February 26, 2026

Sgt. Haane

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 26, 2026

Film, 2026, (Trailer) In April 1943, during World War II, Sergeant Haane Manahi (Te Arawa, Ngāti Raukawa) of…

Hospitality worker had front teeth broken in customer assault as research shows customer abuse has doubled in a year

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 26, 2026

More than a third of respondents experienced negative behaviour from customers.http://dlvr.it/TR9jRw

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

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 26, 2026

ICYMI: A defeat for Sri Lanka against a well-rested New Zealand side will rule them out of contention…

NZ coach Walter banks on his side’s ‘great’ problem-solving ability

New Zealand Blog News Service Feb 26, 2026

Despite taking the least wickets in this tournament, he is not worried as long as they are restricting…

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 […]
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 […]
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Hillary Clinton tells congressional panel she never met Epstein February 26, 2026
Hillary Clinton. File photo: Reuters Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told a congressional committee that she did not recall ever meeting the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and had no information to share about his criminal activities.
Bin truck fire sparks lithium battery warning February 26, 2026
Thousands of ambulance callouts for mental health 'non-urgent' February 26, 2026
Peters hits back at Seymour's Air NZ sale talk February 26, 2026
ODT quiz: February 27 February 26, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, February 27.
Black Ferns great retiring again February 26, 2026
Portia Woodman-Wickliffe, pictured in action for the Black Ferns during their bronze-medal game against France at the 2025 Rugby World Cup, has retired from international rugby. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Portia Woodman-Wickliffe is hanging up the black jersey — again.
Landers at tough hunting ground February 26, 2026
Highlanders hooker Jack Taylor eyes up Chiefs defender Jahrome Brown during the Super Rugby game at Forsyth Barr Stadium last weekend. PHOTO: NZ RUGBY/SMARTFRAME Jack Taylor was almost looking forward to stepping off the air-conditioned bus and into the muggy Brisbane heat for the captain’s run yesterday.
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Ready for star-studded qualifiers February 26, 2026
Tall Ferns manager Samara Gallaher. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Samara Gallaher admits she might have a couple of fan-girl moments.
Kayla Hodge
Eiffel stunt ends in tragedy February 26, 2026
French army aviator Lieutenant Leon Collet attempts a flight through the base of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, before colliding with radio wires and crashing to the ground. — Otago Witness, 20.4.1926 Paris, February 24: A bet made by an airman named Leon Collet that he would fly beneath the Eiffel Tower had a tragic ending. […]
People we have come to know February 26, 2026
Neville Chamberlain, Britain’s Prime Minister in the lead up to World War 2, once infamously said of Czechoslovakia ‘‘how horrible, fantastic, incredible it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing”.

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February 26, 2026

Sgt. Haane

Hospitality worker had front teeth broken in customer assault as research shows customer abuse has doubled in a year

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

NZ coach Walter banks on his side’s ‘great’ problem-solving ability

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