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Meet the Australian doctor helping people to die

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 25, 2020

The Australian state of Victoria legalised assisted dying a year ago. With New Zealand voting on a similar…

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Audrey Young: What’s behind David Seymour’s rapid rise?

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 25, 2020

COMMENT: There’s a fine line between being courageous and reckless. Act leader David Seymour is reaping the rewards…

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Mary Holm: An offer so great, you just have to hang up

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 25, 2020

COMMENT: Q: Is the following a scam? Since getting it and filling out a form, they have been…

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Penrich investors start circling legal wagons

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 25, 2020

Investors in failed Cayman Islands hedge fund Penrich – a list which includes the exclusive Diocesan School for…

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Penrich investors start circling legal wagons

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 25, 2020

Investors in failed Cayman Islands hedge fund Penrich – a list which includes the exclusive Diocesan School for…

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

$11m Queenstown home snapped up by overseas buyers sight unseen November 29, 2025
This Stonebridge Estate property sold for $11m-plus. Photo: Supplied An out-of-town buyer has bought, sight unseen, one of Queenstown’s most impressive country homes for what’s understood to be $11 million-plus.
Philip Chandler
Alice dives head first into world of panto November 29, 2025
Searching for secrets in Tulgey Wood are Alice in Wonderland: A Pantomime cast members (from left) Mitchell McCarthy (the Mad Hatter), Nic Turner (the Right Royal Red Queen), Leo Douglas (the White Rabbit), Lizzie Thomson (Alice), and Tomuri Spicer (Harry). Photos: Don Townsend The Globe Theatre is inviting Dunedin audiences to take a tumble down […]
Taking research into community November 29, 2025
Associate Prof Paula O’Kane is co-organising next week’s "Connecting Ageing Research with the Community" event. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The latest research into the effects of ageing will be shared with the public during a "Connecting Ageing Research with the Community" session next week.
Festive light tours back November 29, 2025
Otago Heritage Bus Society president Richard Brownlie shows a 1970s Leyland that will be one of several heritage buses conducting Christmas lights tours. PHOTO: SAM HENDERSON Vintage buses are once again set to roam the streets in search of festive sparkle.
Sam Henderson
Kakanui School celebrates in style November 29, 2025
Cutting the cake at Kakanui School’s 155th anniversary celebrations are (from left) former Kakanui School pupil Jack Turnball-Thresher, 15, eldest past pupil Bill Walker and youngest pupil Harlee Broughton, 5, while school principal Ann Roughan and Raiona Parata, 7, look on. In the background are Norma Roughan and past pupil Grahame Larcombe. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A […]
Jules Chin
‘Elated’ to now be NZ citizen November 29, 2025
The Waitaki District Council welcomed 25 new citizens at the November citizenship ceremony. PHOTO: SUPPLIED It was a celebratory occasion as 25 newly minted New Zealanders were welcomed to the Waitaki district at a citizenship ceremony at the Oamaru Opera House on Tuesday.
Jules Chin
Rain or shine Santa made it to town November 29, 2025
Despite rain earlier in the morning, the North Otago community came out in droves to view the annual Waitaki District Santa Parade.
Jules Chin
Keeping the joy in Christmas November 29, 2025
Waimate Mayoress Lyn Stringer fronting the Waimate Christmas Child campaign. PHOTO: SUPPLIED The Waimate Christmas Child initiative is in its ninth year, and the aim is unwavering — to ensure no child misses out on waking up to presents on Christmas morning.
Queenstown's tech pitch to Aussies November 29, 2025
Technology Queenstown founder Roger Sharp. PHOTO: ALLIED MEDIA FILES A Queenstown not-for-profit’s plan to develop a tech sector has been pitched to an influential Australian audience.
Philip Chandler
Christmas Wonderland tipped to be biggest November 29, 2025
Barb Mackenzie (left) and Elizabeth Horrell tell Santa what they want for Christmas. PHOTO: SUPPLIED Dragons, unicorns and mischievous goblins will share the stage with Santa and his elves in Lake Hāwea this Christmas.
Evie Sinclair

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