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Bunnings pulls out of NPC rugby sponsorship; latest magazine and newspaper readerships.
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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 […]
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 […]
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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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Oamaru couple pepper-sprayed in street dust-up with cops November 20, 2025
The arrests happened at the Ministry of Social Development in Oamaru. Photo: ODT Files Police pepper-sprayed a couple as violence erupted during an arrest outside an Oamaru government office this morning.
Jules Chin
Drop in violent crime due to tougher gang laws: Govt November 20, 2025
Fleeing driver leads police on wild family outing November 20, 2025
Photo: Getty Images Fleeing police turned into a family affair when a man took his mother and two siblings on a high-speed drive past Oamaru before dumping the vehicle and making the brood continue on foot.
Laine Priestley
Campaigner happy feral cat 'crime family' now on hit-list November 20, 2025
Gareth Morgan. Photo: RNZ New Zealand's best-known opponent of letting cats wander where they please is thrilled the government has stopped "pussyfooting" around the issue.
Boozed Dunedin driver in near-miss with dog walker November 20, 2025
Photo: ODT Files A Dunedin drink-driver who swerved onto the pavement and almost ran over a dog walker blew nearly six times over the legal alcohol limit.
Laine Priestley
Parklands killer investigated four years ago for rape allegations November 20, 2025
Southland killer investigated four years ago for rape allegations when he was 14 November 20, 2025
Vow to reopen after fire claims shop, home November 20, 2025
Patricia Hailes, 83, is determined to reopen her 20c Shop after a fast-moving fire destroyed it along with her home. Photo: Dylan Smits Patricia Hailes has become a Christchurch community treasure over the past five years, offering near-free books, clothes and other secondhand items at her 20c Shop.
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'So glad I got this time with my darlings' November 20, 2025
August, Goldie and Hugo, in a photo taken five days before the incident. Photo: Supplied The mother of the three children who died following a fire in the Manawatū town of Sanson has spoken out for the first time.
'My babies were my absolute world': Mum speaks after children killed in blaze November 20, 2025
August, Goldie and Hugo, in a photo taken five days before the incident. Photo: Supplied The mother of the three children who died following a fire in the Manawatū town of Sanson has spoken out for the first time.

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