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Retail reopens in Auckland: Security guards on the doors as shoppers return

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

It’s day one of alert level 3, step 2 for the city and retailers are flinging open their…

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Air NZ preparing for summer holiday flights ahead of govt border restriction announcement

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 9, 2021

Air New Zealand’s chief executive estimates it could take up to six weeks to prepare to fly New…

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Fonterra continues plans to vote on future of capital structure

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 8, 2021

Dairy giant Fonterra is pressing on with plans to hold a vote on the future of its capital…

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Aucklanders keen for move to traffic light system: ‘We are ready for it’

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 8, 2021

Customers will be hesitant until the new system is in place, an Auckland cafe owner says, and he’s…

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Voice of cycling documentary coming to New Zealand

New Zealand Blog News Service Nov 8, 2021

NEWS A documentary covering the life of amateur cyclist turned global broadcaster Phil Liggett who covered forty-eight Tours…

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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Keeping it stress free in summer November 4, 2025
As the weather gets warmer and we look ahead to summer entertaining, we wanted to take the opportunity to share some of our best-kept secrets for affordable, effortless entertaining.
Chef advocates for food infrastructure November 4, 2025
Sam Gasson is introduced at the Eat NZ Hui. Photos: supplied Dunedin chef Sam Gasson recently attended Eat New Zealand’s 10th anniversary hui in Auckland to cook and learn from those passionate about the country’s food story
Report offers snapshot of wine industry’s state November 4, 2025
The end of September saw the release of the NZ Winegrowers Annual Report, which has a wealth of detail to absorb among its facts, figures and statistics.
Cheesy asparagus pastry tart November 4, 2025
Photo: Simon Lambert I love a quick pastry recipe.
Longtime Dragon guitarist Robert Taylor dies November 4, 2025
Robert Taylor, a longtime member of New Zealand band Dragon, has died.
ODT Racing Chat: Fashions in the Field 2025 highlights November 4, 2025
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Father of drowning victim appalled by mayor's video November 4, 2025
2025 Our Harmony Korean Cultural Festival in Queenstown November 4, 2025
On November 1, the 2025 Our Harmony Korean Cultural Festival (Korean Day Queenstown) was held with great success at the Queenstown Memorial Centre.
Waitaki District Council accepts Crown intervention over water plan November 4, 2025
Former minister Amy Adams has been appointed to help the council to resubmit its water plan. Photo: RNZ The Waitaki District Council has agreed to accept Crown intervention after its standalone water services delivery plan was rejected last month.
ODT Racing Chat: Melbourne Cup Day at Wingatui November 4, 2025
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