February 9, 2026

Cuba halts airline refuelling as US punishment takes toll

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 9, 2026

Airlines flying long haul from Cuba must now add extra refuelling stops.http://dlvr.it/TQrs8B

Seifert and Phillips conquer Afghanistan spin to script convincing New Zealand win

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 9, 2026

ICYMI: Gulbadin Naib’s half-century and Mujeeb Ur Rahman’s double-strike had given Afghanistan hope but they fell well short…

New Zealand brace for unfamiliar opponents UAE

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 9, 2026

UAE are playing their first game of the T20 World Cup; NZ beat Afghanistan in their opening fixturehttp://dlvr.it/TQrr5K

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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Police investigating NZ links to Australian satanic child sex abuse ring February 10, 2026
File photo: Getty Images By Sam Sherwood of RNZ
Retail crime advisory group shuts up shop four months early February 10, 2026
Sunny Kaushal is the chair of a ministerial advisory group on retail crime. Photo: RNZ By Jimmy Ellingham and Louisa Cleave of RNZ
One airlifted from Te Anau boat grounding February 10, 2026
Southern Lakes Helicopters performs a search and rescue operation in this file photo. Photo: Supplied The occupant of a boat which ran aground in Lake Te Anau was helicoptered to shore early this morning.
'Very dangerous' electrical rule change to be reviewed February 10, 2026
The change was introduced last year. File photo: New Zealand Electrical Inspectors Association A rule change that electrical inspectors say elevates the risk of people being electrocuted is being reviewed.
Mosque shooter 'wanted to be convicted' of terrorism - ex lawyer February 10, 2026
Al Noor Mosque. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Tim Brown of RNZ
Mosque shooter 'wanted to be described as a terrorist' - ex lawyer February 10, 2026
Al Noor Mosque. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon By Tim Brown of RNZ
Students gambling away rent after getting 'bombarded' by betting ads February 10, 2026
File photo: RNZ More university students are getting into financial trouble because they are being bombarded by ads for sports betting companies, the Problem Gambling Foundation says.
'Hugely concerning': Six months since missing woman last seen in Christchurch February 9, 2026
Person in critical condition after fall from city library February 9, 2026
Christchurch's central city library. Photo: RNZ A person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a fall at Christchurch's central Tūranga library.
Person critical after fall from Christchurch library February 9, 2026
Christchurch's central city library. Photo: RNZ A person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after a fall at Christchurch's central Tūranga library.

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