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Media Insider: ‘Appalling’, ‘insensitive’: Sky TV’s bizarre response following longtime customer’s death

New Zealand Blog News Service Dec 1, 2025

‘The Sky appears more profound as we express our sorrow for the loss…’http://dlvr.it/TPYzLz

Rotorua car dealership Barry Grouby Motors closes for good

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 30, 2025

There have been plenty of happy customers, but it hasn’t always been plain sailing.http://dlvr.it/TPXyKW

Pop the bubbly, the economic recovery is here (finally) – Liam Dann

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 29, 2025

OPINION: Never mind the arrival of Ikea; the economic recovery has arrived.http://dlvr.it/TPXJDn

Building farm resilience: Cyber threats and climate volatility – Angus McCullough

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 28, 2025

OPINION: For agribusinesses, cyber risk isn’t just about stolen data.http://dlvr.it/TPWYtF

Luxon’s KiwiSaver move is good, now raise the Super age – Matthew Hooton

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 27, 2025

OPINION: The eligibility age could be raised by three months a year from April 2026.http://dlvr.it/TPVd1T

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

Three seriously hurt in State Highway 1 crash near Rakaia January 12, 2026
Four people have been injured in a crash that has closed State Highway 1 near Rakaia this evening.
Four injured in highway crash near Rakaia January 12, 2026
Four people have been injured in a crash that has closed State Highway 1 near Rakaia this evening.
Stranded ferry travellers left with thousands in costs January 12, 2026
Parliament to debate 'toughest hate laws Australia has ever seen' January 12, 2026
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: Reuters Australia's Parliament will be recalled early to pass hate speech laws following the Bondi terror attack that claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more.
Homeland Security beefed up after Minnesota shooting, protests January 12, 2026
Inquiry into deaths in separate homes on same property ongoing January 12, 2026
The deaths of a man and a woman at the same Bay of Plenty property earlier this month remain under police investigation.
Gray fires to get Sparks home over Hearts January 12, 2026
Eva Gray pulled the trigger when the Sparks needed her most.
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Should you have to wave down a bus to make it stop? January 12, 2026
Police investigating bar assault seek man in CCTV footage January 12, 2026
Police are looking to identify the man in these images, who they believe can help with their investigation into an Arrowtown assault.
Hero cop who shot Bondi stabber diagnosed with cancer January 12, 2026
An Australian police officer and young mum hailed a hero for stopping a deadly stabbing rampage in Bondi has been diagnosed with a rare cancer.

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New Zealand Blog News Service

Media Insider: ‘Appalling’, ‘insensitive’: Sky TV’s bizarre response following longtime customer’s death

Rotorua car dealership Barry Grouby Motors closes for good

Pop the bubbly, the economic recovery is here (finally) – Liam Dann

Building farm resilience: Cyber threats and climate volatility – Angus McCullough

Luxon’s KiwiSaver move is good, now raise the Super age – Matthew Hooton

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