October 13, 2025

Local body election voting needs to go digital or face even lower turnout – Ben Goodale

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 13, 2025

Auckland’s 2025 local election turnout has plunged to just 25%.http://dlvr.it/TNfXlB

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
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 […]
Ben Uffindell

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.
Testing begins on New Zealand's new census survey October 15, 2025
A cut above October 15, 2025
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery Twenty-five years ago it took Bruce Foster a week to cut the 200m-long macrocarpa hedge at the front of his section.
ODT quiz: October 15 October 14, 2025
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, October 15.
Liquidated company’s orchards up for sale October 14, 2025
Linda and Bruce Jolly. PHOTO: YVONNE O’HARA The orchards at the centre of a liquidation of a fledging Central Otago fruit company are up for sale.
Rotary-funded Prof to give talk on research October 14, 2025
Meeting Prof Louise Parr-Brownlie, after donating $10,000 to her research, were Rotary Club of Gore president Phil Reid (left) and former president Russell Welsh. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A $10,000 Rotary grant has brought a Parkinson’s researcher to Gore to share her thanks and insights into her work.
Ella Scott-Fleming
Event entertains, supports October 14, 2025
Young families came out to enjoy a festive and fun atmosphere, as well as check in with medical providers at the Plunket Super Saturday event last week. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED BY CATHERINE CALEY The Gore Town and Country club was home to a ton of fun last weekend, at the Southland Plunket "Super Saturday" event.
Gerrit Doppenberg
Work on 16-home project to start soon October 14, 2025
An architectural drawing of the new 16-home Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities social housing development in 29 Hamilton St, Gore. Photo: supplied Kāinga Ora Homes and Communities will begin social housing work this month on the former Longford Tavern site in Gore, three years after buying it.
Construction workforce set to triple October 14, 2025
Photo: supplied Construction teams will swell to 150 contractors on Fonterra’s new $150 million ultra-high temperature cream plant at Southland’s Edendale site in coming months.
Potential for shade, fire, pests continues to rankle October 14, 2025
West Otago farmers Simon, left, and father Mark Robinson could be left living in shade for much of the year once pines planted on a neighbouring former station begin to mature. PHOTO: RICHARD DAVISON A West Otago farmer says farm forestry regulations remain unfit for purpose, as he faces a future blighted by shade, frost, […]
Richard Davison

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