April 25, 2025

Is MMP still right for NZ? Reflecting on 30 years of electoral change – Bruce Cotterill

New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 25, 2025

OPINION: Critics argue MMP leads to disproportionate influence by fringe parties.http://dlvr.it/TKNTVS

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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Black Caps seal series win against Windies December 22, 2025
The Black Caps celebrate with the series trophy today. Photo: Getty Images Fast bowler Jacob Duffy and spinner Ajaz Patel routed West Indies as New Zealand won the third and final test by 323 runs to complete a 2-0 series victory in Mount Maunganui.
Killer stepmum to appeal sentence in highest court December 22, 2025
Harlee-Rose Niven, pictured with her father Dylan Berry, was killed by Jessica Mulford. Photo: Composite photo / NZME A teenage stepmum who inflicted such severe fatal abdominal injuries on a toddler that it split the girl's pancreas, has won a bid to have the Supreme Court reassess her jail sentence.
Killer teen stepmum to appeal sentence in Supreme Court December 22, 2025
Harlee-Rose Niven, pictured with her father Dylan Berry, was killed by Jessica Mulford. Photo: Composite photo / NZME A teenage stepmum who inflicted such severe fatal abdominal injuries on a toddler that it split the girl's pancreas, has won a bid to have the Supreme Court reassess her jail sentence.
Warning after Fronx seat belt fails crash test December 22, 2025
The Suzuki Fronx during testing. The car has been on sale in New Zealand since June this year. PHOTO: ANCAP / SUPPLIED Suzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash test.
Fronx seat belt fails crash test December 22, 2025
The Suzuki Fronx during testing. The car has been on sale in New Zealand since June this year. PHOTO: ANCAP / SUPPLIED Suzuki Fronx owners are being warned not to carry passengers in the back seat after the seat belt failed a lab crash test.
Investors warned over Christchurch firm and Whimp December 22, 2025
The FMA says a businessman has been contacting investors seeking payments. Photo: Getty Image (file) By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Investors are being warned to "fully inform themselves" before giving businessman Bernard Whimp or anyone associated with Christchurch-based investment firm Chance Voight any more money.
Investors warned over Christchurch firm December 22, 2025
The FMA says a businessman has been contacting investors seeking payments. Photo: Getty Image (file) By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Investors are being warned to "fully inform themselves" before giving businessman Bernard Whimp or anyone associated with Christchurch-based investment firm Chance Voight any more money.
Trio charged after Christmas gifts recovered December 22, 2025
Photo: RNZ Police have found a stolen courier van full of Christmas packages.
Trump photo restored to public database of Epstein files December 22, 2025
President Donald Trump has denied knowing about Jeffrey Epstein's crimes. Photo: Reuters A photo of United States President Donald Trump, removed from the cache of Jeffrey Epstein files released by the Department of Justice, has been restored after officials determined none of Epstein's victims were in the image, the department said.
Cheese at landfill retrieved and sold: authority December 22, 2025
The recalled cheese includes camembert. Photo: Getty Images Cheese previously dumped in a landfill has been taken and re-sold in the Waikato, New Zealand Food Safety says.

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