Media Insider: National calls in Rachel Smalley to help PM, MPs with comms; Govt’s stern letter to RNZ over costs; John Campbell on new Morning Report role

By New Zealand Blog News Service Apr 10, 2026

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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
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
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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
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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
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ODT quiz: April 22 April 21, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, April 22.
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Business relocates to Main St April 21, 2026
PHOTO: GEMMA SINCLAIR A Gore yoga business has relocated to the town’s main street.
Black sheep come in from the cold April 21, 2026
The Black and Coloured Sheep Breeders Association members engage in a workshop at a farm in Gore, where their national conference brought farmers from all over New Zealand to celebrate coloured wool and rural success. PHOTO: GERRIT DOPPENBERG For once, the black sheep were not on the outer in Gore last weekend.
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Alternative energy options explored April 21, 2026
Solayer co-founder Becks Smith, of Maniototo, crunched the numbers on how a solar installation would perform on the property of fellow deer farmer Tony Roberts and shared the results at a Southland Environment Advance Party field day on the farm on April 13. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUE Rising fuel costs and power outages energised a group […]
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Interest-free loan aims to boost solar April 21, 2026
ASB South Island rural sustainability manager Tim Lissaman spoke at a Southland Environment Advance Party field day in Maitland, near Gore, last week. PHOTO: SHAWN MCAVINUE "It makes bloody good financial sense," a southern banker says about farmers installing solar.
Shawn McAvinue
Dog trialling duo return to old stomping ground April 21, 2026
Waitaki Collie Club member and former Jeff Farm cadet Ben Fifield, 20, and his dog Mick returned to Kaiwera to compete at the Kuriwao Collie Club annual trial. PHOTOS: SHAWN MCAVINUE It was back to where it all began when former Jeff Farm cadet Ben Fifield and his dog Mick competed at the Otago Sheep […]
Shawn McAvinue
Brave Highlanders storm back too late April 21, 2026
I've been going on about upsets but this whole round was an upset.
Museum’s gifted church needing repairs April 21, 2026
St Mary's Church, part of Waikawa Museum, was damaged in the storm in October last year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED St Mary’s Church in Waikawa, part of the Waikawa Museum and Information Centre, has a $39,000 problem.
Shed fire sparks farm clearing sale April 21, 2026
Vendors Ross and Kathryn Smaill held a clearing sale of livestock and plant on-farm in Dunedin last week.
Shawn McAvinue
Big things tipped for young shearer April 21, 2026
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