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Tower Insurance changes flood risk pricing, reduces part of premium

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

Nearly 90 percent of Tower customers will have the flood risk portion of their premium reduced, at an…

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Central Otago orchards concerned they won’t have enough staff this season

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

Some Central Otago orchards are scrambling to find enough staff with less than a month until harvest.

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Tips for safe cattle handling with New Zealand’s leading Rural Consultants for AgSafe New Zealand Ltd.

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

NEWS Handling cattle the right way makes them calmer and safer says New Zealand’s leading farm consultants, AgSafe…

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Tower Insurance changes flood risk pricing, reduces most premiums

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

Nearly 90 percent of Tower customers will have flood risk portion of their premium reduced, at an average…

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Average residential home now worth more than $1m

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

The property market reached new heights last month with the average residential home value topping a million dollars…

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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'Enough is enough': NZ First wants to ban private fireworks November 4, 2025
Two hurt, highway closed after crash near Invercargill November 4, 2025
Two people have been taken to hospital, one with serious injuries, after a two-vehicle crash near Invercargill.
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Three structures lost to raging fire in Canterbury November 4, 2025
Firefighters at the scene of the fire in Darfield, Canterbury. Photo: Supplied Multiple structures have been destroyed by fire as firefighters battle a blaze in Canterbury's Selwyn district.
Typhoon brings 'life-threatening' conditions to Philippines November 4, 2025
Typhoon Kalmaegi intensified as it made landfall in the central Philippines on Tuesday, with the state weather bureau warning of "life-threatening" conditions as it placed large parts of the Visaya
320 still without power; support crew checking in on families November 4, 2025
The support team of about 50 people gathered at the Clutha District Council carpark this morning for a briefing before they set off. Photo: CDC A farmer-led initiative is heading up driveways to support rural Clutha families hit by last month's damaging winds.
Worker trapped in collapsed medieval tower in Rome dies November 4, 2025
Dust rises as part of the Torre dei Conti tower collapses following an earlier partial collapse, near Via dei Fori Imperiali, near the Colosseum, in Rome. Photo: Reuters A Romanian worker trapped for hours under rubble in Rome following the partial collapse of a medieval tower near the Colosseum has died, local media said.
Chaos erupts at Sydney weapons expo protest November 4, 2025
Multiple people have been arrested at a protest outside a weapons expo that erupted into chaos in Sydney.
Three structures lost to raging fire near Darfield November 3, 2025
Firefighters at the scene of the fire in Darfield, Canterbury. Photo: Supplied Multiple structures have been destroyed by fire as firefighters battle a blaze in Canterbury's Selwyn district.
Unsettled end to spring before warm, dry summer in South November 3, 2025
More windy unsettled weather is possible before the end of the month. File photo: Gerard O'Brien Given the settled conditions over the past few days, it would be easy to think the wild weather of October is well behind us.
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Seifert out of West Indies tour with fractured finger November 3, 2025
Tim Seifert immediately dropped his bat after being struck on the hand. Image: NZC screengrab The Black Caps will be without Tim Seifert for the upcoming T20 series against the West Indies.

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Tower Insurance changes flood risk pricing, reduces part of premium

Central Otago orchards concerned they won’t have enough staff this season

Tips for safe cattle handling with New Zealand’s leading Rural Consultants for AgSafe New Zealand Ltd.

Tower Insurance changes flood risk pricing, reduces most premiums

Average residential home now worth more than $1m

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