July 20, 2025

Inflation up 2.7% in 12 months to June 2025, but quarter rise lower than expected

New Zealand Blog News Service Jul 20, 2025

The consumer price index increased 2.7% in the 12 months to the June 2025 quarter.http://dlvr.it/TM1j97

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

ODT quiz: July 22 July 21, 2025
Majority backs going with the flow July 21, 2025
South Dunedin Community Network chairman Mike Hammond wades through water ponding at South Dunedin’s Forbury Park. The joint Otago Regional Council-Dunedin City Council initiative South Dunedin Future says nearly 60% of respondents backed a vision for the low-lying suburb that involved the creation of wetlands and waterways in the suburb to respond to the challenges […]
Hamish MacLean
‘Otago is being overlooked’ July 21, 2025
A new medical school will be established at the University of Waikato. File photo The government’s backing of a third medical school at Waikato is yet more evidence it cares little about Dunedin, opponents say.
Matthew Littlewood
Fearless advocate for Grey Power gave it her all July 21, 2025
The late Grey Power Otago president Jo Millar in front of the new South Dunedin Public Library when she fought earlier this year for the top floor of the complex to be available for community organisations at a subsidised rental. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Jo Millar never really knew what the word "retired" meant.
John Lewis
Meeting in Karitane for public to discuss proposed mātaitai July 21, 2025
East Otago Taiapure management committee chairman Brendan Flack. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON A proposal to make a popular fishing area off the Otago Coast into an iwi-managed reserve is on the table as a way to protect the area and still allow fishing to take place.
Laine Priestley
ORC’s flood repair bill nearly $4m July 21, 2025
Brett Paterson. PHOTO: ODT FILES Flood damage from the past three years will cost the Otago Regional Council nearly $4 million, a new report says.
Deans confident on eve of world champs July 21, 2025
Dunedin swimmer Caitlin Deans has been selected for the world championships in Singapore. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Relaxed looks good on Caitlin Deans.
Kayla Hodge
Nweke in line for NZ selection after eligibility change July 21, 2025
Grace Nweke. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Grace Nweke could be in line to play for the Silver Ferns this year after Netball New Zealand changed its eligibility criteria.
Kayla Hodge
O’Ward keeps hopes alive July 21, 2025
Pato O'Ward. PHOTO: Kristin Enzor-USA TODAY NETWORK Mexican Pato O’Ward eked out his second IndyCar win in three weeks in Toronto yesterday, keeping alive his underdog chances to win the season championship.
Growing stocks to grow business July 21, 2025
Reefton Distilling Company founder and chief executive Patsy Bass sees growing the company’s whisky stocks as the biggest growth catalyst for the business. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The West Coast’s Reefton Distilling Company has announced a $2 million capital raise to scale its Moonlight Creek whisky production.

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