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. […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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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.
Columba College principal not returning October 22, 2025
Charissa Nicol is Columba College's third principal since 2018. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Columba College principal Charissa Nicol will not be returning to the role after being on leave for three months.
GP named as victim of tree accident October 22, 2025
Dr Richard Tyler Photo: Supplied / NZ Doctor Wellington specialist GP Richard Tyler died after apparently being struck by a falling tree branch during high winds in the capital, according to health website New Zealand Doctor.
In the shadow of netball's coaching crisis October 22, 2025
Dame Noeline Taurua has served on the board of High Performance Sport NZ since August 2022. Photo: Marty Melville via RNZ By Dana Johannsen of RNZ High Performance Sport NZ has quietly footed the bill for an independent review and player wellbeing support in the Silver Ferns' camp - even as coach at the centre […]
Flood warning for Queenstown Lakes area October 22, 2025
People in Queenstown Lakes townships and rural areas are warned to watch rising lake and river levels, with some flooding now predicted - particularly for parts of Glenorchy.
West Coast conservation plan paused October 22, 2025
A survey last year asked people what was important to them on West Coast conservation lands and waters. Photo: LDR / Lois Williams (file) Work on the West Coast's long-awaited new conservation management strategy is officially on hold - pending new laws controlling what can and can't be done on public conservation land.
Cross-cultural, cross-culinary October 22, 2025
PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG At her Zimbabwean cuisine stall, Doreen Makoni passes a plate to Tabitha Yan, at the Gore District Council's Hokonui Culture Feast last Friday, October 17, Gore.
Water tower demolition in plans October 22, 2025
The Hilbre Avenue water tower. PHOTO: ENSIGN FILES The Hilbre Avenue water tower demolition is still on the cards, with plenty of work to be done for the Gore District Council in the new financial year.
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School intervention over October 22, 2025
Kieran Udy. Photo: supplied St Peter’s College is looking towards a brighter future, after the Ministry of Education officially ended the school’s statutory invervention last week.
Gerrit Doppenberg
Looking back October 22, 2025
Photo: Allied Media files A devastating fire in March 1918 marked the end of flour production at Gore’s landmark Creamoata mill.

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