2026

Billy Crystal Leads Gut-Wrenching Rob Reiner Tribute With Meg Ryan

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 15, 2026

Billy Crystal remembered Rob Reiner—with the help of some special friends. Three months after the director and his…

An Oscars Tie? Breaking Down the Rare Win for Live Action Short Film

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 15, 2026

This is one category that definitely saw some action. The 2026 Oscars cemented itself in history on March…

Oscars Honors Diane Keaton, Catherine O’Hara in Heartbreaking Tribute

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 15, 2026

There was not a dry eye at the Oscars 2026 during the in memoriam segment. In addition to…

John Cusack Makes Rare Appearance to Honor Rob Reiner at Oscars 2026

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 15, 2026

It’s a sure thing that John Cusack was going to honor Rob Reiner. At the Oscars 2026 following…

Barbra Streisand Reveals Her Final Note to Robert Redford at Oscars

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 15, 2026

Barbra Streisand has some misty watercolor memories of Robert Redford. Six months after the legendary actor died at…

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. […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell
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 […]
Ben Uffindell

The SUV that sells for more secondhand than new June 16, 2026
Cod liver oil and toffee secret to long and happy life June 16, 2026
With 100 reasons to smile, Rona Williamson has a lolly scramble at her lifelong Kaka Point home yesterday with her favourite Mackintosh's toffees, and daughters Shelley Williamson, centre, and Jenny O'Connell. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY Cod liver oil - and the occasional toffee - might just be the secret to a long and happy life, if […]
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State-of-the-art Merivale hospice opens June 16, 2026
Nurse Maude's new hospice. Photo: Nurse Maude Patients are moving into the new Nurse Maude Hospice in Christchurch which was built using funds from donors and supporters.
$79m boost for aged residential care services June 16, 2026
The funding will strengthen aged residential care services and help the sector cope with the growing needs of an ageing population, Health Minister Simeon Brown says. Photo: ODT files The Minister of Health says a funding boost for aged residential care services will help older people who are waiting too long to get the care […]
Canterbury Students' Assn admits food poisoning charge June 16, 2026
Students in the dining hall at University Hall accommodation. Photo: Supplied / University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury Students' Association has admitted responsibility for a food poisoning outbreak that made more than 100 students sick.
Mass food poisoning of students charge admitted June 16, 2026
Students in the dining hall at University Hall accommodation. Photo: Supplied / University of Canterbury The University of Canterbury Students' Association has admitted responsibility for a food poisoning outbreak that made more than 100 students sick.
Christchurch woman Rowena Walker 'victim of foul play': police June 16, 2026
Rowena Walker was last seen in August last year. Photo: NZ Police Police are renewing an appeal for information on the whereabouts of a missing Canterbury woman on what would have been her 40th birthday.
Missing Christchurch woman 'victim of foul play' June 16, 2026
Rowena Walker was last seen in August last year. Photo: NZ Police Police are renewing an appeal for information on the whereabouts of a missing Canterbury woman on what would have been her 40th birthday.
ODT quiz: June 17 June 16, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, June 17.
An almost-win for avid readers June 16, 2026
Dunedin North Intermediate pupils (from left) Grant Rawlence, Ida Beattie, Mila Hinch and Charlie Seal, all 12, were runners-up in the recent 2026 New Zealand Kids’ Lit Quiz national final in Wellington. PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSON They were so close, they could almost grasp the prize.
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Billy Crystal Leads Gut-Wrenching Rob Reiner Tribute With Meg Ryan

An Oscars Tie? Breaking Down the Rare Win for Live Action Short Film

Oscars Honors Diane Keaton, Catherine O’Hara in Heartbreaking Tribute

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Barbra Streisand Reveals Her Final Note to Robert Redford at Oscars

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