March 27, 2026

What Joseph Duggar Told Wife Kendra in Jail Phone Call After Arrest

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Joseph Duggar exchanged words with his wife Kendra Duggar while behind bars. After the 19 Kids and Counting…

Why Lauren Conrad’s Husband Doesn’t Need to See Laguna Beach

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Lauren Conrad’s husband William Tell doesn’t need to go back to the beginning. In fact, the musician-turned-lawyer has…

See Miss Thailand Contestant’s Teeth Fall Out During Pageant

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A Miss Grand Thailand contestant is giving new meaning to dental crowns. Kamolwan Chanago stunned spectators when her…

Everything the Duggar Family Has Said About Joseph Duggar’s Arrest

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 27, 2026

The Duggar family is making their views known. After Joseph Duggar was arrested March 18 for allegedly molesting…

What Joseph Duggar Told Wife Kendra in Jail Phone Call After Arrest

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 27, 2026

Joseph Duggar exchanged words with his wife Kendra Duggar while behind bars. After the 19 Kids and Counting…

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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One killed in crash near Motueka April 3, 2026
One person has died following a crash near Motueka yesterday.
Community transport funding bid rejected April 3, 2026
Community Link Upper Clutha’s community shuttle trial ran for two three-month periods in 2022 and 2023, connecting Hāwea and Wānaka before carrying out an intra-city loop of the Wānaka CBD. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The provision of community transport in Wanaka has suffered another setback.
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Organ restoration nears completion April 3, 2026
PHOTO: JULES CHIN Waitaki Boys’ High School rector Darryl Paterson (right) and organ builder Ron Newton stand together in the Hall of Memories as the final stages of the organ’s restoration are under way.
Call for pest plant sightings April 3, 2026
African feather grass, a priority pest species, has been discovered in coastal East Otago. PHOTO: OTAGO REGIONAL COUNCIL A pest plant has cropped up on the coast in East Otago and the public are being urged to report suspected sightings.
Home in time for (fish) tea April 3, 2026
Just to emphasise that autumn is here, water temperatures have dropped considerably and because of shorter daylight hours they do not rise much from the morning low to the afternoon high.
Dr Dennis was a Wanaka legend April 3, 2026
Dennis Pezaro at home in his beloved Wanaka. PHOTO: ODT FILES The quintessential country doctor, Dennis Pezaro — or ‘‘Dr Dennis’’ to many — devoted decades to serving his beloved Wanaka community.
ODT quiz: April 4 April 3, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, April 4.
Runanga welcomes guilty verdict for trying to export pounamu April 3, 2026
Pounamu. Photo: ODT files A landmark prosecution involving the illegal export of pounamu from New Zealand has been welcomed by Poutini Ngai Tahu.
‘Very Dunedin story’ turns a page April 3, 2026
Firebrand co-founders Bex and Paul Twemlow at the Otago Medical Research Foundation gala last month where Firebrand was a creative sponsor. PHOTO: SEEN IN DUNEDIN ‘‘It's time.’’
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Cartoonist's view - Yeo April 3, 2026
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What Joseph Duggar Told Wife Kendra in Jail Phone Call After Arrest

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