Author: New Zealand Blog News Service

Online supermarket Paddock to Pantry to triple range with new warehouse, opening second store

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 30, 2025

The online supermarket is pitching itself as a real alternative to the big players.
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Fog-caster start-up Pyper Vision signs deal with British Airways

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 29, 2025

A Kiwi inks a new deal as she aims to cut hassles fog inflicts on passengers and pilots.
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120 jobs on the line as Fonterra plans closure of Hamilton Canpac site

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 28, 2025

Fonterra plans to close the Hamilton canning and packaging facility in July.
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‘Trusted’ builders to certify their own work

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 27, 2025

The changes are the latest in the Government’s moves to make building more efficient.
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How America’s indebtedness is trimming Donald Trump’s wings – Jenée Tibshraeny

Post author By New Zealand Blog News Service
Post date April 26, 2025

Market turbulence is seen as more than a bout of volatility.
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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

‘Out of it’ speeding, arson GPS-tracked May 12, 2025
An "out of it" man who sped through the streets of Alexandra in a stolen vehicle and burnt out four cars was undone by a GPS tracker.
Felicity Dear
Arrests over burglaries, robberies May 12, 2025
Police in Invercargill have made further arrests over several burglaries and robberies which occurred just over a week ago.
A most revealing cooking show May 12, 2025
Were it not for the sight being so mentally scarring, Diane Kenwright’s cooking show might make a great new dieting regime.
John Lewis
‘Adolescence’ teaches us about ‘the broader context we live in’ May 12, 2025
Erin Doherty and Owen Cooper in a scene from the Netflix series Adolescence. PHOTO: NETFLIX Hit Netflix show Adolescence should be the start of the conversation about society and social media, a University of Otago media specialist says.
Matthew Littlewood
Fewer top staff sign of ‘disrespect’ May 12, 2025
Kevin Gilbert. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The absence of senior staff from Dunedin’s long-term plan hearings showed a lack of respect for submitters and a "thumbing of the nose" towards elected members, a councillor says.
Ruby Shaw
Lower speed limits wanted May 12, 2025
Hampden police officer, Constable Neil Rushton. PHOTO: ODT FILES Hampden's location on State Highway 1 makes it an ideal stop-off for truckies and tired motorists but the busy road cutting the township in half is a safety worry for residents.
Andrew Ashton
May strawberries thanks to hydroponics May 12, 2025
Ettrick Gardens owner Heather Preedy shows off some of the strawberries produced on the farm extremely late in the season. PHOTO: ELLA JENKINS Strawberries in Central Otago in May. No way.
Landers duo to miss trip May 12, 2025
Clarke Dermody. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Two star Highlanders players will remain sidelined this week, but a third should be back on deck.
Silver Ferns coach’s Australian foray allows her to ‘stay sharp’ May 12, 2025
Noeline Taurua. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Silver Ferns coach Dame Noeline Taurua has been spreading her wings across the Ditch.
Kayla Hodge
Buchanan stays on two wheels to bag points at Le Mans May 12, 2025
Cormac Buchanan banked two points and finished 14th in the Moto3 World Championship round in France. PHOTO: DAST MEDIA Southland racer Cormac Buchanan has bounced back in style to bank valuable Moto3 World Championship points at the Le Mans circuit in France.