January 23, 2026

NZ sharemarket ends week down almost 2% – Market close

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 23, 2026

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,448.24, down 108.63 points or 0.8%.http://dlvr.it/TQWjvR

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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell

Strait to be swum for sprinklers January 23, 2026
Water is both "the challenge and the solution" for David Hutchinson.
John Lewis
‘It’s pretty much just a recovery now’ January 23, 2026
Excavators have been working on moving piles of rubble from a massive slip in Mount Maunganui while support workers on foot point out the next spot for them to dig. PHOTO: RNZ A man whose family member is one of the six people missing in the Mount Maunganui landslip says his family are waiting for […]
Goldmine fast-track bidfalters January 23, 2026
An Australian mining company’s bid to fast-track its Central Otago gold mine has faltered at the first hurdle after government agencies raised significant environmental concerns and lambasted it for poor planning.
Mary Williams
One dead in Milton incident January 23, 2026
PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH One person is dead and another is in critical condition after a serious incident near Milton last night.
Stab wound penetrated to within 2cm of heart January 23, 2026
Emergency services rushed to the scene of a stabbing just off George St on September 27. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY A stabbing in central Dunedin left the victim with a wound just 2cm from his heart, a court has heard.
Rob Kidd
Rare visitor spotted January 23, 2026
REPORT: GRANT MILLER / PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Erect-crested penguins are normally found on New Zealand’s subantarctic Bounty and Antipodes island groups, but this juvenile was among sea lions at a Dunedin beach yesterday.
Grant Miller
Dementia patients ’forced shift‘ appalling’ January 23, 2026
Craig Ashton, PHOTO: SUPPKIED A desperate lack of dementia beds in Dunedin has resulted in the "appalling" situation of patients being shipped out of the city.
Laine Priestley
Coach to tackle cafe ownership January 23, 2026
Settling in as the new owners of St Clair’s Starfish Cafe are (from left) Sarah and Riki Flutey with their daughter Maddie. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH With a resume that includes coaching for the Highlanders and Black Ferns, Riki Flutey expects his sporting expertise will come in handy manning the helm of a Dunedin cafe.
Tim Scott
Timber! January 23, 2026
PHOTO: GERARD O’BRIEN Portobello Rd traffic was down to one lane yesterday as arborists felled a large macrocarpa tree in Ivanhoe Rd.
Adjusting tasks of DCC firm suggested January 23, 2026
Am alternative idea has emerged for fostering economic development in Dunedin — tweaking an existing council company.
Grant Miller

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