Transpower disconnects some North Island power assets due to solar storm (www.rnz.co.nz)
Woolworths tells 79,000 they won a prize, then rescinds it (www.rnz.co.nz)
Woolworths has apologised to thousands of customers after mistakenly telling about 79,000 people they had won a competition....
Job applications soar as public sector layoffs continue, data shows (www.rnz.co.nz)
More than 4000 people have already been laid off as a result of the austerity measures imposed by the NACTF government.
Transpower warns of possible power shortages on Friday (www.rnz.co.nz)
The national electricity grid operator is warning of possible insufficient power generation to meet households’ demand on Friday....
ACC proposes cutting more than 300 jobs (www.rnz.co.nz)
More austerity for the government. Lucky for all the people who lose their jobs the government is going to make them go to seminars before they do on the benefit.
Government to introduce compulsory work seminar for job-seeking beneficiaries (www.rnz.co.nz)
I am sure this will be super effective and will not cost any money at all.
Cabinet mulls creation of mega spy agency as FIANZ seeks 'serious rethink' (www.rnz.co.nz)
A super security and intelligence agency recommended four years ago and said to be “not too far away” last August, is under “active consideration” by Cabinet....
Government considers removing election day voter enrolment (www.rnz.co.nz)
Add voter suppression to the list of disasters
MP's comments 'bang on' despite negative response from other parties - Te Pāti Māori (www.rnz.co.nz)
In Parliament last Wednesday, Te Tai Tokerau MP Mariameno Kapa-Kingi said the government “will not waver in its mission to exterminate Māori”....
Watch: Elderly woman knocked to the ground in unprovoked attack (www.rnz.co.nz)
A 43-year-old man has been arrested in Auckland after an elderly woman was viciously knocked to the ground in an unprovoked attack in broad daylight on Sunday....
Plans for permanent cycleway in Wellington suburb on hold (www.rnz.co.nz)
Wellington City Council have put plans to build a permanent cycleway in Brooklyn on hold after losing over half of its funding. Waka Kotahi was expected to fund 51 percent through the Transport Choices fund, however Transport Minister Simeon Brown confirmed there would be no funding for the project in December....
MP Jamie Arbuckle to keep two jobs - and two salaries (www.rnz.co.nz)
Jamie Arbuckle, the Marlborough councillor who became an MP, says he has settled into having two roles so comfortably he’s going to keep both salaries after all....
Fix & Fogg nut butter launched into space (www.rnz.co.nz)
One Wellington peanut butter company has gone where no Kiwi food company has gone before....
Florist says Julie Anne Genter exchange was 'massive imbalance of power' (www.rnz.co.nz)
She sounds absolutely unhinged, going into someone’s business just to pick a fight with them is straight up bullying behaviour.
How bad at reading are New Zealand children? [not that bad] (www.rnz.co.nz)
International testing indicated New Zealand had more bad readers among its 10-year-olds than other developed nations, but the picture improved for teenagers....
2 May 2024Julie Anne Genter: Greens had 'no prior knowledge' of fresh complaint against MP (www.rnz.co.nz)
Man, Wellington shop owners must dread seeing a green MP walk in the door at this point.
Over $300K spent on slushy syrup and maintaining machines for prison staff (www.rnz.co.nz)
Corrections has spent over $305,000 on slushy syrup and maintaining frozen ice machines in the past six years....
Winston Peters accused of 'entirely defamatory' remarks about ex-Australian minister (www.rnz.co.nz)
Lol. Q3 here sets out what he (edit: allegedly) said (anything said in the House is protected by Parliamentary privilege)...
Kiwi cheerleading team win gold at world competition [International Open 5 division] (www.rnz.co.nz)
A New Zealand team has taken home gold at the Cheerleading World Championships in the US....
Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to cut 40 jobs, NZQA to cut 35 (www.rnz.co.nz)
I guess housing and urban development is not a priority after all.
Kiwi turns up in suburban back yard - I didn't expect it to be that large' (www.rnz.co.nz)
When Eugene Dementyev heard a tap at his back door, he thought it was a cat - and was shocked to discover it was a kiwi....
Man fights cancellation of 24-hour gym membership for ‘loitering’ after he stayed the night (www.rnz.co.nz)
How long is too long to spend in a 24-hour gym? Can you do too much squatting?...
Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
Problems for news media arose 'too fast' - former media minister Melissa Lee (www.rnz.co.nz)
She added: “Perhaps I was a little slow, what I can say is I tried my very best … and I respect the prime minister’s decision.”...
Green hydrogen developments promise a lower carbon future (www.rnz.co.nz)
It's hoped a new GNS Science lab can crack open the door to cheaper green hydrogen production
