Are we so used to a bad economy that we’ve stopped caring? – Liam Dann

By New Zealand Blog News Service May 3, 2026

Oil jumped above US$122 a barrel but barely made headlines last week.
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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
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Heartwarming: Thoughtful driver uses indicator to tell you what they’ve just done September 17, 2024
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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
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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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Three-vehicle crash closes SH6 north of Invercargill May 4, 2026
Emergency services are at the scene of a three-vehicle crash that has closed State Highway 6 at Makarewa tonight.
Trump says US will help ships stuck in Strait of Hormuz May 4, 2026
Ships and tankers in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Musandam, Oman. File photo: Reuters President Donald Trump said the United States would start helping to free ships stranded in the Gulf by the US-Israeli war on Iran from Monday, as a tanker reported being hit by unknown projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
Financial Markets Authority boss quits after probe into political statements May 4, 2026
Craig Stobo. File photo: RNZ By Jeremy Rees and Jeffrey Halley of RNZ
One injured in helicopter crash near Haast May 4, 2026
A person in a serious condition has been airlifted from the scene of a helicopter crash in Haast this afternoon.
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Disgraced top cop pays back $500 for hotel stays during affair May 4, 2026
Disgraced former deputy police commissioner Jevon McSkimming. Photo: RNZ By Sam Sherwood of RNZ
Death of Canterbury baby still a mystery 12 years on May 4, 2026
Soul Mathew Turany. Photo: Supplied / Facebook By Tim Brown of RNZ
Canterbury baby's death still a mystery 12 years on May 4, 2026
Soul Mathew Turany. Photo: Supplied / Facebook By Tim Brown of RNZ
'Quite remarkable' $1m Lotto win May 4, 2026
A lucky punter won a million dollars in a Lotto draw last month, the winning ticket was sold at the Windsor On the Spot Express store in Port Chalmers. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON A man says he carried a $1 million Lotto ticket around in his wallet for a week while he let the magnitude of […]
Hearing begins into Bondi Beach shooting May 4, 2026
Hundreds of flowers lay on the ground at the memorial next to Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in memory of those killed in last year's Bondi shooting. Photo: Getty Images Australia began public hearings on Monday into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in December, part of a wide-ranging national inquiry with witnesses set to give […]
Amazon to take $45m hit after canning NZ data centre plan May 4, 2026
The site which was planned to be used by Amazon in Westgate, Auckland. Photo: Google Maps / Screenshot Amazon's New Zealand data centre arm has taken a roughly $45 million hit after shelving a planned West Auckland development, newly filed accounts show.

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