September 12, 2025

Southern Cross chief Nick Astwick on premiums, ageing and why health is your greatest asset – Money Talks

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Nick Astwick was planning to be a detective before the banking sector swept him away.http://dlvr.it/TN2tW8

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 […]
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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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Beauden Barrett offers to help Irish opponent fight red card November 2, 2025
Tadhg Beirne of Ireland and Beauden Barrett of New Zealand after the Gallagher Cup match between Ireland and New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago, USA. Photo: Getty Images By Jamie Wall of RNZ All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett has offered to help Tadhg Beirne fight a potential ban, after the Irish lock was red-carded […]
Beauden Barrett keen to help Irish opponent fight red card November 2, 2025
Tadhg Beirne of Ireland and Beauden Barrett of New Zealand after the Gallagher Cup match between Ireland and New Zealand at Soldier Field in Chicago, USA. Photo: Getty Images By Jamie Wall of RNZ All Blacks first-five Beauden Barrett has offered to help Tadhg Beirne fight a potential ban, after the Irish lock was red-carded […]
Are you paying for more internet speed than you need? November 2, 2025
Almost half of the people over 50 surveyed said they did not know what speed they were on. Photo: Getty Images By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Research from comparison site NZ Compare has found that many older New Zealanders, in particular, are paying too much for broadband because they are not shopping around - and […]
Are you paying for more broadband than you need? November 2, 2025
Almost half of the people over 50 surveyed said they did not know what speed they were on. Photo: Getty Images By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Research from comparison site NZ Compare has found that many older New Zealanders, in particular, are paying too much for broadband because they are not shopping around - and […]
Stabbing followed gang member being told he couldn't smoke meth November 2, 2025
Ernest Albert claimed he was being set up because he was trying to leave the Rebels MC gang. Photo: supplied After a Rebels MC gang member was told he was not allowed to smoke methamphetamine inside his friend’s home, he stabbed the man multiple times, then repeated the act on an elderly neighbour.
Double stabbing after gang member told he couldn't smoke meth November 2, 2025
Ernest Albert claimed he was being set up because he was trying to leave the Rebels MC gang. Photo: supplied After a Rebels MC gang member was told he was not allowed to smoke methamphetamine inside his friend’s home, he stabbed the man multiple times, then repeated the act on an elderly neighbour.
One killed and two critically hurt in Waikato crash November 2, 2025
Police were called to the site of the two-vehicle incident at about 10pm yesterday. Photo: RNZ/ Marika Khabazi One person has died in a serious crash in the rural Waikato community of Rangiriri overnight.
'There for the taking': World media reacts to All Blacks' win November 2, 2025
The All Blacks mounted a spirited comeback to defeat Ireland 26-13 in front of a sell-out crowd of 61,840 fans in the Windy City (Chicago, not Wellington).
140 new hospital beds - none in South November 1, 2025
Health Minister Simeon Brown. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro Four hospitals will open new wards during the second half of 2026.
Nine suffer life-threatening injuries in UK train stabbing November 1, 2025

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