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Media Insider: Air NZ sends flight safety video into holding pattern; RNZ faces shake-up at highest level; NBR v IRD stand-off heats up; The spicy battle for KFC account

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 11, 2025

IRD v NBR subscription stand-off heats up; KFC creative pitch: A spicy advertising battle.http://dlvr.it/TPmKwB

Kitea Health closes $13m raise, lines up human trials in the US

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 10, 2025

Specialist Aussie funds back capital raise.http://dlvr.it/TPlGL8

Retailing Normans buying ex-Beca HQ; Seascape developer gives update; Ryman abandons Moondah; Waikato steel plant planned, Mowbray move – Property Insider

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 8, 2025

The last 2025 column, reporting on the billionaire Normans and a big building deal.http://dlvr.it/TPj5CK

Small Business: Bark to match the bite with Howler Hotdogs

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 7, 2025

Jo Williamson talks to Tom Raynel about her small business Howler Hotdogs.http://dlvr.it/TPh9F0

Finally NZ’s Paris Climate Agreement charade is as good as over – Heather du Plessis-Allan

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 6, 2025

OPINION: Nicola Willis has signalled New Zealand will not spend $23b overseas on trees.http://dlvr.it/TPgRYq

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

Two arrested as cops called to Dunedin fast-food carpark January 11, 2026
A man is led away by police. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery Emergency services rushed to a Dunedin fast-food carpark this evening after a member of the public raised the alarm about three non-responsive people in a car.
Tenant evicted from apartment after parties and police callouts January 11, 2026
Helicopters battle Canterbury scrub blaze in sweltering heat January 11, 2026
On Friday, FENZ suspended all fire permits for Canterbury, warning of extreme fire danger Sunday. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon A dozen fire crews and several helicopters have responded to a fire in Rotherham, a small Canterbury settlement south of Hanmer Springs.
Grateful Dead co-founder and rhythm guitarist Bob Weir dead at 78 January 11, 2026
Greyhound tests positive for meth, the source is a mystery January 11, 2026
The greyhound, not pictured here, had very low levels of meth in its system. Photo: NZME A greyhound that tested positive for methamphetamine after winning its race has left its owner and racing investigators scratching their heads about how the dog could have been contaminated.
Victorians 'not through the worst' as bushfires rage January 11, 2026
Property destroyed by bushfire near Longwood, Victoria. Photo: Getty Images Victorians will have access to support payments and emergency accommodation under a A$19.5 million (NZ$22.75m) financial aid package.
Firefighters concerned over rise in kitchen fires January 11, 2026
There have been at least eight fatal house fires since July last year. File photo: Getty Images By Adam Burns of RNZ
Bluebridge cancels all Connemara sailings until Tuesday January 10, 2026
Photo: Supplied Bluebridge has cancelled all of the Connemara sailings through to Tuesday.
Gazing into the 2026 crystal ball January 10, 2026
New All Blacks this year will include Otago halfback Dylan Pledger, Hayden Meikle reckons. PHOTOS: GETTY IMAGES Call it the annual exercise in self-flagellation. Otago Daily Times sports editor Hayden Meikle has a go at predicting what might happen in the sporting world in 2026. Do not put your money where his words are — […]
Adams happiest with hands-on coaching role January 10, 2026
Andre Adams reflects on his time in the game during a training session with the Volts at the University Oval. PHOTO: GREGOR RICHARDSON Former New Zealand all-rounder Andre Adams has made his way south and taken up a position with the Volts as an assistant coach. Cricket writer Adrian Seconi catches up with the big- […]
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Media Insider: Air NZ sends flight safety video into holding pattern; RNZ faces shake-up at highest level; NBR v IRD stand-off heats up; The spicy battle for KFC account

Kitea Health closes $13m raise, lines up human trials in the US

Retailing Normans buying ex-Beca HQ; Seascape developer gives update; Ryman abandons Moondah; Waikato steel plant planned, Mowbray move – Property Insider

Small Business: Bark to match the bite with Howler Hotdogs

Finally NZ’s Paris Climate Agreement charade is as good as over – Heather du Plessis-Allan

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