September 2025

UDC Finance makes bumper profit but credit losses climb – Stock Takes

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 4, 2025

The company booked a credit impairment charge of $39.8m in the 15 months to March 31.http://dlvr.it/TMtTdw

Time to unscramble New Zealand’s government – Roger Partridge

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 3, 2025

NZ has 81 ministerial portfolios across 28 ministers and 43 departments.http://dlvr.it/TMsGfv

Where NZ’s Airbnb guests come from and how much they spend on an average stay

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 1, 2025

Domestic guests made up 55% of Airbnb stays in NZ last year.http://dlvr.it/TMps1K

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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Bangladesh cuts working hours in bid to save energy amid crisis April 3, 2026
Markets and shopping centres will have to close by 6pm under new energy saving laws in Bangladesh. Photo: Getty Images Bangladesh has launched fresh measures to curb energy consumption, cutting office hours and trimming public spending as conflict in the Middle East disrupts global fuel markets and strains power supply in the South Asian nation.
Arrest in Lower Hutt death as homicide investigation begins April 3, 2026
A minor has been arrested in relation to the death of a man in the Lower Hutt suburb of Wainuiomata.
Man jailed for child sexual abuse offending April 3, 2026
Louis Fleming was sentenced for in the Nelson District Court. Photo/ Tracy Neal via Open Justice WARNING: This story deals with the sexual exploitation of children and young people and may be upsetting to some readers. A South Island man talked online about his desire to sexually abuse children as young as 10.
Man cleared of sexual abuse charges April 3, 2026
WARNING: This article discusses allegations of sexual abuse and may be upsetting to some readers. A man who has been defending charges of historical sexual abuse at trial braced himself as the jury returned with verdicts after deliberating for less than an hour.
Cuba to free more than 2000 prisoners: report April 3, 2026
Photo: Getty Images Cuba today said it would free more than 2000 prisoners from the island's jails, according to state-run media, the second time this year its communist-run government has announced a prisoner amnesty amid talks with the administration of US president Donald Trump.
Report finds 49 violations at largest US migrant detention camp April 3, 2026
An inspection found 49 violations of detention standards at the largest US migrant detention camp, located in El Paso, Texas, which has faced criticism from immigration advocates opposed to President Donald Trump's crackdown.
Preschool teachers censured after child found screaming in locked van April 3, 2026
A screaming child was found locked in a preschool van 80 minutes after the class had returned from a trip.
Surfer bitten by sea lion at Brighton Beach April 3, 2026
The surfer was bitten at Brighton Beach. File Photo: Gregor Richardson A surfer at Brighton Beach in Dunedin got more than he bargained for when he was bitten by a sea lion this afternoon.
Flooding damaged sewage treatment plant's 'heart and nervous system' April 3, 2026
Signs on Wellington's South Coast about the wastewater spill. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone The flooding of the Moa Point sewage treatment plant damaged its ''heart and nervous system", Wellington Water says.
Fuel price rises hitting regions differently April 3, 2026
By Susan Edmunds of RNZ Essential workers in some parts of the country face much higher fuel bills than in others, new data shows - and it has raised questions about how support should be targeted.

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UDC Finance makes bumper profit but credit losses climb – Stock Takes

Time to unscramble New Zealand’s government – Roger Partridge

Where NZ’s Airbnb guests come from and how much they spend on an average stay

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