July 6, 2025

High Country

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Television, 1980, (Full Length) Roving musterer Jocko (Bruce Allpress) rides into a heap of trouble in the pilot…

Lease termination for unused Three Waters Auckland office costs taxpayers $2.2m

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 6, 2025

DIA’s Sale St office housed the Three Waters programme until March 2024.http://dlvr.it/TLmVFm

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

More Americans applying for refugee status in Canada, data shows August 21, 2025
US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters More Americans applied for refugee status in Canada in the first half of 2025 than in all of 2024, and more than in any full year since 2019, according to data published today by Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board.
NZR confirm new broadcast deal August 21, 2025
The All Blacks perform the haka before their match against Argentina on Sunday morning in Cordoba. Photo: Getty Images New Zealand Rugby (NZR) has confirmed a new broadcast deal with Sky from 2026-2030 with TVNZ to screen provincial games free-to-air.
Strikes show Russia's intentions in war, Zelenskyy says August 21, 2025
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Photo: Reuters President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a large-scale Russian attacks overnight in various parts of Ukraine showed Moscow was avoiding negotiations about ending the more than three-year-old war.
Big break for Ara music student August 21, 2025
download_21.png Daniel Harris. Photo: Supplied / Ara Institute of Canterbury Ara Institute of Canterbury student Daniel Harris has been named a finalist in the prestigious NZSO Todd Young Composer Awards after completing just his second ever work for a full orchestra.
Fonterra sells Mainland, Anchor brands to French food giant August 21, 2025
Fonterra chief executive Miles Hurrell. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Dairy co-operative Fonterra has sold its consumer businesses to global dairy giant Lactalis for $3.845 billion.
Sustainable chic on the catwalk for jetty fundraiser August 21, 2025
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South Island 22-year-old wanted to be a 'famous child sex offender' August 21, 2025
Is this the end of the cone age? August 21, 2025
The city council is looking to improve its tracking of temporary traffic management spending, but cannot say what impact the new national guidelines will have on road cone usage in Christchurch. PHOTO: CCC Motorists could see less “ridiculous” use of road cones in Christchurch if the Government achieves its goal with new guidelines, but the […]
Dylan Smits
Bridge to be closed as truck recovered August 21, 2025
Weir Rd will be closed later this morning. Photo: Supplied Weir Rd bridge will be closed later this morning, following a truck going off the road.
No charges laid yet after fatal police shooting in Chch August 21, 2025
Police at the scene in Bryndwr. Photo: RNZ No charges have been laid as yet following last week's double police shooting in Christchurch.

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