September 8, 2025

Commerce Commission takes CityFitness to court over allegedly misleading membership prices

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Advertised membership prices allegedly didn’t include a compulsory 3% “transaction fee”.http://dlvr.it/TMyK6h

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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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 […]
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Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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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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Step into the Spirit of Scotland at the Hororātā Highland Games October 28, 2025
The pipes will call once again as the 14th Hororātā Highland Games returns on Saturday 8th November – a full-day celebration of Scottish culture with a uniquely Kiwi twist.
No longer any employee representation on WorkSafe board - CTU October 28, 2025
Workplace Relations Minister Brooke van Velden. Photo: RNZ The government needs to include employee representation on the WorkSafe board, says the Council of Trade Unions.
Facial recognition tech to be trialled at Chch supermarkets October 28, 2025
Pak'nSave Moorhouse in central Christchurch will trial the facial recognition tech. Photo: Google Maps Three Christchurch supermarkets are trialling facial recognition to help identify people that have previously acted violent or threatening in store.
Chch supermarkets to trial facial recognition technology October 28, 2025
Pak'nSave Moorhouse in central Christchurch will trial the facial recognition tech. Photo: Google Maps Three Christchurch supermarkets are trialling facial recognition to help identify people that have previously acted violent or threatening in store.
Full draft of curriculum for years 0-10 released October 28, 2025
File photo: RNZ The government has released the full draft of the curriculum for year 0-10 students with the Education Minister Erica Stanford calling it another significant step toward delivering a world-leading system for every learner.
Criticism of govt's curriculum changes growing October 28, 2025
The government's changes wasted the time and money already spent implementing the curriculum, say maths education experts. File photo: ODT By John Gerritsen of RNZ
Young Otago mum focused on making memories after cancer diagnosis October 28, 2025
Briar Dawson and her 3-year-old daughter Elsie. Photo: Supplied/Givealittle A young Otago mother is making the most of her time left with her daughter after a shock diagnosis of an incurable cancer.
Mark John
Iran, Russia and the NZ insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing October 28, 2025
A satellite image shows the oil tanker Yug at Huangdao port in Qingdao, China, December 22, 2024. Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS Last Christmas, the tanker Yug cruised out of the Chinese port of Qingdao after offloading 2 million barrels of sanctioned Iranian oil. Near the Arctic, a vessel carrying Russian crude churned through icy […]
'Hugely stressful': Uni apologises for errors in law exam October 28, 2025
Photo: Gerard O'Brien University of Otago law students were left scrambling after being informed partway through a crucial exam that the first question contained errors.
Matthew Littlewood
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