November 14, 2025

Expert’s idea to combat the ‘billions’ scammers spend on social media scam ads

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 14, 2025

Leaked documents said Meta projected it would make US$16b from scam ads last year.http://dlvr.it/TPGdf6

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 […]
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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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Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Waikouaiti March 19, 2026
Photo: ODT Files A motorcyclist is in a serious condition following a crash in Waikouaiti.
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Val Kilmer to appear posthumously through AI in film March 19, 2026
Val Kilmer had throat cancer and died in April last year. Photo: Reuters (file) Actor Val Kilmer will posthumously appear in what a production company says is a first-ever performance enabled by generative artificial intelligence for an upcoming film.
'Just went haywire': Wife died after man lost control of car March 19, 2026
A day out to go and watch a football game turned to devastation for a family after a man lost control of his car, fishtailed and crashed into a tree, killing his wife.
Proposals sought for Chateau Tongariro restoration March 19, 2026
The Chateau Tongariro has been sitting empty since it was closed in February 2023. Photo: Wikimedia Commons The government is seeking proposals from operators to restore and operate the historic Chateau Tongariro hotel in the central North Island at the base of Mt Ruapehu.
Trump vows no more attacks by Israel on Iran gas field March 19, 2026
Smoke and fire rise near Iran's South Pars gas field on Wednesday. Image: Social Media/via Reuters US President Donald Trump says an angry Israel "violently lashed out" and attacked Iran's major gas field, a significant escalation in the US-Israeli war, but ruled out further such attacks by Israel unless Iran retaliated.
Queenstown lakefront food stalls banned March 19, 2026
The ban on food stalls at the lakefront will take effect on April 17. Photo: Guy Williams/ODT By Katie Todd of RNZ Food stalls will be banned from the Queenstown lakefront after the district council voted on measures to deal with public health concerns, litter and traders blocking footpaths.
$90k compo 'insulting', says Dilworth abuse survivor March 19, 2026
Photo: Getty Images By Finn Blackwell of RNZ Warning: This story discusses sexual abuse. A survivor of abuse by a housemaster at an Auckland boarding school says a $90,000 redress offer is insultingly small.
McCaw home sold for 'more than $3.6m' March 19, 2026
Gemma and Richie McCaw. Photo: Instagram Richie and Gemma McCaw have sold their Christchurch home for an undisclosed amount at auction.
McCaw family's Fendalton home sold March 19, 2026
Gemma and Richie McCaw. Photo: Instagram Richie and Gemma McCaw sold their Christchurch home for an undisclosed amount at auction on Thursday.
US flags surround Luxon's office in protest March 19, 2026
The Prime Minister's electoral office in Botany today. Photo: supplied Pictures of United States President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, and US flags have been plastered on Luxon's electorate office in Auckland.

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