August 28, 2025

What rights do consumers have in a receivership and how you can protect yourself

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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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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ODT quiz: September 2 September 1, 2025
Porter chuffed rugby now a gender-blind career option September 1, 2025
Hannah Porter. PHOTO: ODT FILES Hannah Porter has seen the growth in women’s rugby more than most.
Kayla Hodge
Camaraderie sticks in McKenzie’s mind September 1, 2025
(clockwise from top left) Otago Spirit prop Margaret McKenzie in England at the 2025 Rugby World Cup; Hannah Porter (nee Myers) in action for the Black Ferns in 2005; Porter playing for the Spirit against Manawatu in 2000; McKenzie receiving her Black Ferns cap from New Zealand Rugby president Bill Osborne in 2019; McKenzie with […]
Kayla Hodge
Ashleigh Poi joins her sister at the Steel September 1, 2025
Christchurch's Ashleigh Poi (right) takes control of the ball under pressure from Auckland centre Samon Nathan. PHOTO: ODT FILES What is better than one Poi? Two.
Kayla Hodge
Writer ‘uplifted’ after receiving Janet Frame Prize September 1, 2025
Dunedin novelist and poet Emma Neale has been awarded the Janet Frame Prize this year. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH A Dunedin novelist and poet is having an "astonishing" run after about 30 years in the game, most recently securing a $10,000 award.
Mark John
Staff facing more abuse, violence: DCC September 1, 2025
Abuse towards council staff is on the rise across New Zealand and Dunedin is no exception.
Ruby Shaw
DCC must extend some benevolence to flood victims September 1, 2025
South Dunedin resident Marion McManus watches as builder Ken Close lifts the floorboards in her and her husband Tony’s house. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The flood-prone need help to do the right thing, Julian Doorey writes.
Dealership moves to Mosgiel after ‘too good an offer to turn down’ September 1, 2025
Midway Motors managing director Chris Henderson’s first day on the job yesterday at the used car dealership’s new premises in Gladstone Rd South, Mosgiel. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH A family-owned used car dealership has made the "huge" move from Dunedin to Mosgiel after spending more than 40 years in the city.
Tim Scott
Local body elections 2025: Clutha District Council September 1, 2025
The ratepayers of the Clutha District are experiencing some of the highest rates rises in the country at present, compounding in some towns to 60%-plus over two years thanks to having to ca
Get your kicks on Route 66 September 1, 2025
PHOTOS: SHUTTERSTOCK In a series covering some of the most popular world trips, Lonely Planet travel writers take us on a journey along the United States' Route 66.

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