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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. […]
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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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Seven years of growth and change November 29, 2025
So, my husband always talked to me about seven-year cycles and itches.
Taonga carry us into the future November 29, 2025
The taurapa (sternpost) of Waikahua, now attached to Te Paranihi, viewed from the right. Photos: Tūhura Otago Museum Tūhura Otago Museum’s war canoe carries symbols of peace, writes Te Rauparaha Horomona.
The forest defenders November 29, 2025
A group of Awyu women set off to hunt and gather food in Boven Digoel, West Papua. Photo: Jurnasyanto Sukarno/Greenpeace The cause of West Papua has become a pressing issue for humanity, Tom McKinlay reports.
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Invaders like the heat November 29, 2025
Rising temperatures due to climate change are opening the door for certain invasive species that can thrive under the changed circumstances, Inside Climate News reports.
More nitrate pollution November 29, 2025
An investigation in Rolling Stone magazine found that water used in AI-powering data centres is making nitrate pollution worse.
Pests lapping at our shores November 29, 2025
Southern Clams harvesters remove undaria from the Wellers Rock sea wall. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery The incoming tide can also carry a wave of unwanted invaders.
A great year in archaeology back in 1922 November 29, 2025
The golden headdress of Queen Pu-Abi. There are golden willow leaves and precious beads. She wore a golden comb decorated with flowers. Photo: supplied Several readers have asked me about Pu-Abi, mentioned in last week’s column — 1922 was a memorable year for archaeology.
Poetry of coronal auroras November 29, 2025
Photo: Ian Griffin On the evening of November 12, I found myself repeating a familiar ritual of this remarkable solar cycle: packing the car with cameras, knowing that if the forecasts were correct, the night might be special.
Speedy spaghetti November 29, 2025
Photo: The Observer Mateo Zielonka’s killer way with pasta was inspired by a famous TV crime family, he tells Killian Fox.
Making a case for it November 29, 2025
Richard E. Grant (centre) in a scene from Nuremberg with Michael Shannon (left) and Rami Malek. Photo: supplied Richard E. Grant has found a vocation playing punctilious eccentrics.

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