January 6, 2026

NZ sharemarket continues upwards trajectory – Market close

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 6, 2026

US oil companies buoyant on Trump plan for them to rebuild Venezuela’s oil industry.http://dlvr.it/TQBLgv

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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ODT quiz: January 9 January 8, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, January 9.
2025 New Zealand’s fourth-warmest year January 8, 2026
Dunedin was hot yet cold. Dry but wet. Alexandra was the driest in the country while it blew at record level all over the South on October 23.
Crash temporarily blocks road January 8, 2026
PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Police attend the scene of a crash where a car towing a trailer filled with concrete blocks crashed into the divider barrier of the Southern Motorway near Fairfield yesterday.
Memeti embroiled in racism probe January 8, 2026
Justin Vidic. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Football Australia is expected to investigate an allegation that Brisbane Roar striker Justin Vidic was racially abused by highly-rated Melbourne City youngster Medin Memeti.
Call for new approach to controlling wild deer January 8, 2026
Wild red deer scamper for cover after being surprised while eating winter feed in a paddock on the outskirts of Dunedin. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Control of wild deer is fragmented and complex and a new approach is needed to hold back an animal which now covers nearly half the country, a new report says.
Plan on an MCERT January 8, 2026
If, as the adage has it, a camel is a horse designed by a committee, what are we to make of the Cabinet’s latest creation, MCERT?
Those daring young drivers in their jaunty jalopies January 8, 2026
PHOTO: GEORGE BUNZ.P2008-007-003, HOCKEN COLLECTIONS UARE TAOKA O HAKENA. Ashburton Ford Owners’ Annual Run to Geraldine and Woodbury Bush, October 25, 1915.
Driver on bail at time of Christmas Eve offences January 8, 2026
PHOTO: ODT FILES A Dunedin driver has avoided prison after being caught drunk behind the wheel three times in six months.
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Will Nato look to confront its own hypocrisy on Greenland? January 8, 2026
Greenland Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen holds a press conference on Tuesday. REUTERS Trump wants Greenland. Europe’s tepid response is putting Nato and global security at risk, Shannon Brincat and Juan Zahir Naranjo Caceres write.
Is writing headed for extinction? January 8, 2026
There are now more articles on the internet written by AI than people. IMAGE: GETTY IMAGES More than half of new articles on the internet are being written by AI, Francesco Agnellini explains.

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