December 7, 2025

Small Business: Bark to match the bite with Howler Hotdogs

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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 […]
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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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ODT quiz: January 29 January 28, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Thursday, January 29.
School speed limit times standardised January 28, 2026
The Dunedin City Council has standardised variable speed limit times around schools in time for the start of the new school year.
Challenge encourages pedal power January 28, 2026
Santashree Mitra enjoys biking to work each day along Te Aka Ōtākou (The Otago Vine). PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON Two wheels are better than four as pedal power is set to take over the city next month.
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Awards celebration of year’s achievements January 28, 2026
Dunedin actors (from left) Maegan Stedman-Ashford, Brenna Fields, and Laura Wells, pictured in their costumes for Lords and Ladies at the Globe Theatre in September, are finalists in an array of categories for the upcoming 14th Ōtepoti Dunedin Theatre Awards, as is the production. Photo: Don Townsend Another impressive year of theatre in the city […]
‘Amazing’ lanterns to light up new year January 28, 2026
Dunedin City Council lantern logistics manager Bex Rowe admires a New Zealand Haast’s eagle landing on the back of a giant moa as a collection of extraordinary lanterns from China are unpacked. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON An extinct duo are one of thirteen intricate lanterns that will will form an illuminated display at Toitū Otago Settlers […]
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Peninsula plays role in schooling January 28, 2026
Students taking part in the Otago Polytechnic-led architecture summer school view yellow-eyed penguin nests as part of a tour by peninsula organisation Opera last week. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Otago Peninsula became a living classroom for architecture students taking part in summer school field trips last week.
Weather curve ball at Teretonga Park January 28, 2026
Caleb Byers (Christchurch) leads the field in a TA 2 NZ Championship race at Round 4 of the Next Gen Championship. PHOTOS: DAVE LOUDON After a dry spell in the south, the heavens chose to open as the Ascot Park Hotel Teretonga Park International, part of the Repco NextGen NZ Championship, was held over the […]
Standing still on scientific research using animals not a viable option January 28, 2026
Tara Jackson speaks at an anti-animal experimentation protest outside the University of Otago Hercus building in 2016. PHOTO: ODT FILES New Zealand’s record animal science numbers hide a bigger problem, Tara Jackson writes.
NZSO returns for big year of music in city January 28, 2026
James Judd. Photo: Latitude Creative The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Dunedin Symphony Orchestra will join forces for a unique concert experience in May
Hit show to turn up the heat at Regent Theatre January 28, 2026
The international hit show Menopause The Musical is set to turn up the heat in New Zealand this March and April.

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