April 5, 2025

Auckland Zoo in legal clash over accessible bathroom design

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Construction of accessible bathroom at Auckland Zoo triggers year-long standoff.http://dlvr.it/TJyqQF

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
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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
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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
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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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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Rugby Chat: Rugby and football square off April 1, 2026
On ODT Rugby Chat brought to you by Garador, we are going outside the square and getting Otago rugby and football to square off.
Cigarette concerns after vape study April 1, 2026
Ben Youdan, director of Action on Smoking and Health, worries the findings will promote the view that vaping is just as bad for you as smoking. PHOTO: ODT FILES While vapes may cause cancer - as a recent Australian review of evidence concluded - they remain a far less dangerous vice than traditional cigarettes, a local anti-smoking […]
Shopping centre expansion back on track April 1, 2026
The development of Rolleston Fields is set to continue later this year after being on hold since late 2024. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN The expansion of a Rolleston shopping and office complex is set to continue later this year.
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Gilmour cooks her competition April 1, 2026
Dunedin driver Emma Gilmour races to victory in her Citroen C3 at the Clinton Crossroads Popotunoa Rallysprint on Saturday. PHOTO: STEVE RUSSELL Dunedin rally driver Emma Gilmour secured a superb victory at the Popotunoa Rallysprint in South Otago on Saturday.
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Young blood in pennants competition April 1, 2026
Twilight contest ended in nail-biter April 1, 2026
Nail-biting nerves gave way to cheers during a dramatic twilight tournament.
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Generational exchange celebrated April 1, 2026
Hundreds of Dunedin people came together to celebrate Pacific culture at the annual Moana Nui Festival.
Breastfeeding tent a highlight for mums April 1, 2026
Dunedin mum Litia Naika relaxes and feeds her baby daughter Amelia in the breastfeeding tent, offered by Pacific Trust Otago as part of the Moana Nui Festival. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A popular spot at the Moana Nui Festival was the breastfeeding tent, which hosted The Big Latch On event on Saturday.
Titleholders Upper Clutha hard to topple April 1, 2026
Maniototo second five Jack Wild eyes up Matakanui defender Elliot Miller during a Central Otago club rugby game in Omakau last season. PHOTO: RICHARD JONES Central Otago premier club rugby kicks into action tonight with a new title, the Rhythm and Alps competition. And that’s not all that’s changed. Six of the seven clubs have […]
Walk of the Cross tradition marks Easter’s meaning April 1, 2026
Pesamino Tili (left) and Frank Liman carry the cross from the Mosgiel Presbyterian Church during last year’s ecumenical Good Friday Walk of the Cross in Mosgiel. FILE PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN The Taieri Christian Ministry Association will lead dozens of people on the Mosgiel Walk of the Cross, an act of devotion, on Good Friday.

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