SL in win or bust territory as NZ look to spoil Khettarama party

By New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 25, 2026

A defeat for Sri Lanka against a well-rested New Zealand side will rule them out of contention for the semi-finals
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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
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Government directs Te Puni Kōkiri to conduct Māori Language Week in English September 17, 2024
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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
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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 […]
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
Air New Zealand flight attendant named CEO after one year on job November 30, 2021
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National Party board denies it unanimously agreed to Collins’ Faustian bargain with Satan November 26, 2021
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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 […]
Ben Uffindell

Search after incident at Kaikorai service station February 25, 2026
Armed police were called to the Z service station in Kaikorai Valley Rd tonight. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Police are actively pursuing an offender after what appears to be an incident at the Z service station in Kaikorai Valley Rd.
Eely good news for Nuggets February 25, 2026
Otago Nugget Matthew Bardsley (left) takes on Rangimarie Dougall-Mita of the Wellington Saints during a game in Dunedin last year. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The Slippery Eel is back on the hook.
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Child looking for food on floor, trial told February 25, 2026
The relative was testifying in the High Court at Nelson. Photo: RNZ A child who, according to their mother, was unable to eat was allegedly seen searching for crumbs of food off the floor during a family gathering.
SH1 reopens after East Taieri crash February 25, 2026
PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Emergency services were called to a crash that blocked part of State Highway 1 in East Taieri for a time this evening.
Not so plane and simple February 25, 2026
It’s quite a tale from Swedish pilots Stefan Samberg and Haakan Wiukander as they fly around New Zealand in their DH 80A Puss Moth, a restored plane from the 1930s, which ended up lost for a year after the container it was on was diverted. The two stopped off at the "Mecca" of vintage planes […]
Gerrit Doppenberg
Pipe band in major need of leader February 25, 2026
It will be big shoes to fill, but the Hokonui Celtic Pipe Band need a new drum major to lead them to continued national success. Photo: Gerrit Doppenberg The pipes, the pipes are calling — for a new drum major to take charge and lead the Hokonui Celtic Pipe Band.
Gerrit Doppenberg
Council pays out leaseholder February 25, 2026
Gore District Mayor Ben Bell says more stringent leases in the future will help prevent a repeat of the issues surrounding the closure of the Gore Motor Camp last month.
Gerrit Doppenberg
NZ too much for Aust shearers February 25, 2026
Mataura’s Dre Roberts shows his winning form in the senior shearing 12-sheep contest at the 60th anniversary Southern Shears in Gore. PHOTO: BARBARA NEWTON The New Zealand shearing team turned the tables on favourites Australia at the 60th anniversary Southern Shears shearing and woolhandling championships in Gore on Saturday night.
Looking back February 25, 2026
Photo: files Officers of the Kelso Mounted Rifles in camp at Mandeville in March 1904.
Moonshine trail done, many more events left February 25, 2026
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