August 2025

Labour market data: Unemployment hits 5.2%, 16,000 more jobless in past year

New Zealand Blog News Service Aug 5, 2025

New labour market data shows tough times for jobseekers.http://dlvr.it/TMKPXF

NZ wine industry dealt $112m Trump tariff blow

New Zealand Blog News Service Aug 4, 2025

NZ Winegrowers Advocacy says the tariff will go from 10c to around $1.10 per bottle.http://dlvr.it/TMJGWy

Meta, Amazon, IBM, HP: Flexible leasing model at tech titan’s Auckland offices changed

New Zealand Blog News Service Aug 3, 2025

Company leases desk spaces in Britomart, Wynyard Quarter, PwC Tower and Wellington.http://dlvr.it/TMH9qj

Couple take former Pāpāmoa Beach home owner to court as she refuses to leave after mortgagee sale

New Zealand Blog News Service Aug 2, 2025

The woman said she was trying to negotiate with the bank and didn’t consent to the sale.http://dlvr.it/TMGSJP

Butter backlash overlooks farming’s crucial economic role – Bruce Cotterill

New Zealand Blog News Service Aug 1, 2025

OPINION: Why butter prices reflect New Zealand’s agricultural success.http://dlvr.it/TMFdqg

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

Support grows for Labour; govt still keeps reins: poll August 11, 2025
Christopher Luxon's popularity has reached a two-year low in the latest 1News-Verian poll, while Chris Hipkins' is just behind. Photo: RNZ Labour's support has surged in the latest TVNZ political poll out tonight, but the coalition government would still have the numbers to govern.
ANZ cuts home loan rate August 11, 2025
ODT Rugby Chat: Awards Night 2025 August 11, 2025
On the final ODT Rugby Chat 2025 brought to you by Garador PD is at the Otago Club Rugby Awards Night held at Kaikorai Rugby Club. Watch to see who the winners are;
Luke Chapman
Australia to recognise Palestinian state August 11, 2025
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. File photo Australia will formally recognise a Palestinian state in a historic diplomatic shift that aims to "break the cycle of violence" in the Middle East.
Accused says mosque attack videos were for 'work purposes' August 11, 2025
Fifty-one people were killed in the March 15 attacks at the Al Noor mosque (pictured) and Linwood mosque in Christchurch in 2019. File photo A government employee on trial for allegedly having footage of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks says he had it for work purposes.
Mosque attack videos were for 'work purposes': accused August 11, 2025
Fifty-one people were killed in the March 15 attacks at the Al Noor mosque (pictured) and Linwood mosque in Christchurch in 2019. File photo A government employee on trial for allegedly having footage of the 2019 Christchurch mosque attacks says he had it for work purposes.
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NZ mulls recognition of Palestinian state August 11, 2025
Lockdown after 'aggressive' adults enter Auckland school August 11, 2025
A school in South Auckland says it has resumed classes after going into lockdown on Monday morning.
'Heartless' sea lion attacks need to stop, advocates say August 11, 2025
Sea lion Jade and her pup were shot and killed in September and October about 60km inland from the Clutha River mouth last year. PHOTO: NICK BROOK Advocates are disgusted by the shooting of three endangered sea lions in the South Island at the weekend.
Cold snap continues as winter maintains grip August 11, 2025

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August 2025

Labour market data: Unemployment hits 5.2%, 16,000 more jobless in past year

NZ wine industry dealt $112m Trump tariff blow

Meta, Amazon, IBM, HP: Flexible leasing model at tech titan’s Auckland offices changed

Couple take former Pāpāmoa Beach home owner to court as she refuses to leave after mortgagee sale

Butter backlash overlooks farming’s crucial economic role – Bruce Cotterill

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