2026

Zendaya Steps Out for First Time Since Tom Holland Marriage News

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Zendaya is shaking up Paris Fashion Week after tying the knot. Indeed, after reports she and Tom Holland…

Play It Strange – 2008

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Television, 2008, (Full Length Episode) Documentary series Play It Strange shines a light on the talent involved in…

Oil slips down and eases investor nerves – Market close

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

The NZX 50 closed at 13,094.37, down 4.46 points or 0.03%.http://dlvr.it/TRPZFY

India crush New Zealand for third T20 World Cup title

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

ICYMI: Abhishek, Samson and Kishan all smashed half-centuries to amass 255 before Bumrah’s four-for helped set up a…

Devine, Bates and Tahuhu return to New Zealand squad for South Africa T20Is

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 10, 2026

Georgia Plimmer and Flora Devonshire have recovered from injuries and will be part of the series against South…

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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NZ 'not keeping up' with blood cancer treatments April 21, 2026
Blood Cancer NZ is calling for the country to form a national Blood Cancer taskforce. File photo: Getty A charity campaigning for blood cancer patients has argued the country isn't keeping up with treatments available internationally.
YouTuber investigated for filming Aussie cop killer's secret hideout April 21, 2026
Fears black market cigarettes undermining health efforts April 21, 2026
Search for missing Karori man to resume tomorrow April 21, 2026
Philip Sutton. Photo: NZ Police The search for missing Karori man Philip Sutton will resume tomorrow.
Air force aviator dies at Ohakea air base April 21, 2026
Photo: RNZ An air force aviator has died after a medical event at Ohakea air base in Manawatū.
Councillor investigated over alleged assault April 21, 2026
Frank Hocken. Photo: Supplied A councillor in his 80s under investigation for an alleged assault has admitted being ‘‘a bit naughty’’.
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Seven of eight children killed by US gunman were his own April 21, 2026
18 pet goats shot dead in Waikato paddock April 21, 2026
File photo Eighteen pet goats have been killed in a fenced paddock in Pōkeno, in the Waikato.
Sydney jeweller faked multimillion-dollar heist for insurance April 21, 2026
A Sydney jewellery store owner staged a fake multimillion-dollar heist at one of his stores to pocket the insurance money, a jury has found.
PM tries to deflect blame over Mandelson appointment April 21, 2026
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer in parliament on Monday. Photo: © House of Commons/Handout via Reuters British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has put the blame firmly on foreign ministry officials over the appointment of a US ambassador, saying they had withheld information about Peter Mandelson that would have halted his employment.

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Zendaya Steps Out for First Time Since Tom Holland Marriage News

Play It Strange – 2008

Oil slips down and eases investor nerves – Market close

India crush New Zealand for third T20 World Cup title

Devine, Bates and Tahuhu return to New Zealand squad for South Africa T20Is

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