GOOD INTENTIONS!
Jake Symons, 26, has fooled absolutely nobody after making the outlandish claim that he’ll be getting up at the crack of dawn on a public holiday for the Anzac service.
SAVINGS TO BE MADE.
Only hours after revealing that Stuff would be taking over TV 3’s 6 o’clock news duties, owner Sinead Boucher has dropped another bombshell.
GENIUS STUFF.
In a bold move to tackle plummeting ratings and revenue, the brains trust at TVNZ has announced its decision to axe one of its longest-running and most beloved shows, Fair Go, along with the midday and late-night news bulletins.
GOOD TIMES.
Joanne Collingwood, a 29 year old policy analyst at the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), is reflecting on a great year.
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SILVER LININGS.
Wellingtonians are fervently hoping that the current water restrictions in the city will finally bring an end to the reign of the notorious Bucket Fountain on Cuba Street.
This much-loathed landmark has long been the bane of pedestrians’ existence, with its seemingly malicious intent to drench anyone foolish enough to walk within its splash radius.
The Whakataki Times – hard-hitting journalism.
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local “AWW NO I’M NOT” Will Warburton, a student based in central Wellington, has taken issue with a statement that National leader Chris Luxon was recorded saying to some farmers in Helensville recently. Luxon claimed that New Zealand had become a “very negative, wet, whiny, inward-looking country”
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | Local TV’S STILL THERE Before Simon Morgan went for his week-long trip to Taupo earlier this month, he made sure he took all the necessary steps to keep his house and its contents secure. Doors were locked, windows checked, and the security alarm was set, all so
GORDON LIGHTFOOT | National PRIDE OF THE SOUTH Gore Council, a local government council that the rest of New Zealand has historically not cared about at all, has made headlines recently. Normally a place that is the butt of jokes, a bit like Hamilton and Palmy, Gore is in the
ROSEMARY ABBOTT | World “FUSH AND CHUPS” Kade Stevens did not know that one phrase would soon become his personal torment whilst living in Australia. The 25 year-old recently moved over to the Gold Coast in hope of better work opportunities and better money. However the born and bred Kiwi
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