July 2025

Will NZ reporting season reveal green shoots? – Stock Takes

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 31, 2025

Will this month’s company reporting season reveal a turnaround for the sharemarket?http://dlvr.it/TMDVHj

Southern Cross Travel Insurance fined $1.1m for misleading discount claims

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 30, 2025

Discounts were applied only to base premiums, not entire premiums.http://dlvr.it/TMCQl7

Synlait Milk forecasts reduced loss, improved earnings for 2025

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 29, 2025

Synlait expects an annual net loss of $27m to $40m, down from a $182.1m loss in 2024.http://dlvr.it/TMBMFF

NZX futures support $10 milk price for 2026 season amid strong demand

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 28, 2025

NZX futures pricing supports the case for a $10/kg milk price for farmers.http://dlvr.it/TM9Hxf

King Honey in receivership as Me Today fails to find buyer

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 27, 2025

BNZ have appointed PwC NZ’s Richard Nacey and John Fisk as receivers.http://dlvr.it/TM8HCF

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 […]
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Te Pāti Māori apologises for MP's social media post September 4, 2025
Te Pāti Māori MP Tākuta Ferris and Labour MP Willie Jackson. Photo: RNZ Te Pāti Māori has apologised for a social media post by one of its MPs, and instructed him to remove it.
Lost diary sparks ongoing treasure hunt at Tekapo September 4, 2025
Tourists have been flocking to Lake Tekapo since February to leave messages in a collection of notebooks hidden amongst rocks on the foreshore. Photo: Supplied / Andrea Li A steady stream of visitors has been seen combing the shoreline of Lake Tekapo since February in search of a mysterious package that has become a viral […]
Lost diary sparks ongoing treasure hunt September 4, 2025
Tourists have been flocking to Lake Tekapo since February to leave messages in a collection of notebooks hidden amongst rocks on the foreshore. Photo: Supplied / Andrea Li A steady stream of visitors has been seen combing the shoreline of Lake Tekapo since February in search of a mysterious package that has become a viral […]
Opening date revealed for NZ's first IKEA store September 4, 2025
IKEA is located at the Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in Auckland. Photo: RNZ Swedish furniture giant IKEA has revealed its first New Zealand store will open on December 4.
New lease of life for popular Canterbury cafe September 4, 2025
Lucinda O’Donnell and her husband Jamie O’Donnell, of Sefton, are looking forward to their new adventure as owners of the Pukeko Junction Northbound Cafe. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP A former award-winning Canterbury cafe has been given a new lease of life by a couple passionate about great coffee and delicious food.
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One believed dead in crash south of Dunedin September 4, 2025
The car and motorcycle involved in the crash. Photo: Gerard O'Brien One person is believed to have died in a crash between a motorcycle and a car which has closed State Highway 1 south of Dunedin.
'Constant worry': Cost of living still rising faster than most incomes September 4, 2025
Kiwis continue strong run in New York September 4, 2025
New Zealander Erin Routliffe and her Canadian partner Gaby Dabrowski are through to the final of the US Open women's doubles final.
Brawling Aussie pair pulled from burning house September 4, 2025
Two men caught in a physical altercation have been rescued from a burning house in Sydney.
IKEA opening date revealed September 4, 2025
IKEA is located at the Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in Auckland. Photo: RNZ Swedish furniture giant IKEA has revealed its first New Zealand store will open on December 4.

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July 2025

Will NZ reporting season reveal green shoots? – Stock Takes

Southern Cross Travel Insurance fined $1.1m for misleading discount claims

Synlait Milk forecasts reduced loss, improved earnings for 2025

NZX futures support $10 milk price for 2026 season amid strong demand

King Honey in receivership as Me Today fails to find buyer

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