December 25, 2025

Media Insider: Six media chief executives, six questions for 2026 – hear from the bosses of TVNZ, NZME, RNZ, Stuff, Sky TV, and MediaWorks

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 25, 2025

Their words – TVNZ, NZME, RNZ, Stuff, Sky & MediaWorks bosses on 2025 and what lies ahead.http://dlvr.it/TQ0w24

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 […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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St John stalwart gains recognition June 27, 2026
PHOTO: CALEB COTTON-EVERETT Arrowtowner Kelvin Perriman’s 35 years’ service to St John — now almost 37 years — was recognised at its recent district awards night in Cromwell.
Philip Chandler
Going the extra mile for the community June 27, 2026
Pavilion GM Robbie McGillivray with May’s ‘Good Egg’, Francine de Salingre. Photo: Philip Chandler Francine de Salingre, a Queenstowner who loves setting up people for success, is last month’s ‘Good Egg’.
Philip Chandler
All Whites challenged to step up after World Cup exit June 27, 2026
Dunedin premier rugby round 14 wrap-up June 27, 2026
University celebrate during their Division 1 premier club rugby match against Dunedin at the University Oval on Saturday. Photos: Peter Mcintosh. The playoffs are all set.
Adrian Seconi
A day of one-sided encounters in final round-robin matches June 27, 2026
University celebrate during their Division 1 premier club rugby match against Dunedin at the University Oval on Saturday. Photos: Peter Mcintosh. The playoffs are all set.
Adrian Seconi
Belgium beat All Whites 5-1 in World Cup match June 27, 2026
Belgium's Leandro Trossard scores their second goal. Photo: Reuters The All Whites have exited the Football World Cup at the group stage with a 5-1 loss to Belgium in Vancouver.
Belgium beat All Whites 5-1 to advance in World Cup June 27, 2026
Belgium's Leandro Trossard scores their second goal. Photo: Reuters The All Whites have exited the Football World Cup at the group stage with a 5-1 loss to Belgium in Vancouver.
Obituary: Gordon S. Wood, historian June 27, 2026
President Barack Obama presents a National Humanities Medal to author, historian and Brown University professor emeritus, Gordon Wood. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Gordon S. Wood was an eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of America’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as The Creation of the American […]
Dunedin premier rugby: final scores June 27, 2026
The final scores are in for the fourteenth round of Dunedin premier rugby.
Dad pleas for police policy change after mentally unwell son stabbed him June 27, 2026
A father wants police to resume non-urgent mental health callouts after his son was made a special patient. File photo: Getty Images Two years ago, police announced a change in how they attend mental health callouts, responding only to an immediate risk to life or safety or if a crime is being committed. Now a […]

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