July 30, 2025

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

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

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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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Opener will test ‘brutal’ breakdown August 1, 2025
Otago coach Mark Brown puts his side through a training session at Logan Park earlier this week. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH All eyes on the breakdown. New Otago coach Mark Brown reckons his side’s prospects in the NPC hinge on how they perform in that area.
Adrian Seconi
Venture aimed at helping women find their feet, seat August 1, 2025
Gemma Smith is sharing her own patch of paradise near Queenstown with other women keen to get in the saddle. PHOTO: SUPPLIED After a career as an urban planner and then running a childcare centre business, Wakatipu’s Gemma Smith is changing tack for a different pace of life. She talks to business and rural editor Sally Rae.
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Waste-to-power venture gains global recognition August 1, 2025
Winners at the 2025 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Industry Awards, including Eco Stock Supplies managing director Andrew Fisher (front row, bow tie) celebrate their successes at a function in Birmingham. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Ecogas — a joint venture between Central Otago’s Pioneer Energy Group and Ecostock Ltd — has received global recognition, winning AD Hero of […]
Synlait loss turnaround ‘will take time’ August 1, 2025
Canterbury-based milk processor Synlait Milk is anticipating a loss after tax of $27million to $40m after manufacturing challenges at its Dunsandel factory.
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Harsh times cited for liquidation August 1, 2025
Harsh economic times have been cited as the reason for the liquidation of a Wanaka interior design business.
Southland Boys’ favourites for semifinal August 1, 2025
Southland Boys High School winger Zeke Siola charges to the try line in a First XV rugby interschool against Otago Boys High School in Invercargill earlier this year. PHOTO: DEBBIE FAHEY PHOTOGRAPHY School rivalry will lift a notch this weekend.
Adrian Seconi
Music off the leash August 1, 2025
Purple Dog, from left, Jamie Hall, Charlotte Rodgers-Foran, Imogen Foley, Corey Adams and Marc Franz Calzada. PHOTO: SEREN STEVENS There’s no time to hit pause, Purple Dog’s frontwoman tells Seren Stevens.
Puketapu puts it in perspective August 1, 2025
It’s steep and potentially punishing, but also quite dreamy. Hmmm... being human. Sometimes it’s a right pain, isn’t it? From the failure of the body to the failure of the mind. We’re full of flaws and full of faulty thinking.
Beauty and strength forged from home August 1, 2025
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A deception in the heavens August 1, 2025
IMAGE: IAN GRIFFIN A few Sundays ago, as the sun descended towards the hills which embrace the harbour, I stepped on to my Portobello deck to enjoy the last of the day's light. It was a crisp Dunedin evening where the sky seemed painted in soft pastels, and everything felt briefly suspended in time.

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