on Sunday. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Navigating with a map and compass may sound old-fashioned, but orienteering is in vogue and is coming to Gore again in time for the school holidays.
Gemma Sinclair
Proud rugby club to celebrate 140 years April 9, 2026
Today the Mataura rugby clubrooms are at the heart of the community. PHOTO: SUPPLIED While concerns grow over the future of club rugby in New Zealand, the Mataura Rugby Club has helped the sport to soldier on for 140 years in the district.
Gemma Sinclair
Farmers’ environmental work praised April 9, 2026
The Southland regional supreme winners of the 2026 Ballance Farm Environment Awards are (from left) Mark Lieshout and Kate Roberts and her parents Michelle and Tony Roberts, of Top Deck Trading in Merino Downs near Gore. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Deer and cattle farmers Tony and Michelle Roberts, and Kate Roberts and Mark Lieshout are the Southland […]
Shawn McAvinue
Tiny backpacks to track small frogs April 9, 2026
A Hochstetter's frog with a transmitter. Photo: Tobia Dale via RNZ In a bid to learn more about one of New Zealand's smallest frogs, researchers have come up with a novel way of tracking them.
New reporter feeling right at home in Gore April 9, 2026
Southlander Gemma Sinclair joined The Ensign as a reporter in March. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG The Ensign would like to welcome new reporter Gemma Sinclair.

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