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NZ Green Investment Finance ups funding for large-scale solar panel installations by $30m

New Zealand Blog News Service Mar 6, 2022

A $30m boost for solarZero’s existing funding of $100m will help increase the number of solar panel installations…

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

ODT quiz: June 20 June 19, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Saturday, June 20.
Ong to rally council to stop govt removing fees-free policy June 19, 2026
Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY The government could be urged to reconsider scrapping a scheme that reimburses students for final-year fees if Dunedin city councillor Benedict Ong gets his way.
Grant Miller
Club donates $50k to rescue helicopter trust June 19, 2026
Crops and auctions have helped secure a $50,000 donation to the Otago Southland Rescue Helicopter Trust.
Findings offer more depth to ‘Pavlov’s Dogs’ experiment June 19, 2026
University of Otago anatomy researcher Prof John Reynolds has replicated the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’ experiment with rodents, and used a flash of light in association with a reward. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Findings from a replication of the ‘‘Pavlov’s Dogs’’ experiment at the University of Otago, may have benefits for people with Parkinson’s disease.
John Lewis
Man jailed after squirting mum with tomato sauce June 19, 2026
Dunedin District Court. PHOTO: ODT FILES A Dunedin man spraying his mother with tomato sauce was reminiscent of a scene from Once Were Warriors, a judge says.
Felicity Dear
Students get hands-on forestry lesson June 19, 2026
Taieri College students at the skid site in Berwick Forest. PHOTOS: SUPPLIED The classroom became trees and machines for a group of Taieri College students, taking the opportunity to see how to cut and thin trees.
Owner puts family first, closes business June 19, 2026
Today will be the last day at the Otago Farmers Market for Little Yen’s. Pictured with their food truck are Yen-Fen Wen, Charles Hendry and their daughter Zena Hendry. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH For Yen-Fen Wen, the choice between her family and her business was an easy one to make.
Tim Scott
Councillor’s attachment to ‘home town’ runs ‘deep’ June 19, 2026
Cr Benedict Ong. PHOTO: GERARD O'BRIEN Birthplace does not do justice to his historical ties to Dunedin, Cr Benedict Ong says.
Grant Miller
Hospital could have ‘significant impact’ June 19, 2026
The new Dunedin hospital will have a ‘‘massive impact’’ on the building industry in the South. IMAGE: SUPPLIED The new Dunedin hospital — now with an available budget of $2.1 billion — will have a massive impact no matter where you put it, Master Builders chief executive Ankit Sharma says.
Tim Scott
South showing its resilience amid downturn June 19, 2026
Master Builders chief executive Ankit Sharma. PHOTO: SUPPLIED As the rest of New Zealand plays catch-up, the building and construction industry in the South is continuing to go strong.
Tim Scott

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