May 2025

Allevia Hospital Epsom project is NZ’s biggest private hospital expansion

New Zealand Blog News Service May 12, 2025

It will be NZ’s only private hospital with both intensive care and high-dependency units.http://dlvr.it/TKkL7F

Media Insider: Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls to join TVNZ as business correspondent, replacing Katie Bradford

New Zealand Blog News Service May 11, 2025

Walls has been ZB political editor since January 2023.http://dlvr.it/TKjBpF

Auckland couple’s struggle after sudden job losses and redundancy payout battle

New Zealand Blog News Service May 10, 2025

Now Didi van Heerden has been awarded $207,000 from the company and its director.http://dlvr.it/TKhR3Y

Media Insider: From heartbreak emerges an enduring media legacy – Globox digital billboard firm acquired by Lumo

New Zealand Blog News Service May 9, 2025

‘It allows me to focus on myself and the kids and figure out life without Allan.’http://dlvr.it/TKgc1n

NZ avocado industry eyes North America, Asia for export growth

New Zealand Blog News Service May 8, 2025

NZ Avocado plans to diversify export markets, focusing on North America and Asia.http://dlvr.it/TKfScC

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

Lio-Willie back to bolster Otago August 14, 2025
Christian Lio-Willie is set to start against Wellington on Sunday. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN All Black Christian Lio-Willie returns from a week off and will pack down at the back of the scrum for Otago’s game against Wellington in the capital on Sunday.
Adrian Seconi
Pastor says community 'devastated' after police shooting August 14, 2025
Nate Light, friend of man critically shot by police in Christchurch, lays flowers down. Photo: RNZ / Nathan Mckinnon By Sam Sherwood and Adam Burns of RNZ The pastor of a church attended by a couple shot by police, one fatally, in Christchurch says the incident is "heartbreaking".
Dangerous Pumas ready to build on progress August 14, 2025
First-five Tomas Albornoz has been recalled for the Pumas. Photo: Getty Images Argentina have grown more competitive in the Rugby Championship in recent years, and with key players back, they're set to open this year's campaign at home against the All Blacks with renewed confidence.
Quick draw for cleaner needles August 14, 2025
University of Canterbury third-year student Jade Luxton’s Steerineedle hip holster sterilises needles every time farmers vaccinate cattle to save them time and money and prevent infection. She is a category finalist in the KiwiNet Awards. PHOTO: KIWINET A holster worn on the hip which sterilises needles each time a farmer vaccinates cattle is the idea […]
Tim Cronshaw
Williams gets wildcard for US Open August 13, 2025
Venus Williams at the Cincinnati Open. Photo: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images via Reuters Two-time US Open singles champion Venus Williams has received a wildcard entry into this year's tournament, as the 45-year-old American continues her age-defying return to the court.
Embezzling accountant's old safe cracked open in hope of finding gold and jewels August 13, 2025
Rob ‘‘Caveman’’ McKenzie standing next to the now open safe of O’Connell and Co, which was left unopened for 30 years after the accountant was found to be cooking the books. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg A safe unopened for three decades has been cracked open and hundreds of documents have been found inside — raising questions over […]
Gerrit Doppenberg
Israeli minister rejects Luxon's 'lost the plot' claim August 13, 2025
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says his language has been consistent. Photo: RNZ By Giles Dexter of RNZ An Israeli minister has hit back at New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's comments that Benjamin Netanyahu has "lost the plot," accusing him of being unable to comprehend the challenges of facing Hamas.
'They are ashamed': Former Labour ministers slammed for refusing to appear at Covid hearing August 13, 2025
From left: Grant Robertson, Dame Jacinda Ardern and Chris Hipkins in 2021. Photo: RNZ By Russell Palmer of RNZ All three coalition parties are criticising Labour's former ministers for refusing to appear at a public Covid-19 hearing, saying they're trying to avoid scrutiny.
Trump threat if Putin blocks Ukraine peace August 13, 2025
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump will meet for talks in Alaska on Friday Photo: Reuters (file) US President Donald Trump has threatened "severe consequences" if Russia's Vladimir Putin does not agree to peace in Ukraine.
Car rolls after grit truck overtake gone wrong August 13, 2025
A woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries after the crash on the northern motorway yesterday. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A Dunedin woman who came to grief on black ice was trying to overtake a grit truck, police say.
Laine Priestley

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May 2025

Allevia Hospital Epsom project is NZ’s biggest private hospital expansion

Media Insider: Newstalk ZB political editor Jason Walls to join TVNZ as business correspondent, replacing Katie Bradford

Auckland couple’s struggle after sudden job losses and redundancy payout battle

Media Insider: From heartbreak emerges an enduring media legacy – Globox digital billboard firm acquired by Lumo

NZ avocado industry eyes North America, Asia for export growth

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