2026

Golfer Gary Woodland Details PTSD Struggle After Brain Lesion Surgery

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Gary Woodland is sharing the emotional toll of his return to golf. The four-time PGA Tour winner candidly…

Scarpetta Review: Nicole Kidman’s Gory Crime Procedural Is Too Dull To Draw Blood

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Scarpetta has serious star power but disappoints as a crime procedural, with a bland mystery and an overstuffed…

Untangling Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff’s Fractured Relationship

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

If the key to surviving the early years of motherhood is finding that proverbial village, the one Hilary…

Cody Simpson Details Dating Kylie Jenner, Gigi Hadid & Miley Cyrus

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Girls were always on Cody Simpson’s mind when he was a teenager. As the “All Day” singer skyrocketed…

Ellie Goulding Gives Birth to Baby No. 2, First With Beau Minniear

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

What are you waiting for? Congratulations are in order for Ellie Goulding. Two months after the “Love Me…

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
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 […]
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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
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Queenstown restaurant gets two Michelin stars June 30, 2026
Essence chef Paul Frogatt (left) with Gwendal Poullennec, international director of The Michelin Guide. Photo: RNZ Queenstown's Essence is the only restaurant in New Zealand to be awarded two stars in the country's first Michelin Guide.
Gearing up for a busy ski season June 30, 2026
Fresh snow on Mt Hutt skifield in Canterbury this week. Photo: Supplied/ Mt Hutt Tess Brunton of RNZ South Island ski towns are preparing for a busy school holidays, despite a slow start to the season.
Ski towns gearing up for busy time June 30, 2026
Fresh snow on Mt Hutt skifield in Canterbury this week. Photo: Supplied/ Mt Hutt Tess Brunton of RNZ South Island ski towns are preparing for a busy school holidays, despite a slow start to the season.
Special honour for Queenstown restaurant June 30, 2026
Essence chef Paul Frogatt (left) with Gwendal Poullennec, international director of The Michelin Guide. Photo: RNZ Queenstown's Essence is the only restaurant in New Zealand to be awarded two stars in the country's first Michelin Guide.
Christchurch man killed in Westland crash June 30, 2026
PHOTO: ODT FILES Police have named a driver killed in an early-morning crash on a West Coast highway last week.
Driver killed in Westland highway crash named June 30, 2026
PHOTO: ODT FILES Police have named a driver killed in an early-morning crash on a West Coast highway last week.
Laws not confirming NZ First candidacy June 30, 2026
Michael Laws. Photo: ODT files Michael Laws will not be drawn on whether he is to run for Parliament at this year’s general election.
Sex offender jailed 13 years for child abuse crimes June 30, 2026
Photo: RNZ A repeat sex offender in Christchurch has been jailed for more than 13 years on dozens of charges relating to child sexual abuse and objectionable material.
Laws linked to NZ First candidacy June 30, 2026
Michael Laws. Photo: ODT files Michael Laws will not be drawn on whether he is to run for Parliament at this year’s general election.
Seymour questions school lunch report findings June 30, 2026
Associate Education Minister David Seymour. Photo: RNZ Lauren Crimp of RNZ Associate Education Minister David Seymour has questioned the Auditor-General's credibility after it raised alarm about the coalition government's school lunch programme.

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Golfer Gary Woodland Details PTSD Struggle After Brain Lesion Surgery

Scarpetta Review: Nicole Kidman’s Gory Crime Procedural Is Too Dull To Draw Blood

Untangling Hilary Duff and Haylie Duff’s Fractured Relationship

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