2026

What To Watch Friday: Stumble Wraps, Celebrity Jeopardy! Returns, Reba Reunion, And More

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 13, 2026

On TV this Friday: Stumble heads to Daytona, Happy’s Place hosts a Reba reunion, and Mark Duplass and…

The Surprising Places Oscar Winners Keep Their Awards

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 13, 2026

Sometimes an Academy Award goes straight from the stage to somewhere even more glamorous: The bathroom. As is…

Fact vs. Fiction in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 13, 2026

It made sense for Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette to start with the end.…

The Vampire Lestat Stakes June Premiere On AMC — Watch The Show’s New Opening Title Sequence

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 12, 2026

Lestat de Lioncourt is going on tour this June. Get a first look (and listen) at the new…

Grey’s Anatomy Just Put A New Couple On Life Support — Plus, It’s More Bad News For [Spoiler]

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 12, 2026

If you thought the March 12 episode of Grey’s Anatomy was brutal, hold on tight, because it’s only…

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

Flood-risk homes gaining value faster than others, data shows July 2, 2026
The 2015 flooding in South Dunedin. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery By Kate Newton of RNZ Instead of avoiding homes at risk of flood, house-hunters are snapping them up at a discount, new data shows.
Laws confirmed as NZ First Waitaki candidate July 2, 2026
Michael Laws. Photo: ODT Files New Zealand First has confirmed Michael Laws will be its candidate in the Waitaki electorate for this year's general election.
MSD defends linking staff performance with cutting emergency housing July 2, 2026
MSD's chief executive Debbie Power. Photo: RNZ/Reece Baker By Lauren Crimp of RNZ The Ministry of Social Development (MSD)'s boss is defending linking staff performance with cutting emergency housing numbers, saying it's executing the government's policy.
Schools unable to fill teacher vacancy jobs, many applicants 'unsuitable' July 2, 2026
Photo: Getty Images By John Gerritsen of RNZ Secondary school principals say they are getting more applicants for teaching jobs, but many are not good enough.
ODT quiz: July 3 July 2, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Friday, July 3.
Construction begins July 2, 2026
PHOTO: SUPPLIED Work has started on the construction of the McDonald’s restaurant in Wānaka’s Three Parks development.
Lowest rates rise in South: mayor July 2, 2026
The 6% rates rise Central Otago residents will pay next year is the lowest in Otago, Southland and Timaru, the mayor says.
Julie Asher
Plenty of benefits from volunteering July 2, 2026
People who volunteer live longer.
Car show raises more than $8k July 2, 2026
The Lawrence Car Club has made good on a promise to the Otago Community Hospice.
Matthew Littlewood
Newspaper article solves mystery July 2, 2026
Admiring the Russell Clark panels at their first showing in Alexandra in 2012 are the late Stewart Elms, of Wanaka (left), and the then Central Stories Museum and Art Gallery president the late Malcolm Macpherson. PHOTO: CO NEWS FILES An apparent art mystery has been solved after an old newspaper article answered all the questions.
Julie Asher

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2026

What To Watch Friday: Stumble Wraps, Celebrity Jeopardy! Returns, Reba Reunion, And More

The Surprising Places Oscar Winners Keep Their Awards

Fact vs. Fiction in Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

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