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. […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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ODT quiz: April 5 April 4, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Sunday, April 5.
Many changes since first event April 4, 2026
Evie Sinclair talks to Otago Daily Times photographer Gerard O’Brien who attended the first Warbirds Over Wānaka and shares his experiences — and more importantly, his photographs from the 1988 event.
Evie Sinclair
Team snatches first victory April 4, 2026
Wānaka FC bounced back from a defeat in their season opener to secure a 3-1 home victory over Nelson Suburbs last Saturday.
Journey from ‘Ommaroo’ to the real place April 4, 2026
Charley-Kai John One of the first things I did after arriving in New Zealand was to thumb through a local newspaper.
Acclaim for ‘fast, high’ Puketapu gravel ride April 4, 2026
Celi Moir (right) leads eventual women’s championship class winner Rachel Thow during the Puketapu Gravel ’n’ Tar in Palmerston last month. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The 2026 edition of Gravel In Paradise rages on.
Nic Duff
Twizel team honoured April 4, 2026
Twizel Medical Centre lead nurse Paula Trembath, practice manager Debbie Anstis, district nurse Zoe White and High Country Health director and HCMT trustee Nick Ward with the award. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Twizel Medical Centre’s Primary Response in Medical Emergency (Prime) team has received this year’s National Award for Emergency Response and Healthcare, following their response […]
Couple ‘nearly one person’ April 4, 2026
Val and Colin Winter have celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. PHOTO: NIC DUFF Love was in the air for an Oamaru couple this week — after 60 years of marriage.
Nic Duff
Sustainability focus of classes April 4, 2026
Scott Wilson taught a class about the myocillium network and how to grow edible mushrooms at home during the spring edition of Community Classroom last year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Waitaki Community Gardens group is holding the spring edition of its Community Classroom event this month.
Nic Duff
Church fair connects community April 4, 2026
PHOTO: NIC DUFF Enjoying some food at the Weston Church Fair last weekend are (from left) Connie, 3, Morgan, Izzy Lee, 1, Stacey Jordan and Abbey Smith,1.
Nic Duff
Hampden carpark gets council tick April 4, 2026
Hampden Community Energy chairman Dugald MacTavish said while the HCE had already received council approval for a carpark beside the community centre, it was holding off until a possible joint carpark was approved that would include more parking space further north of the school in the same area. A carpark will be built on council-owned […]
Jules Chin

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