Ireland’s Lanas buys Indici in $100m-plus deal, circles second New Zealand target

By New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 7, 2026

Dublin player has already bought a clutch of local firms: The factors attracting it to NZ.
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Green Party promises to nationalise the Kiwibank sheep October 8, 2026
In perhaps its boldest policy proclamation of the campaign, the Green Party has pledged to nationalise Buck, the Kiwibank sheep, effectively putting it in the public domain. The promise comes on the back of an extensive legal campaign by Kiwibank to stop New Zealanders sexualising the sheep by issuing legal letters and copyright takedown notices […]
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New Zealand man identified as only other person to have survived multiple public executions October 8, 2026
*Face blurred due to name suppression. News media have been pleasantly surprised to find yet another New Zealand connection to an international story of horror or senseless tragedy. As American doctors and lawyers seek answers in the case of a woman who survived two lethal injections, the search for precedent has turned surprisingly to this […]
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Fears grow that human content could pose enormous threat to AI creators October 7, 2026
Fears continue to swirl around the potential implications of so-called human-generated content (media produced by sentient beings as opposed to self-trained artificial intelligence), with many experts and whistleblowers warning that by the year 2030, human activity could make up as much as 20% of all internet traffic. “You can already see this in what you […]
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Opportunity deputy only expressed voting preference under ‘immense pressure’ from reporter for Kea Kids October 7, 2026
Potential trouble has reared its head for the Opportunity party (O) today, after its deputy leader expressed a preference for National over Labour, an unforced error that could compromise its alleged neutrality. But Daniel Eb, deputy to O leader Qiulae Wong (Q), said he wasn’t thinking entirely straight when he gave the answer, crumbling under […]
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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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