January 2026

NZ sharemarket ends flat despite Fletcher sale – Market close

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 20, 2026

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,573.93, down 6.36 points or 0.05%.http://dlvr.it/TQSN2c

ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 19, 2026

The rate rise to 5.79% could deliver ANZ about $12m in extra profit a year.http://dlvr.it/TQRJHs

Pact with Mercosur is aimed at showing EU can help maintain open markets despite US protectionism

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 18, 2026

Although more than 25 years in the making, deal comes at a pivotal moment.http://dlvr.it/TQQMbB

Media Insider: Scott Robertson’s axing – inside the All Blacks coaching storm; ‘Nothing made in China’ advertising controversy; Magazine editors step down

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 16, 2026

‘Superpower in decline’ – world media reacts to AB coach sacking; Mag editors step down.http://dlvr.it/TQNhSk

NZ sharemarket plunges 0.7% – Market close

New Zealand Blog News Service Jan 15, 2026

The S&P/NZX 50 Index closed at 13,659.79, down 97.92 points or 0.71%.http://dlvr.it/TQMbMR

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

ODT quiz: February 21 February 20, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, February 21.
No-one is above the law February 20, 2026
The Royal Family was always felt to be untouchable, even if that was not actually the case.
Cartoonist’s view — Yeo February 20, 2026
Today's cartoon from Shaun Yeo.
Letters to the Editor: mining, animals and Trump February 20, 2026
Dunedin Hospital. Photo: Gregor Richardson Today's Letters to the Editor from readers cover topics including the impact of the Bendigo mine, animal welfare at Southern Field Days, and are we safer under Trump?
US athletes attract crowd February 20, 2026
Visiting United States athlete Lloyd Hahn wins the 440 yards (quarter mile; about 400m) handicap at an athletics meeting on South Dunedin's Caledonian Ground. — Otago Witness, 2.3.1926. It is seldom that champion athletes from overseas come this way, and so it was not surprising that a crowd of well over 3000 should be present […]
Only in New Zealand February 20, 2026
Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A passing motorist, held up while Lorne Peak station stock are mustered across State Highway 6 between Kingston and Garston, leapt from his car to give shepherds a hand with the mob of 1000 lambs.
Electric-first bias a big plus February 20, 2026
Photo: David Thomson ROAD TEST Before we even get to the model that is the subject of this road test, let’s back up and start with the brand.
The classics and the new on show together February 20, 2026
Allan Dippie’s MAB Edwardian Speedster, built in Paris, is expected to be a showstopper at this weekend’s Ayrburn Classic motoring extravaganza. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED Queenstown's Ayrburn Classic motoring extravaganza will be three times bigger than last year’s inaugural event, the organiser says.
Philip Chandler
Invercargill MP poised to legislate herself out of existence February 20, 2026
Invercargill National MP Penny Simmonds. Photo: RNZ Something many people do not know about the building which includes Parliament’s debating chamber is that there is another similar chamber just behind it.
Mike Houlahan
How to be the hero of an appalling, sordid tale February 20, 2026
Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS Civis wonders how on earth support for President Donald Trump remains solid in the United States.

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January 2026

NZ sharemarket ends flat despite Fletcher sale – Market close

ANZ’s new floating interest rate means an extra $12m in profit – expert

Pact with Mercosur is aimed at showing EU can help maintain open markets despite US protectionism

Media Insider: Scott Robertson’s axing – inside the All Blacks coaching storm; ‘Nothing made in China’ advertising controversy; Magazine editors step down

NZ sharemarket plunges 0.7% – Market close

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