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Heather du Plessis-Allan: Ardern doesn’t have to confess her cannabis vote

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 2, 2020

OPINION: I can’t quite understand the fixation people have with trying to force Jacinda Ardern to tell us…

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Judith Collins in vogue in the Far North

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 2, 2020

It appears the only thing Judith Collins loves more than politics is fashion. “I love fashion,” she told…

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Judith Collins in vogue in the Far North

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 2, 2020

It appears the only thing Judith Collins loves more than politics is fashion. “I love fashion,” she told…

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Leaders’ debate: Warehouse Group responds to ‘immoral’ comments

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 2, 2020

The Warehouse Group has defended laying off hundreds of workers just months after it took almost $68 million…

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Use Ōhakea airbase for quarantine: Expert’s plea to ditch hotels

New Zealand Blog News Service Oct 2, 2020

One of the country’s top public health academics thinks the Government should stop using hotels to quarantine people…

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

What next for Gloriavale students after school's closure? December 20, 2025
An ERO report found the school had not met three of eight registration criteria and was not a physically and emotionally safe space for students. Photo: RNZ Parents of students who attended Gloriavale Christian School will still have "a range of options" for their children's education, the Ministry of Education says.
Rocket lab signs $1.4b deal with US space agency December 20, 2025
Rocket Lab will manufacture 18 satellites equipped with advanced sensors to track and detect missile threats. Photo: Supplied / Rocket Lab Rocket Lab has scored its largest single contract to date.
'World class' suppliers picked for Queenstown cable car December 19, 2025
An artist’s impression shows passengers getting on and off a cable car at a Queenstown Cable Car station in Frankton. IMAGE SUPPLIED Southern Infrastructure has appointed two "world-class" suppliers to lead the development of the proposed $400million Queenstown Cable Car network.
Ukraine hits Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker in Mediterranean December 19, 2025
The targeted oil tanker was identified as the Qendil, seen here passing through the Bosphorus in late October towards the Mediterranean. Photo: Reuters Ukraine has struck a Russian "shadow fleet" oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea with aerial drones for the first time, an official said on Friday, reflecting the growing intensity of Kyiv's attacks […]
Heavily redacted Epstein files focus on Clinton, scant mention of Trump December 19, 2025
Southland teacher aide’s prison sentence for child abuse material quashed December 19, 2025
Quade Strange. Photo: Supplied WARNING: This article discusses child sexual abuse and may be upsetting to some readers.
Teens lured men on Grindr before filming beatings December 19, 2025
Ethan Jeffs, left and Patrick Paul Moloney are two of three men sentenced for their role in attacks on gay men targeted through the Grindr app and labelled by the trio as "paedophiles". Photo: NZ Herald / Ayla Yeoman The actions of a group of young men who posted "video montages" of assaults on gay […]
Airport’s biggest travel day December 19, 2025
Katie Schofield, of Auckland, lifts up her niece Olivia Schofield, 6, as her brother, Alex Schofield, looks on. PHOTOS: PETER MCINTOSH Dunedin Airport was chocker with families reuniting for the holidays on its busiest day of the year yesterday.
Mark John
Town’s house prices rise 225% in decade December 19, 2025
ODT GRAPHIC House prices have skyrocketed more than 200% in a quiet Otago town that "people used to look down on" but residents enjoying the good life are not tempted to cash in.
Olivia Caldwell
First stage of tunnels trail open December 19, 2025
Dunedin Tunnels Trail Trust chairman Brent Irving has a look around the Chain Hills Tunnel after it was opened this week. PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH The first section of a Dunedin cycle trail — 20 years in the making — has opened just in time for Christmas.

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