Casting News: Lucy Hale Is Scarlett Holmes, Gavin & Stacey Reunion, And More

By New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 6, 2026

Lucy Hale will star in Roku’s Scarlett Holmes, while Gavin & Stacey creators James Corden and Ruth Jones will reunite for Apple TV’s The Choir.
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Luxon assures New Zealanders no foreign aid will be diverted from countries they’ve ever heard of October 6, 2026
Under fire today for the announcement that National, if re-elected, will put additional money into Pharmac by taking it out of existing foreign aid, somehow still Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has sought to tamp down fears, saying he can say “with confidence” most New Zealanders will “never have heard of these countries.” “And certainly you’ve […]
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LIVE: Luxon v. Hipkins, first TVNZ debate October 6, 2026
This concludes our live coverage of tonight’s debate lowlights. 8:32pm: And now to the panel to tell you what you’ve just seen. 8:30pm: Luxon acknowledges more than 70,000 “serious questions” in Gaza. 8:26pm: Huge relief: the word “hole” has only been used once this debate. 8:23pm: Moderating debacle: why won’t Jack Tame ask Chrises about […]
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Government books looking better than expected thanks to cool holographic Duraseal September 30, 2026
Today Finance Minister Nicola Willis is touting this year’s Pre-Election Fiscal Update (PREFU? Prefoo? Really?), after Treasury said government books were looking “much better than expected” due to a fresh new coating of holographic neon yellow Duraseal from Warehouse Stationery. Willis showed off the books to media for the first time today, enthusiastically tilting them […]
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Opportunity party lays out 5 key polite requests September 29, 2026
As they hover just above the 5 percent threshold, the party formerly known as TOP (The Opportunities Party), but now just O (Opportunities), has sought to provide potential voters some clarity on what exactly they’ll be very gently asking for. O’s leader, Q, otherwise known as Qiulae Wong, today laid out a series of five […]
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Police seek public’s help in tracking down at-large prominent New Zealander, but cannot name them September 29, 2026
Police are today asking all members of the public to be on the lookout for a prominent New Zealander who has escaped police custody and is the subject of a nationwide manhunt. In an unusual move, Police Commissioner Richard Chambers fronted a press conference this afternoon to put out the alert, saying that if anyone […]
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Chaos on campaign trail as Chris Hipkins takes newfound love of swearing too far, calls Prime Minister ‘cuntmuncher’ September 28, 2026
There was absolute mayhem on the campaign trail today as Labour leader Chris Hipkins took his newfound love of swearing to new heights, buoyed by a raucous campaign launch the day before. At yesterday’s Labour Party launch, Hipkins sought to alleviate concerns he comes off as too bashful and boyish to take on the Government, […]
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NZ First voters perplexed as Winston Peters speaks in Tauranga; say they’d much prefer he speak in English September 28, 2026
New Zealand First voters around the country took to social media Sunday to express confusion, disappointment, and at times disgust upon hearing that leader Winston Peters had chosen to start the first major campaign weekend by speaking in Tauranga. Peters entered government in 2023 promising to restore English as the country’s predominant language, supporting a […]
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NZ First says new candidates must now be both washed up AND disgraced September 27, 2026
Overrun with a torrent of applicants seeking to reignite their political careers, or who are unwelcome in other parties on character grounds, New Zealand First has tightened its criteria for accepting new candidates for this year’s election. Faced with a surplus of candidates attempting a lukewarm comeback, from Alfred Ngaro to Ron Mark, (and formerly […]
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National promises to break up Woolworths and Pak’nSave September 27, 2026
In a bold move this weekend, the National Party has committed to its second supermarket breakup. Last week, the party promised to break up supermarket giant Foodstuffs, separating Pak’nSave from New World, in a move that business leaders have described. But now it’s pushing further, promising also to ensure that Woolworths and Pak’nSave are not […]
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AI companies in fierce arms race to demonstrate their model is the most existentially threatening to humanity September 27, 2026
In the midst of growing fears that artificial intelligence is advancing at such a rate that it may compel itself to end all life on earth, AI giants from OpenAI to Anthropic are switching up their sales pitches. Where companies previously competed to demonstrate superior abilities in programming, passive-aggressive emails, and videos of unusually high […]
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