August 27, 2025

AI giant Nvidia beats earnings expectations but shares fall

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Nvidia shares fell over 3% in after-market trading.http://dlvr.it/TMkJ6q

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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Senior cops to have internet use audited after McSkimming scandal December 2, 2025
Police Commissioner Richard Chambers. Photo: RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ
Crown closes case in murder trial: 'It's not rocket science' December 1, 2025
Gurjit Singh, who was killed in his Liberton home in January last year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The evidence against a Dunedin man accused of viciously murdering his former employee is "completely overwhelming", the Crown says.
Rob Kidd
Many non-home owners 'have given up hope' December 1, 2025
Man charged after eating $33k Fabergé locket at jewellery store December 1, 2025
The Fabergé locket was worth more than $33,500. Photo: SCREENSHOT By Finn Blackwell of RNZ
NZ-born truck driver jailed over serious injury school bus crash December 1, 2025
Students in Victoria who were seriously injured when a truck crashed into the back of their school bus can finally move on now the driver has been jailed, a principal says.
Yacht club's warning: 'We will not tolerate gossip or malicious rumours' December 1, 2025
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WHO backs Ozempic-type drugs for treating obesity December 1, 2025
WHO guidelines said GLP-1 medications such as Ozempic or Wegovy could be used by adults as part of a comprehensive approach to obesity treatment. Photo: Getty Images The World Health Organization has released its first guidelines on the Ozempic-type drugs, conditionally recommending their use for long-term treatment of obesity.
Dunedin Santa Parade Highlights 2025 Preview December 1, 2025
A taste of the Dunedin Santa Parade Highlights 2025 coverage - full show coming soon to odt.co.nz
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Netanyahu asks for pardon in long-running corruption trial December 1, 2025
Donald Trump has backed Netanyahu's request for a pardon from in his long-running corruption trial. File photo: Reuters Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared in court on Monday for the first time since asking the country's president for a pardon in his long-running corruption trial, a request backed by close ally US President Donald Trump.
Dairy worker injured in Christchurch robbery December 1, 2025
The Opawa Rd Dairy was cordoned off on Tuesday morning. Photo: File image Police are searching for several people after a Christchurch dairy was held up and a worker allegedly stabbed on Tuesday morning.

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