September 19, 2025

Why digital-first care is New Zealand’s best chance to fix health system – Cecilia Robinson

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OPINION: How to build a fair and modern health system.http://dlvr.it/TN9xyd

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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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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The great Anzac biscuit debate: crunchy or chewy? April 19, 2026
Obligation to be constructive in consultation reinforced April 17, 2026
While there has been significant media coverage of ongoing industrial action by firefighters over pay offers, it seems there is more to this.
In living memory April 17, 2026
Miss Kay Thompson (left) and Mrs Joan Cameron, reading resource teachers at Arthur Street School, warm themselves for the last time at the pot belly stove in the school's infant block. The stove was to be removed when the building was upgraded in May 1986.
Methinks her speech is archaic April 17, 2026
Jacinda Ardern Fascinated by language, what is Civis to make of Prime Ministers Christopher Luxon and Dame Jacinda Ardern?
Early starts guaranteed for Coronet Peak April 17, 2026
SnowFactory installation progresses as Queenstown's Coronet Peak gears up for an opening next month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Queenstown's Coronet Peak will be the first ski resort to open in New Zealand year in and year out thanks to new $2million-plus snowmaking technology, NZSki chief executive Paul Anderson says.
Use of foodbank surging April 17, 2026
Jocelyn Smith The Oamaru foodbank has been slammed by an increase in demand as people are forced to choose between paying for petrol and food, the Salvation Army says.
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ODT quiz: April 18 April 17, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, April 18.
Paddle poised for championship match April 17, 2026
PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON William Hsu, 12, shows his skills at the table tennis table at the Edgar Centre yesterday.
Praise for outgoing chairman as he takes on HNZ April 17, 2026
Outgoing MTF Finance chairman Mark Darrow (left) and acting chairman Noel Johnston catch up in Dunedin this week. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Mark Darrow has been on many boards but he describes his six-year tenure as chairman of MTF Finance as a career highlight.
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Obituary: Poutasi a great servant of the public April 17, 2026
Dame Dr Karen Poutasi was director-general of health from 1995 to 2006. PHOTO: ODT FILES An outstanding leader in New Zealand healthcare, Dame Dr Karen Poutasi tackled grim and complex subjects.

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