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Meridian ad ordered off TV over misleading environmental claims

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 12, 2020

A Meridian Energy TV ad featuring the trials of a Kiwi ‘eco-hero’ has been ordered off-air after it…

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Tourism NZ predicts international market won’t recover until 2024

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 12, 2020

While international tourism is expected to flatline for the rest of the year, New Zealanders are predicted to…

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‘Transitional pain’ warned as paper mill signals changes to New Zealand operations

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 12, 2020

Norske Skog is the latest industrial player to signal a review of its New Zealand operations, following similar…

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Abano Healthcare revenue recovery spurs increased takeover offer

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 12, 2020

As Covid-19 restrictions eased a strong recovery in business and improved earnings outlook for dental company Abano Healthcare…

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Economist warns of risk to exporters if trade relationship with China changes

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 12, 2020

New Zealand exporters are exposing themselves to a range of risks if they focus too much on China…

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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Public consultation opens on design of NZ’s next census November 5, 2025
Stats NZ is seeking feedback on its proposed data collection and content for the next census.
2025 King’s High School – School Prizegiving – Wednesday, 29 October 2025 November 5, 2025
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Highlanders welcome exciting 'newbies' to squad November 5, 2025
Andrew Knewstubb playing for NPC winners Canterbury against Otago last month. Photo: Getty Images The Highlanders have announced a 38-man squad which contains seven newbies.
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'Very dangerous': Residents use garden hoses to fight blaze caused by fireworks November 5, 2025
A blaze broke out by the edge of Sticky Forest. Photo: ODT files A “cluster” of small fires caused by fireworks led to multiple callouts in Wānaka last night.
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Castle St mayhem: Firefighters retreat as fireworks shot at them November 5, 2025
Firefighters were forced to withdraw from Dunedin's student quarter when fireworks were shot at a crew dousing a blazing couch.
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Visit the Christmas grotto at Ballantynes November 5, 2025
Photo: Ballantynes Santa will open his enchanting grotto inside the Ballantynes department store in central Christchurch on Saturday.
Locals with hoses help douse Wānaka fire November 5, 2025
A blaze broke out by the edge of Sticky Forest. Photo: ODT files A “cluster” of small fires caused by fireworks led to multiple callouts in Wānaka last night.
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Community steps up to help young Canterbury boy with rare genetic disorder November 5, 2025
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Queenstown restaurants on Michelin's radar November 5, 2025
Could Michelin diners be visiting Amisfield restaurant in Lake Hayes? PHOTO: SUPPLIED Anonymous Michelin diners are in New Zealand tasting and rating some of the country's best restaurants, Tourism Minister Louise Upston has revealed.
Christchurch doctor claims frog-tastic discovery: Is this NZ's oldest x-ray? November 5, 2025
The original frog alongside the earliest known surviving x-ray, which was taken in 1896. Photo: SUPPLIED / HEALTH NEW ZEALAND A Christchurch clinician claims to have identified New Zealand's oldest x-ray image, taken in the late 19th century.

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