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NZ Super Fund to quit Metlifecare at $6 a share

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 27, 2020

The NZ Super Fund faced a stark choice with its 19.9 per cent stake in Metlifecare. Ultimately, it…

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Cool cars under $40K? Here’s what we’d buy

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 27, 2020

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Covid hit wipes $1.5b off Kiwi dairy company’s market cap

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 27, 2020

About $1.5 billion was wiped off a2 Milk’s market capitalisation after the company said its first-half revenue would…

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National’s mental health election promise: Free counselling for Covid-19 impact

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 27, 2020

The National Party is promising voters it would implement a “Zero Suicide” strategy which would include 100,000 free…

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‘Lucky to be alive’: Drifting diver rescued 15km out to sea

New Zealand Blog News Service Sep 27, 2020

A “cold and shaken” diver has been rescued after drifting 15km out into the Pacific Ocean after he…

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

Crash slows Dunedin motorway to a crawl March 24, 2026
Traffic backed up on the motorway. Photo: Stephen Jaquiery A nose-to-tail crash is disrupting traffic into Dunedin on the southern motorway this morning.
North Island to be hammered by storm March 24, 2026
Photo: Supplied / MetService MetService says an "impactful" weather event is heading for the upper North Island this afternoon, with Northland likely to be upgraded to a red weather warning as it develops.
Columba College board accused of bullying March 24, 2026
Married at First Sight expert Mel Schilling dies from cancer March 24, 2026
Instagram / @mel_schilling1 Australia's Married at First Sight expert Mel Schilling has died of cancer, aged 54.
ODT quiz: March 25 March 24, 2026
Test your local and general knowledge by taking the Otago Daily Times quiz for Wednesday, March 25.
‘Walking encyclopedia’ left seeds March 24, 2026
Murray Kelly receives FAR’s 2016 researcher of the year award from Associate Professor Nicole Anderson, of Oregon State University. PHOTO: SUPPLIED A senior research agronomist is being remembered as a "walking encyclopedia" in seed research.
Tim Cronshaw
From pasture to veldt? March 24, 2026
Meat Industry Association’s departing chief executive Sirma Karapeeva feels the time is right to move on. Photo: supplied Tim Cronshaw asks what’s next for the Meat Industry Association’s exiting chief executive.
Tim Cronshaw
Caution urged in dairy pricing March 24, 2026
Contrasting market signals for global dairy prices have coincided with escalating tensions in Iran. Photo: Tim Cronshaw Dairy farmers building up hopes after a successful stretch in Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions are being cautioned to tone this down as Iran and other conflicts disrupt the global market.
Tim Cronshaw
RWNZ just as important in digital age March 24, 2026
Flora Smith (left), a daughter of Rural Women New Zealand co-founder Frances Preston, and Rural Women New Zealand Otago and Southland centennial celebrations co-lead Pat Macaulay prepare to plant a pink rose named ‘Rural Women’, as part of a high tea centennial event at the East Otago Events Centre in Waikouaiti last week. PHOTOS: SHAWN […]
Shawn McAvinue
Barrel winner takes her whole family with her March 24, 2026
Fairlie-based cowgirl Kate Hughes and her horse Sister kick up dust at the National Rodeo Finals held at Waikouaiti on Saturday. PHOTOS: STEPHEN JAQUIERY A title 26 years in the making.
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