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Waikato’s Newstead Orchard: Future secured as new partner takes over operations

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 20, 2025

Annie Perkins has bought into the business, learning alongside John Woolford.http://dlvr.it/TPwtC4

Kaikōura developer Garry Robertson launches defamation action against district council and senior official

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 19, 2025

A council official called Garry Robertson a ‘complete prick’ and a ‘consummate taker’.http://dlvr.it/TPw1Kj

Media Insider: John Campbell’s new Morning Report role – RNZ’s robust board discussions; Girls Uninterrupted podcast ends; Sky TV sport content facelift; Westpac agency moves

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 18, 2025

Sky Sport’s content facelift; Westpac’s big agency move; Warehouse marketing shake-up.http://dlvr.it/TPtxXd

LawVu hits $400m valuation, buys European firm ClauseBase to boost its AI push

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 17, 2025

A Bay of Plenty start-up signs up some big-name global customers.http://dlvr.it/TPss9d

Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation case – former TVNZ presenter Peter Williams takes stand in support of Jim Grenon-funded Batchelor claim

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 16, 2025

Julian Batchelor is suing TVNZ and an academic in a defended hearing over a 2023 story.http://dlvr.it/TPrpPN

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

Border agent shoots two people in Portland, Oregon January 9, 2026
FBI agents work next to an evidence truck outside Adventist Hospital after the shooting incident in Portland, Oregon. Photo: Reuters A US immigration agent shot and wounded a man and a woman in Portland, Oregon, authorities say, leading city and state officials to call for calm given public outrage over the ICE shooting death of a Minnesota […]
Blaze engulfs Auckland building during firefighter strike January 9, 2026
Homicide investigation after baby dies in Auckland January 9, 2026
A homicide investigation has been launched after the death of a baby boy in Auckland.
Pauline Hanson's One Nation hits historic high in bombshell poll January 9, 2026
Pauline Hanson. File photo: Getty Right-wing minor party One Nation' s popularity has skyrocketed with Australian voters to tie it with the coalition for the first time.
Overgrown roundabout seen as crash risk and fire hazard January 9, 2026
Dylan Smits
Another wanted man sought in Dunedin January 9, 2026
Police are seeking information on the whereabouts of David John Te’o. Photo: NZ Police Police are seeking information on another wanted man most recently believed to be in Dunedin.
Bowlers give Sparks hope before Blaze claim victory January 9, 2026
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Daughter pays tribute to Jules Radich at packed funeral January 9, 2026
Motorcycles parked outside First Church in Dunedin as mourners gather to farewell former city mayor Jules Radich today. Photo: Peter McIntosh The daughter of former Dunedin mayor Jules Radich has remembered her dad as "cool, compassionate and smart" at a packed funeral in Dunedin this afternoon.
Iconic Canterbury café goes on the market January 9, 2026
End of an era: 'Matinee Idle' hosts sign off January 9, 2026
Phil O'Brien (left) and Simon Morris finished their 21-year run as hosts of Matinee Idle today. Photo: RNZ By Isra'a Emhail of RNZ As the pair leading the show bid farewell, they leave listeners with a final poignant theme: "AI has won. We've done our best".

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Waikato’s Newstead Orchard: Future secured as new partner takes over operations

Kaikōura developer Garry Robertson launches defamation action against district council and senior official

Media Insider: John Campbell’s new Morning Report role – RNZ’s robust board discussions; Girls Uninterrupted podcast ends; Sky TV sport content facelift; Westpac agency moves

LawVu hits $400m valuation, buys European firm ClauseBase to boost its AI push

Media Insider: Julian Batchelor v TVNZ defamation case – former TVNZ presenter Peter Williams takes stand in support of Jim Grenon-funded Batchelor claim

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