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Local Cop Quite Keen For His Bosses To Not Break The Law And Try To Disgracefully Cover It Up

November 13, 2025

GREAT EXPECTATIONS.

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Luxon Desperately Trying To Sell A New Zealand House To Taylor Swift And Travis Kelce

September 1, 2025

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Old Boy At The Pub Says He’d Have Tom Phillips In Handcuffs By Smoko Tomorrow

August 29, 2025

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Luxon’s Video To Taylor Swift Sends New Zealand’s Cringe Level To Dangerous New High

August 27, 2025

Polling Shows Surge In Support For Snackachangi Chip Guy As Preferred Prime Minister

August 11, 2025

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Prime Minister Replaces NCEA Food Tech With High-Pressure Speed Cooking Exam

August 5, 2025

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WARDROBE WOES.

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RELATABILITY REBOOT.

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Leigh Hart Sick And Tired Of Getting Confused With Bloke Who Keeps Pesting Taylor Swift

September 3, 2025

BAD BLOOD.

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Revolutionary New School Exams Will Give Students Scores Based On Their Performance

August 4, 2025

WILD CONCEPT.

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August 3, 2025

Local Bloke Would Rather Be Hit By Tsunami Than Get Another Civil Defence Alert

July 31, 2025

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MORE THAN THE MOA: Peter Jackson Now Wants To Genetically Engineer Smaug The Dragon

July 13, 2025

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Quite old general stories

Wellingtonian’s Social Credit Score Through The Roof After Debuting New Book Purchase On Train

July 10, 2025

A DIFFERENT KIND OF POWER.

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New Zealand Determined To Start Incredibly Average Version Of Jurassic Park

July 9, 2025

Media Reveal “Prominent New Zealander” Is Male, Finally Ruling Out Suzy Cato

July 3, 2025

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Local Bloke In The Group Chat Definitely Reckons He Knows Who The Prominent New Zealander Is

June 30, 2025

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NOBODY HOME: Leigh Hart’s One Chip For Every Kiwi Hits Snag at Johnsonville Mall

June 27, 2025

“Middle Of The North Island” Easier Than Explaining Where The Hell Te Kūiti Is

June 24, 2025

BUDGET 2025: $0 Allocated To Promote Hamilton As Tourist Destination

May 22, 2025

EDITORIAL STANDARDS: Stuff Now Requiring Every Article To Include At Least One C-Bomb

May 19, 2025

Man Describes Flavours He’s Detecting In Craft Beer Whether Friends Want To Hear It Or Not

May 15, 2025

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Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park Inundated With Men Wanting To Fight Their Gorillas

May 8, 2025

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Private School Girl Concerned Social Media Ban Will Reduce Awareness Of Wanaka Holiday

May 6, 2025

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Winston Peters Seen Captaining Aratere Ferry Through Christchurch

May 1, 2025

SELWYN’S SAVIOUR

Orange Demon From Hell Reminds People It Knows Where They Live

April 24, 2025

ALWAYS WATCHING.

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UNPRECEDENTED COMPETENCE: Interislander Completes Round Trip Without Deploying Distress Flare

April 13, 2025

MIRACLE ON THE STRAIT.

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